The idea of object-oriented software originated in the 1960s and rose to dominance in the 1990s. In 2019, most main-stream languages are at least somewhat object-oriented. Despite this obvious success, the paradigm is still somewhat nebulous if you think about it in detail. —Felix
Unlike previous side-channel vulnerabilities disclosed in Intel CPUs, researchers have discovered a new flaw that can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring an attacker to have physical access or any malware installed on a targeted computer. —Swati Khandelwal
The International Society of Automation (ISA) 99 standards development committee brings together industrial cyber security experts from across the globe to develop ISA standards on industrial automation and control systems security that are applicable to all industry sectors and critical infrastructure. —Anastasios Arampatzis
If you feel as if there’s a new data breach in the news every day, it’s not just you. Breaches announced recently at Capital One, MoviePass, StockX, and others have exposed a variety of personal data across more than 100 million consumers. This has spurred lawsuits and generated thousands of headlines. —Shuman Ghosemajumder
Recently, Google’s Project Zero published a report describing a newly-discovered campaign of surveillance using chains of zero day iOS exploits to spy on iPhones. This campaign employed multiple compromised websites in what is known as a “watering hole” attack. —Cooper Quentin
Pandora Flexible Monitoring Solution (FMS) is all-purpose monitoring software, which means it can control network equipment, servers (Linux and Windows), virtual environments, applications, databases, and a lot more. It can do both remote monitoring and monitoring based on agents installed on the servers. You can get collected data in reports and graphs and raise alerts if something goes wrong. —Sancho Lerena
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new computer virus associated with the Stealth Falcon state-sponsored cyber espionage group that abuses a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system to stealthily exfiltrate stolen data to attacker-controlled server. —Mohit Kumar
I recently volunteered as an AV tech at a science communication conference in Portland, OR. There, I handled the computers of a large number of presenters, all scientists and communicators who were passionate about their topic and occasionally laissez-faire about their system security. —Rtia Nygren
Organizations that that do things in the world beyond just releasing code or running services — as much as companies like Uber try to pretend they’re software companies — often find themselves subject to regulation or pressure on those AFK-centric activities. Life has, relatively speaking and with the exception of a few minor intellectual property kerfuffles, been pretty easy for pure software folks. —Eleanor Saitta
The horse-race between AMD and Intel is fun to follow, but when it comes to security, there’s far more at stake than framerates in games. There looms a ghostly apparition that’s easy to forget. Speculative execution exploits like Spectre and its variants, as well as ZombieLoad and a number of other side-channel attacks, are still as scary as ever. —Luke Larsen
Airlines and the airport industry in general are highly lucrative targets for APT groups; they are rife with information that other countries would find useful. NETSCOUT data from 2019 shows airport and airline targeting remains strong and steady, with Russian, Chinese, and Iranian APT groups attempting access. —ASSERT
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