Senate legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against quantum computing cyber threats | CyberScoop
A bipartisan pair of senators are introducing legislation Thursday that would direct a White House office to develop a strategy for reckoning with the cybersecurity ramifications of quantum computers, and require agencies to begin pilot programs on quantum-safe encryption.
Cheating on Quantum Computing Benchmarks - Schneier on Security
Peter Gutmann and Stephan Neuhaus have a new paper—I think it’s new, even though it has a March 2025 date—that makes the argument that we shouldn’t trust any of the quantum factorization benchmarks, because everyone has been cooking the books: Similarly, quantum factorisation is performed using sleight-of-hand numbers that have been selected to make them very easy to factorise using a physics experiment and, by extension, a VIC-20, an abacus, and a dog. A standard technique is to ensure that the factors differ by only a few bits that can then be found using a simple search-based approach that has nothing to do with factorisation…. Note that such a value would never be encountered in the real world since the RSA key generation process typically requires that |p-q| > 100 or more bits [9]. As one analysis puts it, “Instead of waiting for the hardware to improve by yet further orders of magnitude, researchers began inventing better and better tricks for factoring numbers by exploiting their hidden structure” [10]...
LLMs may serve as powerful assistants to malware analysts to streamline workflows, enhance efficiency, and provide actionable insights during malware analysis.
Cybercriminals ‘Spooked’ After Scattered Spider Arrests
The arrest of members of the Scattered Spider cyber-attack group have temporarily halted new intrusions, however, similar threat actors continue to pose risks
Après Aeroflot, c'est au tour des pharmacies russes d'être visées par des hackers - Numerama
Depuis fin juillet, des centaines de pharmacies russes n'accueillent plus aucun patient. La raison ? Deux des plus grands réseaux d'officines du pays sont victimes d'une cyberattaque majeure. Réservation de médicaments en ligne indisponible, personnel mis au chômage forcé : un nouveau pan de l'économie russe est visé
Project Zero disclosure policy change puts vendors on early notice | CyberScoop
Google wants to shorten delays in the vulnerability lifecycle by sharing limited details about newly discovered defects within a week of reporting to the affected vendor.
SHARED INTEL Q&A: Inside the access mess no one sees — and the identity risk no one owns
For decades, identity and access management (IAM) and privileged access management (PAM) sat on the sidelines of cybersecurity strategy—viewed more as IT maintenance than frontline defense. Related: The hidden threat of rogue access But that’s changing. Fast. Historically, security investments prioritized the visible: firewalls, antivirus software, endpoint monitoring. IAM and PAM—meant to control who gets
Senate Democrats call Trump admin’s focus on state voter rolls a pretext for disenfranchisement | CyberScoop
Sen. Alex Padilla and other Democrats say the GOP is pressing inflated concerns about noncitizen voting to justify legal and legislative challenges to eligible voters.
5 ans après, Dropbox renonce à son gestionnaire de mots de passe
Dropbox a pris la décision d'arrêter son aventure du gestionnaire de mots de passe, démarrée en 2020. L'outil sera progressivement coupé dans les mois à venir. Les internautes concernés doivent migrer sans tarder. C'était en 2020. En pleine période de pandémie de coronavirus, et de forte croissance dans le secteur du
ShinyHunters behind Salesforce data theft attacks at Qantas, Allianz Life, and LVMH
A wave of data breaches impacting companies like Qantas, Allianz Life, LVMH, and Adidas has been linked to the ShinyHunters extortion group, which has been using voice phishing attacks to steal data from Salesforce CRM instances.
Hackers target Python devs in phishing attacks using fake PyPI site
The Python Software Foundation warned users this week that threat actors are trying to steal their credentials in phishing attacks using a fake Python Package Index (PyPI) website.
Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites
Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here's a closer look…