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White House Recommends Memory-Safe Programming Languages and Security-by-Design

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 4, 2024
Post category:Cybersecurity Information Technology
Post last modified:March 4, 2024

A new White House report focuses on securing computing at the root of cyber attacks — in this case, reducing the attack surface with memory-safe programming languages like Python, Java…

Why is ‘Juice Jacking’ Suddenly Back in the News?

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:April 14, 2023
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:April 14, 2023

KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about “juice jacking,” a term…

Sounding the Alarm on Emergency Alert System Flaws

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:August 12, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:August 12, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is urging states and localities to beef up security around proprietary devices that connect to the Emergency Alert System — a national public warning…