PwnFox

PwnFox is a Firefox/Burp extension that provide usefull tools for your security audit. If you are a chrome user you can check https://github.com/nccgroup/autochrome. Features Single click BurpProxy Connect to Burp with a simple click, this will probably remove the need for other addons like foxyProxy. However if you need the extra features provided by foxyProxy you […]

August 25, 2023
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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 21, 2023 – When ACE Equals Bad

Normally, ‘ace’ implies something great, such as to ace an exam or to draw an ace in Blackjack. Unfortunately, arbitrary code execution (ACE) means that an attacker can use a vulnerability to execute any code they want on a device. In the vulnerabilities covered this week, attackers used an ACE vulnerability to install webshells and […]

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August 21, 2023
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Power Management Vulnerabilities Could Shut Down Data Centers: Researchers

Trellix researchers are disclosing a number of critical data center power management platform vulnerabilities at DEFCON 2023 today. The vulnerabilities “could allow attackers to shut down entire data centers in minutes, slowly infect entire data center deployments to steal key data and information, or utilize compromised resources to initiate massive attacks at a global scale,” […]

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August 12, 2023
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SandboxAQ Open Sources Cryptography Management Tool for Post-Quantum Era

SandboxAQ today introduced an open-source cryptography management framework built for the post-quantum era. The AI and quantum spin-out from Alphabet uses the Sandwich framework for the Cryptoservice module in its SandboxAQ Security Suite, currently used by several U.S. government agencies, global banks, telcos, and tech companies. The framework is designed to simplify cryptography management and […]

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August 8, 2023
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New AI Threats Emerge as FraudGPT Creator Unleashes DarkBERT and DarkBART

New AI-powered cybercrime tools suggest that the capability of AI hacking tools may be evolving rapidly. The creator of FraudGPT, and potentially also WormGPT, is actively developing the next generation of cybercrime chatbots with much more advanced capabilities. Daniel Kelley, a reformed black hat hacker and researcher at cybersecurity firm SlashNext, posed as a potential […]

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August 4, 2023
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Funding for Cybersecurity Startups Plunges – But Some Still Get Deals

Cybersecurity startups had been pretty resilient despite the downturn in venture capital funding, but that run has ended in recent months. Venture investments in cybersecurity startups in the second quarter plunged 63% to $1.6 billion, according to data from Crunchbase. Funding was down 40% sequentially from the first quarter, and was the lowest since the […]

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July 28, 2023
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