Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Timehop, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Domain Factory announce a system-wide breach. Also, a new AI tool, Claudette, is holding tech companies accountable for GDPR compliance. Read on to learn…
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When the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) was formed in 2005, the cyber threat landscape was a bit different from what we see today. Threats were a little less sophisticated, but there was one thing that we saw then that we still see now: the shortage of cybersecurity professionals and researchers. The team decided that with…
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Back in 2005, there were a number of us in a conference room in Austin, Texas working to determine how we would structure it, what we would name it, and how to deal with the potential backlash that would come after we announced it. What is it? I’m referring to our Zero Day Initiative. It’s…
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When discussions around the ways cybercriminals and hackers are able to compromise and penetrate an organization, it regularly leads to the use of exploits and exploit kits. Because all software can contain flaws and bugs, a threat actor only has to either find a new, undisclosed vulnerability (zero-day) or use the many vulnerabilities already disclosed…
Read More This week marked the 11th annual Pwn2Own contest held during the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver and while the contest had fewer entries compared to previous years, it was still an exciting event filled with a little drama. Over the course of two days, the Zero Day Initiative awarded $267,000 for vulnerabilities covering Apple (5), Microsoft…
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We are nine weeks away from the Pwn2Own™ 2017 security contest returning to CanSecWest, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. A lot has changed in the world since the first Pwn2Own in 2007. The computing space has changed drastically, as well. The first Pwn2Own happened before Conficker or Stuxnet. It happened before the…
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There’s a bit of debate over who actually first said “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” There’s no debate about the sentiment. You usually end up saying something completely forgettable or something that will make you look silly in retrospect. Rather than try to predict trends for 2017, let’s take a look back at…
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