Russian authorities have moved closer to implementing their plan of replacing the Windows OS on military systems with a locally-developed operating system named Astra Linux. Last month, the Russian Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC) granted Astra Linux the Read More …
At the RSA security conference today, the National Security Agency, released Ghidra, a free software reverse engineering tool that the agency had been using internally for well over a decade. The tool is ideal for software engineers, but will be Read More …
The car that you drive today is a far cry from those of just a decade ago and in many ways is now an internet-connected computer on wheels. This push towards connectivity and smart-motoring has seen the automotive manufacturing industry Read More …
The US National Security Agency will release a free reverse engineering tool at the upcoming RSA security conference that will be held at the start of March, in San Francisco. The software’s name is GHIDRA and in technical terms, is Read More …
The US Marine Corps, the Navy, and the Air Force are not keeping track of their software inventories, according to a report released today by the US Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG). Auditors said management at many services part of Read More …
The US Department of Defence has begun circulating a “do not buy” list of software it considers to have Russian and Chinese connections, in the country’s latest tightening of restrictions on foreign tech influence. The Chinese and Russian governments have Read More …
Vulnerabilities in software that automates everything from factories to traffic lights has become the nation’s top cybersecurity threat, an agent on the FBI’s Denver Cyber Task Force said Thursday in Colorado Springs. Supervisory control and data acquisition software is used Read More …
Microsoft’s security team is urging developers to shore up their software update systems – after catching miscreants hijacking an editing application’s download channels to inject malware into victims’ PCs. In a security advisory, Redmond’s infosec gurus describe Operation WilySupply: their Read More …
Last month, Symantec detected a spam campaign mainly targeting financial institutions, which used social engineering to try trick victims into installing “virus detection software” that was in fact an information stealing Trojan (W32.Difobot). The emails purported to come from HSBC, Read More …
Data analysis and visualization software deployed inside a larger operational intelligence software sold by Schneider Electric has been patched against a critical privilege escalation vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered in-house by Schneider Electric engineers in the Tableau server/desktop products. Versions Read More …