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SPIRE is a graduated project of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It’s a production-ready implementation of the SPIFFE APIs that handles node and workload attestation to securely issue SVIDs to workloads and verify the SVIDs of other workloads, all based on a predefined set of conditions. SPIRE architecture and components Common use cases include securing service-to-service communication in microservices architectures, enabling zero trust networking, and supporting secure multi-cloud or hybrid cloud deployments. Organizations also use SPIRE to enforce least privilege access across containerized workloads, streamline workload authentication without relying on long-lived secrets, and improve the auditability of service interactions.…

ChatGPT’s Deep Research, which allows you to conduct multi-step research for complex tasks, is finally getting an option to save the report as a PDF. With ChatGPT’s Deep Research, you can allow the AI agent to do the work for you independently. ChatGPT takes your prompt, scans the internet, and reads hundreds of websites to create a comprehensive report. Once a report has been generated, you have the option to copy it, but the issue with the ‘copy’ button is that it doesn’t retain the formatting. In our tests, BleepingComputer found that copying ChatGPT’s deep research report into a Word document distorts the…

Security Affairs newsletter Round 523 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2025 A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. International Press – Newsletter Cybercrime Yemeni Man Charged in Federal Indictment Alleging He Sent ‘Black Kingdom’ Malware to Extort Businesses, Schools, and Medical Clinics Big Game Ransomware: the myths experts tell board members DragonForce Ransomware Cartel attacks on UK high street retailers: walking in the front door …

Mike Felch // More and more organizations are rolling out mandatory 2FA enrollment for authentication to external services like GSuite and OWA. While this is great news because it creates an added level of security to the external perimeter, it also forces red teams and pentest organizations to innovate new techniques into capturing 2FA tokens instead of just obtaining employee credentials. Over the years, there has been a number of attack primitives related to obtaining 2FA tokens. In some cases, attackers would attempt to spoof GSM on mobile phones, try to brute force tokens or even bypass 2FA requirements altogether…

The number of measles cases in the United States has crossed 1,000 for the first time in five years, federal data showed on Friday, as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks of the childhood disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,001 measles cases in 31 jurisdictions, as of Thursday. The CDC count does not reflect the latest data from Texas, the epicenter of the current measles outbreak, where cases have increased by seven to a total of 709. Read the rest of the story at Reuters.

The crypto gaming space is ever expanding, and with prominent games releasing, token airdrops piling up, and the constant shifting of the markets around them all, it’s a lot to take in.Luckily, we’re all over it here at Decrypt’s GG. And if you’re looking to keep tabs on the latest happenings around crypto video games, this weekly roundup gives you a quick overview of the biggest stories we covered over the past week, along with a smattering of other interesting tidbits from around the space.Top storiesSymbiogenesis on Soneium: Square Enix is expanding its blockchain game Symbiogenesis from Polygon to Soneium, Sony’s…

Melisa Wachs// The first day of school has started for your school-age kiddos. What better time to run through some of our basic reporting guidelines with y’all? Here is a short list of points I’ve learned after ten years of reading and editing pen test reports here at Black Hills Information Security. DO: Set up a shared place where your team can communicate consistencies. If you have more than one author, it’s good to have one “voice” to your report. At BHIS the testers write in 3rd person, past tense, etc. DON’T: Be a lone wolf. If you work as…

Author/Presenter: Michelle Eggers Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Proving Ground – The Immortal Retrofuturism Of Mainframe Computers And How To Keep Them Safe appeared first on Security Boulevard.

-up to my earlier article: The Dangers of Deceptive Data–Confusing Charts and Misleading Headlines. My first article focused on how visualizations can be used to mislead, diving into a form of data presentation widely used in public matters. In this article, I go a bit deeper, looking at how a misunderstanding of statistical ideas is breeding ground for being deceived by data. Specifically, I’ll walk through how correlation, base proportions, summary statistics, and misinterpretation of uncertainty can lead people astray. Let’s get right into it. Correlation ≠ Causation Let’s start with a classic to get in the right frame of…