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  • The Register: Sensitive financial files feared stolen from US bank watchdog

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/occ_bank_email_hack/ Source: The Register Title: Sensitive financial files feared stolen from US bank watchdog Feedly Summary: OCC mum on who broke into email, but Treasury fingered China in similar hack months ago A US banking regulator fears sensitive financial oversight data was stolen from its IT systems in what’s been described as “a…

  • Schneier on Security: Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/web-3-0-requires-data-integrity.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity Feedly Summary: If you’ve ever taken a computer security class, you’ve probably learned about the three legs of computer security—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—known as the CIA triad. When we talk about a system being secure, that’s what we’re referring to. All are important, but…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How digital sovereignty builds better borders for the future

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-digital-sovereignty-builds-better-borders-future/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How digital sovereignty builds better borders for the future Feedly Summary: Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for March 2025. Today, Archana Ramamoorthy, senior director of product management, Google Cloud, explains our approach to digital sovereignty and we believe strongly in meeting this vital…

  • The Register: Extortion crew threatened to inform Edward Snowden (?!) if victim didn’t pay up

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/extortionists_ox_thief_legal_threats/ Source: The Register Title: Extortion crew threatened to inform Edward Snowden (?!) if victim didn’t pay up Feedly Summary: Don’t laugh. This kind of warning shows crims are getting desperate Dark web analysts at infosec software vendor Fortra have discovered an extortion crew named Ox Thief that threatened to contact Edward Snowden…

  • Rekt: Not So Safe

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    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/not-so-safe Source: Rekt Title: Not So Safe Feedly Summary: North Korea’s Lazarus Group stole $1.4B from Bybit’s signers by exploiting a simple vulnerability in Safe’s system. A single yaml.load execution bypassed high-end security, turning a supposedly impenetrable system into one of the industry’s biggest disasters. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…

  • Hacker News: The ESP32 "backdoor" that wasn’t

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    Source URL: https://darkmentor.com/blog/esp32_non-backdoor/ Source: Hacker News Title: The ESP32 "backdoor" that wasn’t Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses the misconception that the ESP32 Bluetooth chips contain a backdoor, clarifying that the vendor-specific HCI commands discovered are common in Bluetooth technology and do not inherently indicate malicious intent. It discusses…

  • Hacker News: A Comprehensive Formal Security Analysis of OAuth 2.0

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01229 Source: Hacker News Title: A Comprehensive Formal Security Analysis of OAuth 2.0 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The paper presents a comprehensive formal security analysis of the OAuth 2.0 protocol, a widely used authorization standard essential for secure single sign-on (SSO) applications. It highlights vulnerabilities discovered during analysis…

  • Hacker News: The $1.5B Bybit Hack: The Era of Operational Security Failures Has Arrived

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    Source URL: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/02/21/the-1.5b-bybit-hack-the-era-of-operational-security-failures-has-arrived/ Source: Hacker News Title: The $1.5B Bybit Hack: The Era of Operational Security Failures Has Arrived Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant operation security breach in the cryptocurrency domain, highlighting how sophisticated attackers, particularly North Korean state-sponsored threat actors, have shifted from exploiting vulnerabilities…