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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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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. This transition is an opportunity to look at the next generation of security. Specifically, how can organizations apply high levels of security to 5G infrastructure without sacrificing performance?

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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. Yiling He of China’s Zhejiang University and Yu Chen of Tencent Security’s Xuanwu Lab are calling the attack BrutePrint , which they say can be used to hijack fingerprint images.

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Bluetooth BIAS attack threatens billions of devices

Security Affairs

Boffins disclosed a security flaw in Bluetooth, dubbed BIAS, that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to spoof a remotely paired device. “To establish an encrypted connection, two Bluetooth devices must pair with each other using a link key. ” reads the research paper. ” reads the research paper.

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UK: New National Strategy for Health Data

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Secure Data Environments. The NHS will step up its investment in and use of ‘secure data environments’ (sometimes referred to as ‘trusted research environments’). In simple terms, these are specially designated, secure servers on which a third party researcher’s access to health data can be properly controlled and monitored.

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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. By getting organizations together and having conversations about what is needed in order to secure an environment, then you can really start to understand what’s a reasonable posture to take around some of the issues that that come that come up,” Jordan said.

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Researchers released a free decryption tool for the Rhysida Ransomware

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) discovered an implementation vulnerability in the source code of the Rhysida ransomware. Rhysida ransomware employed a secure random number generator to generate the encryption key and subsequently encrypt the data.