Cybersecurity

3 ways to achieve crypto agility in a post-quantum world – Help Net Security

Working at the speed of digital business is a constant challenge. But in today’s increasingly automated operational environment, crypto agility—i.e., an organization’s ability to (at the moment of compromise) switch rapidly and seamlessly between certificate authorities, encryption standards and keys and certificates with minimal disruption to one’s digital infrastructure—becomes essential to business. Crypto agility is […]

Cybersecurity

Barracuda Networks Grapples with Two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in ESG Devices

Barracuda Networks recently encountered a challenge as it uncovered two zero-day vulnerabilities, specifically CVE-2023-7102 and CVE-2023-7101. These Barracuda vulnerabilities were intricately linked to the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel library, revealing an Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) flaw in the third-party library.  Exploited by the China Nexus actor UNC4841, these security flaws posed a serious threat by targeting Barracuda Email […]

Cybersecurity

The impact of prompt injection in LLM agents – Help Net Security

Prompt injection is, thus far, an unresolved challenge that poses a significant threat to Language Model (LLM) integrity. This risk is particularly alarming when LLMs are turned into agents that interact directly with the external world, utilizing tools to fetch data or execute actions. Malicious actors can leverage prompt injection techniques to generate unintended and […]

Cybersecurity

Google Bug Bounty Program Expands to Chrome V8, Google Cloud

Google’s research team has launched v8CTF, a capture-the-flag (CTF) challenge focused on its Chrome browser’s V8 JavaScript engine. The competition opened on October 6, 2023, and is accessible to any exploit writers. “Once you have identified a vulnerability present in our deployed version, exploit it, and grab the flag,” Google software engineers Stephen Roettger and […]