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Why Regulated Industries are Turning to Military-Grade Cyber Defenses
As cyber threats loom large and data breaches continue to pose increasingly significant risks. Organizations and industries that handle sensitive information and valuable assets make prime targets for cybercriminals seeking financial gain or strategic advantage. Which is why many highly regulated sectors, from finance to utilities, are turning to military-grade cyber defenses to safeguard
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ZKTeco Biometric System Found Vulnerable to 24 Critical Security Flaws
An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors. “By adding random user data to the database or using a fake QR code, a nefarious actor can easily bypass…
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North Korean Hackers Target Brazilian Fintech with Sophisticated Phishing Tactics
Threat actors linked to North Korea have accounted for one-third of all the phishing activity targeting Brazil since 2020, as the country’s emergence as an influential power has drawn the attention of cyber espionage groups. “North Korean government-backed actors have targeted the Brazilian government and Brazil’s aerospace, technology, and financial services sectors,” Google’s Mandiant and
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Kidder Mathews promotes longtime employee to lead asset services division
In the last year, Kidder’s asset services division marked its highest revenue to date by adding some large assignments.
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With this airline, ‘Wine Travels Free’ into Oregon, but not out
Avelo Airlines gives a nod vistors to a “world-class wine region.” It’s not the Willamette Valley.
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Coffee alternative, vegan chocolate mousse win Columbia River Pitch
A Gresham coffee substitute was the big winner at the Columbia River Pitch competition that saw founders from Multnomah County in Oregon and Clark and King counties in Washington vie for equity investment and in-kind prizes.
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Portland developer probes future of sustainable construction
A Portland developer is scrutinizing the cutting edge of sustainability for buildings and sharing her findings.
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Column: Pamplin newspaper sale, issues at other publications makes for a gloomy Oregon media landscape
Plenty of weird, and good, stuff went down at the Portland Tribune in the early 2000s. Let’s hope for more of the same after its sale.
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New Attack Technique ‘Sleepy Pickle’ Targets Machine Learning Models
The security risks posed by the Pickle format have once again come to the fore with the discovery of a new “hybrid machine learning (ML) model exploitation technique” dubbed Sleepy Pickle. The attack method, per Trail of Bits, weaponizes the ubiquitous format used to package and distribute machine learning (ML) models to corrupt the model…
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Arid Viper Launches Mobile Espionage Campaign with AridSpy Malware
The threat actor known as Arid Viper has been attributed to a mobile espionage campaign that leverages trojanized Android apps to deliver a spyware strain dubbed AridSpy. “The malware is distributed through dedicated websites impersonating various messaging apps, a job opportunity app, and a Palestinian Civil Registry app,” ESET researcher Lukáš Štefanko said in a…
