Service As A Crime →
Seattles' all-a-buzz with a new and exciting Amazon service (no... it's not the new Amazon Spheres), dubbed AmazonCaaS [aka Amazon Crime as a Service]; via MG comes this terrific Medium blog post. Today's MustRead!
Fast Times At Grammarly High... →
Tavis Ormandy (a member of Google’s Project Zero organization) has found, reported and the offending Grammarly code fixed by Grammarly (reportedly by Tavis) in record time). A small bit of advice for Grammarly, and others: Have your code thoroughly examined by systems adhereing to the OpenSAMM or SAMM model. It may save your hocks someday... Today's Must Read over at Graham Clueley's blog. Thanks Graham and Trey!
Healthcare Systems - Ransomware Targets →
Superb accounting of the built-to-fail systems in healthcare, and the predeliction of those same systems towards victimization by ransomware attacks. Via Robert N. Charette writing at the IEEE's Spectrum Magazine.
Heretofore Unknown: The Qubit Control Time Juxtaposition →
Previiously unknown Qubit Control that reportedly promises significant exteensions to compute time... Want to dicover why longer computation time is a bona fide breakthrough? Read Chris Lee superlative screed at Ars Technica.
Yes, Virgina, Malicious Advertising Growth in Numbers and Viciousness Is Startling →
Dan Goodin, writing at our beloved Ars Technica, reports on the startling large numbers of malicious advertising exploits and the subsequent malevolence of same. Unfortunately, Today's Must Read.
National Security Agency Research Directorate's 6th Annual Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition →
The National Security Agency's 6th Annual Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition has been announced, along with the following Distinguished Experts and other Pertinent Particulars of the Competition (eg., the submittal criteria et cetera). Interested? Read On... A superlative conclave of security luminaries will examine the nominations and provide their specific submittal preferences to the National Security Agency's Research Directorate.
- PROF. L. JEAN CAMP, Indiana University
- DR. ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, Lincoln Laboratory
- DR. WHITFIELD DIFFIE, Cybersecurity Advisor
- DR. DAN GEER, In-Q-Tel
- DR. JOHN MCLEAN, Naval Research Laboratory
- PROF. STEFAN SAVAGE, University of California, San Diego
- MR. PHIL VENABLES, Goldman Sachs
- PROF. DAVID WAGNER, University California at Berkeley
- DR. JEANNETTE WING, Columbia University
Here are the all-important dates:
- Submission Period Begins: December 15, 2017
- Submission Period for Entries Ends: March 30, 2018 11:59 PM, EST.
- Evaluation Process for Entries Begins: April 2, 2018
- Winners Notified: By September 14, 2018
- Winners Announced: Fall 2018
Daniel Stori, 'The Last Resort' →
2018 Cymmetria MazeRunner Community Edition Announced →
Gadi Evron has announced the latest edition of Cymmetria MazeRunner Community Edition. I'm particularly interested in the Python Enhanced Responder.py/Pass-the-Hash deception capabilities. Enjoy!