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Tom Spring is Editor-in-Chief of Threatpost. For the past two decades he has worked at a number of national publications in the roles of executive editor, technical editor and investigative reporter.
Data leaked includes COVID-19 vaccination records, Social Security numbers and email addresses tied to American Airlines, Ford, Indiana Department of Health and New York City public schools.
Systems are ripe for abuse by attackers who can abuse systems to launch DDoS attacks.
Valve plugs an API bug found in its Steam platform that that abused the Smart2Pay system to add unlimited funds to gamer digital wallets.
Threatpost interviews Wiz CTO about a vulnerability recently patched by Amazon Route53’s DNS service and Google Cloud DNS.
In one of the largest cryptocurrency hacks to date, cyberattackers reportedly stole millions from the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network.
Researchers demonstrated the power deep neural networks enlisted to create a bot army with the firepower to shape public opinion and spark QAnon 2.0.
Day two Black Hat keynote by CISA Director Jen Easterly includes launch of private-public partnership with Amazon, Google and Microsoft to fight cybercrime.
Researchers show how to circumvent Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometric authentication using a spoofed USB camera.
We’re selfish if we’re only mitigating our own stuff, said Black Hat USA 2021 keynoter Jeff Moss. Let’s be like doctors battling COVID and work for herd immunity.
An update to the stealer-as-a-service platform hides in pirated software, pilfers crypto-coins and installs a software dropper for downloads of more malware.
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