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Kr00k Wi-Fi Encryption flaw affects more than a billion devices

Security Affairs

A high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k , in Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress expose over a billion devices to hack. Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k , that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress.

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A Threat to Passkeys? BrutePrint Attack Bypasses Fingerprint Authentication

eSecurity Planet

Security researchers recently published a paper detailing an attack they say can be used to bypass smartphone fingerprint authentication. “SFA sensors except Touch ID do not encrypt any data and lack mutual authentication,” they wrote. “We hope this work can inspire the community to improve SFA security.”

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Bluetooth BIAS attack threatens billions of devices

Security Affairs

“To establish an encrypted connection, two Bluetooth devices must pair with each other using a link key. To establish an encrypted connection, two Bluetooth devices must pair with each other using a link key, aka long term key. ” reads the research paper. The issue potentially impact over a billion of devices.

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Private 5G Networks: Thales and Celona Collaborate to Bring Security and Performance to a Modern World

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

These private mobile networks are gaining significant traction in manufacturing, energy, government, logistics, and warehousing verticals. To start, Thales offers full-line rate encryption at high speeds - up to 100Gbps - with nearly zero jitters and ultra-low latency rates. This is driving a strong demand for private mobile networks.

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UK: New National Strategy for Health Data

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The OAI’s White Paper on the governance and regulation of AI is expected imminently and will be closely scrutinised as the UK’s response to the EU’s draft AI Act. No data strategy in 2022 would be complete without consideration of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Researchers released a free decryption tool for the Rhysida Ransomware

Security Affairs

The experts exploited the vulnerability to reconstruct encryption keys and developed a decryptor that allows victims of the Rhysida ransomware to recover their encrypted data for free. Rhysida ransomware employed a secure random number generator to generate the encryption key and subsequently encrypt the data.

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MY TAKE: How digital technology and the rising gig economy are exacerbating third-party risks

The Last Watchdog

We do white papers and thought leadership at conferences. On the operating side, whether it’s manufacturing or energy generation, or whatever, those folks are not security experts and they don’t have a connection with IT security people.” It’s membership and cross-industry driven.” OT and IT convergence.

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