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Humans have always gathered data to better understand the physical world around us. Today, companies are increasingly seeking to meld the digital world of data with the physical world through digital twins. Digital twins serve as a bridge between the two domains, providing a real-time virtual representation of physical objects and processes. These virtual clones of physical operations can help organizations simulate scenarios that would be too time-consuming or expensive to test with physical assets….

Cyber-criminals are increasingly exploiting bugs in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to steal investor funds, the FBI has warned. In a Public Service Announcement (PSA) yesterday, the Feds claimed that vulnerabilities in smart contract code have been targeted in several ways, including: By initiating a flash loan, triggering an exploit to cause investors and developers to lose around $3m in cryptocurrency By exploiting a signature verification vulnerability in a DeFi platform’s token bridge, resulting in $320m in…

Information classification is a process in which organisations assess the data that they hold and the level of protection it should be given. Organisations usually classify information in terms of confidentiality – i.e. who is granted access to view it. A typical system contains four levels of confidentiality: Confidential (only senior management have access) Restricted (most employees have access) Internal (all employees have access) Public information (everyone has access) As you might expect, larger and…

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The impact was profound. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 million customers – about 25% of Canada’s internet capacity – halting point-of-sale debit payments on the Interac network, preventing Rogers mobile phone users from accessing 9-1-1…

The offensive security tool used by penetration testers is also being used by threat actors from the ransomware and cyberespionage spheres. Image: Adobe Stock The business of penetration testing and security auditing is huge, and a lot of different tools are available on the market, or even for free, to help penetration testers. Some of those offensive security frameworks became very popular, such as Metasploit or Cobalt Strike. They are widely used by red…

By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software This article was originally published here by Andy Nallappan. The enterprise software that underpins day-to-day operations is under significant strain at many organizations. Between the now-prevalent hybrid cloud architecture and ongoing digital transformation efforts, entire industries are experiencing tectonic shifts in how they do business and disruptions from new competitors. For IT leaders, these changes have heightened their focus on software…