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New TSX Speculative Attack allows stealing sensitive data from latest Intel CPUs

Security Affairs

In the past months, security researchers devised several speculative -channel RIDL (Rogue In-Flight Data Load), Fallout, Microarchitectural Data Sampling ( MDS attacks ), and ZombieLoad. Unlike Meltdown, Spectre , and Foreshadow attacks, MDS attacks target CPU’s microarchitectural data structures.

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Open APIs: A coming of age

CGI

For open APIs to be interoperable—that is, to work effectively among different parties—there has to be a defined (and agreed upon) data dictionary and data model. However, it is likely too onerous for defining the API calling message structure. Balancing ease of use versus security. Why is Uber successful?

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Facebook May Have Gotten Hacked, and Maybe It’s Better We Don’t Know

Adam Levin

Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication phone numbers exposed: After prompting users to provide phone numbers to secure their accounts, Facebook allows anyone to look up their account by using them. The company has also used security information for advertising in the past.).

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From U2F to passkeys

Imperial Violet

Introduction Over more than a decade, a handful of standards have developed into passkeys—a plausible replacement for passwords. It was a pair of standards, one for computers to talk to small removable devices called security keys, and the second a JavaScript API for websites to use them.

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

For everything from minor network infractions to devastating cyberattacks and data privacy troubles , digital forensics software can help clean up the mess and get to the root of what happened. Under their Security Suite products, OpenText provides industry-renowned EnCase. Magnet Forensics.