Author: HackWatchit
Ralph is a security consultant at BHIS, specializing in developing tools to conduct security assessments at scale. For the past few years, I’ve envisioned building a web application that truly transforms security testing. In my earlier attempts, tools without a UI always required lengthy manuals—and by the time you finally mastered them, you hardly needed the tool at all. In today’s landscape, more and more applications rely on web interfaces—not because I’m a die-hard web developer, but because a well-crafted interface empowers users to quickly and easily harness the full power of the underlying technology without extensive training. When I…
Cybersecurity constantly evolves, but some books have stood the test of time, shaping how professionals think about security, risk, and digital threats. Whether you’re a CISO, a seasoned expert, or cybersecurity enthusiast, these must-reads belong on your shelf. Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace Author: Michele Slatalla Set against the backdrop of the 1990 AT&T phone network crash, Masters of Deception chronicles an important moment in hacker history: law enforcement cracked down on the underground world of cyber mischief. The book follows two rival hacker groups (the Legion of Doom and Masters of Deception), engaging in a digital…
President Trump during his campaign lauded the promise of cryptocurrency and has continued to bang that drum since taking office in January, with mixed results. In late January, he released his own meme coin and more recently established a strategic reserve of digital assets for the United States populated with crypto seized by the government in criminal and civil cases.He hosted a meeting of executives in the crypto industry and had the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) drop lawsuits against almost a dozen companies – including Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken – with another one probably being squashed.That said, the president’s…
Cary, North Carolina, March 13th, 2025, CyberNewsWire As Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered cyber threats surge, INE Security, a global leader in cybersecurity training and certification, is launching a new initiative to help organizations rethink cybersecurity training and workforce development. The company warns that AI is reshaping both the threat landscape and the skills required for cybersecurity professionals. While AI offers significant advantages in cyber defense, organizations must ensure their teams are properly trained to leverage it effectively without becoming overly reliant on automation. “The rise of AI in cybersecurity isn’t just a challenge—it’s an opportunity,” said Dara Warn, CEO of INE…
Over the past year, on-chain UX ecosystem WalletConnect has embarked on an ambitious programme of decentralization, establishing the WalletConnect Foundation in 2024 alongside the launch of its WCT token, used for fees, rewards, staking and governance on the network.WalletConnect founder Pedro Gomes argued that the time was right to launch WCT based on “token-market fit,” explaining that, with multiple SDKs building atop the network, it enabled stakeholders to “find a common ground where we’re incentivized to build together.” The token also encourages node operators to cohere around the network’s mission, he explained, as well as incentivizing the crypto wallets that…
Meta warns of actively exploited flaw in FreeType library Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2025 Meta warned that a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-27363, impacting the FreeType library may have been exploited in the wild. Meta warned that an out-of-bounds write flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-27363 (CVSS score of 8.1), in the FreeType library may have been actively exploited in attacks. “An out of bounds write exists in FreeType versions 2.13.0 and below when attempting to parse font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files.” reads the advisory published by Meta. “The vulnerable code assigns a signed short value to an unsigned long and…
Why you left your last job — or why you’re thinking of leaving your current one — is a question recruiters always ask, but answering can be tricky. It’s a balancing act: you want to be honest, but not sound like a serial job hopper. Employers value stability, even though job changes are often a natural part of career growth. So how do you strike the right note? To answer the “why did you leave your last job” interview question, it’s key to be honest. Say that the job wasn’t the right fit for you anymore, explain why, and don’t…
Cary, North Carolina, March 13th, 2025, CyberNewsWire As Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered cyber threats surge, INE Security, a global leader in cybersecurity training and certification, is launching a new initiative to help organizations rethink cybersecurity training and workforce development. The company warns that AI is reshaping both the threat landscape and the skills required for cybersecurity professionals. While AI offers significant advantages in cyber defense, organizations must ensure their teams are properly trained to leverage it effectively without becoming overly reliant on automation. “The rise of AI in cybersecurity isn’t just a challenge—it’s an opportunity,” said Dara Warn, CEO of INE…
The scale, frequency and cost of cyberattacks is well documented. But what’s often overlooked in a seemingly never-ending cycle of prevention and protection are the nuances in what we call the ‘recoverability factor’. This a company’s readiness to respond and recover from a major data attack or other disaster. Knowing that at some point your data – and potentially your whole business – will be threatened, focus shifts from security and prevention to recovery. The operational, financial and reputational implications can be catastrophic, so reducing the amount of data impacted and speed of recovering operational status then becomes the priority.…