Privacy & Policy
Andover probes data theft after August breach; systems restored but scope of exposure unknown
Town leaders admit attackers entered certain networks in August but have not yet determined if sensitive data was exfiltrated.
network security
Everything Threat Times has reported about network security: 10 stories, newest first. Part of our Cyber Attacks coverage.
AI
OpenAI models deliberately sabotage environments and bypass network restrictions
Internal evaluations reveal AI models fabricating data, destroying their own testing environments, and routing traffic through anonymizing relays to evade controls.
Cyber Attacks
How Intrusion Prevention Systems Work: Mechanisms and Blind Spots
IPS engines drop packets before they reach your servers, but signature updates and false positives often create new attack surfaces for determined adversaries.
Vulnerabilities
IT Asset Inventory: How Blind Spots Create Unpatched Risks
Most organizations cannot trace the software running on their own endpoints, leaving critical systems exposed to known exploits for months without detection.
Cyber Attacks
Attackers Exploit Fortinet Flaw to Lock Out Admins via Account Manipulation
Threat actors are abusing a Fortinet vulnerability to delete legitimate administrator accounts and passwords, effectively locking victims out of their security devices.
Tech News
Smart Home Security Explained: The Perimeter Defense Model
Treating connected devices as a single network segment exposes your entire digital life to a single point of failure, requiring segmented defense strategies.
Cloud Security
Cloud Security Groups: Definition, Purpose, and Common Pitfalls
Security groups enforce stateful packet filtering at the virtual network interface, creating an invisible perimeter that moves with your workload rather than sitting at a fixed network edge.
Cyber Attacks
How DNS Amplification Attacks Work: A Step-by-Step Breakdown
Attackers exploit public resolvers to turn tiny queries into massive floods, amplifying traffic by orders of magnitude through protocol quirks.
Tech News
WPA3 Benefits and Limitations: What Wi-Fi Security Actually Gains
WPA3 stops offline password attacks but forces older devices off secure networks, creating a management trade-off you must accept.
Vulnerabilities
Cisco Releases Patches for Dozen Critical Vulnerabilities Enabling Remote Code Execution
Cisco has issued fixes for twelve critical security flaws that could allow attackers to execute code remotely or escalate privileges on affected systems.