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What Counts as “Good Faith Security Research?”

Krebs on Security

Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its policy on charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 1986 law that remains the primary statute by which federal prosecutors pursue cybercrime cases. ” What constitutes “good faith security research?”

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Supply-Chain Attack against the Electron Development Platform

Schneier on Security

Electron is a cross-platform development system for many popular communications apps, including Skype, Slack, and WhatsApp. Security vulnerabilities in the update system allows someone to silently inject malicious code into applications. Basically, the Electron ASAR files aren't signed or encrypted, so modifying them is easy.

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Calculating electronic records storage costs

The Schedule

This post will do the same for electronic records and follows the same formula of not taking into account personnel or overhead costs or depreciation of equipment. If you prefer a truncated version of this information, I’ve created a 1-page brochure of questions to consider about electronic records storage costs. On-Premise Storage.

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Application Security: Complete Definition, Types & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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Writing Your First Bootloader for Better Analyses

Security Affairs

When you press the power button you are providing the right power to every electronic chips who needs it. We need to tell to the liner that we want a plain binary file without linked libraries or linked symbols, fir such a reason we’re going to use –oformat binar. How the PC boot process works ? as -o boot.o References.

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Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

What’s driving the security of IoT? The Urgency for Security in a Connected World. It’s also enabling manufacturers to respond faster to security vulnerabilities, market demand, and even natural disasters. Device Security is Hard. Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39. They're attractive targets.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 million records breached

IT Governance

In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records. In the meantime, you can find the full list of security incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. In other news….