Articles and Comments By Jonathan Knudsen
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OpenSSL Recent Vulnerability, What Experts Say?
November 08 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
On a scale of 1 to 10 the Heartbleed vulnerability was an 11; Heartbleed was exposed by default on a...
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Expert Insight On RansomHouse Attacking AMD
June 29 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
Cybersecurity adversaries come in all shapes and sizes, with all kinds of motivations. Recently, Ran...
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Wiltshire Farm Foods Cyberattack
June 28 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
"Recent security trouble at Apetito is yet another example showing that every organisation is a soft...
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Experts Insight On Spring4Shell Vulnerability
April 01 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
The Internet is buzzing with talk about two separate vulnerabilities related to different Spring pro...
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Lapsus$ Ransomware Continues Its Attack: OKTA Is Its Latest Victim
March 23 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
Lapus$ has been busy lately, but its activities should not be surprising. The software attack surfac...
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Critical GitLab Vulnerability Could Allow Attackers To Steal Runner Registration Tokens
March 03 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
The recent disclosure about CVE-2022-0735 by Gitlab is an excellent illustration of the multilayered...
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GitHub Goes Open Source On Security Research
February 25 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
Accurate, timely, and consistent vulnerability information about open source software components is...
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High-Severity RCE Bug Found In Popular Apache Cassandra Database
February 17 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
The disclosure of CVE-2021-44521 in Apache Cassandra is yet another reminder of the critical importa...
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Dark Souls Servers Taken Down Amid Hacking Reports
January 25 , 2022 by Jonathan Knudsen
Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities (RCEs) are the fire-breathing dragons of the software world. T...
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DNA Testing Firm Discloses Data Breach Affecting 2.1 Million People
December 01 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
You can change your phone number, your address, your credit cards, and your user names and passwords...
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Expert Reacted On ‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens The Security Of All Code
November 02 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Boucher and Anderson’s paper Trojan Source: Invisible Vulnerabilities explores how Unicode contr...
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Sinclair TV Confirms Cyber Attack – Expert Comments
October 19 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
As details about the Sinclair Broadcast Group ransomware attack continue to emerge, questions will b...
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Expert Cybersecurity Comment | Twitch Data Breach
October 08 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
The Twitch breach highlights a few important points about cybersecurity. First, adversaries come i...
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Cybersecurity Experts Comment On Pandora Papers
October 04 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
It’s hard to think of a more appropriate way to kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month than with a...
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Fashion Retailer Guess Data Breach, Experts Insight
July 14 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
The only question that matters is: how can a problem like this be prevented? The reason ransomware i...
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Serious Vulnerability in Microsoft Teams That Could Expose Confidential Files
June 15 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Microsoft has a proud history of leading the industry in application security, ever since Bill Gates...
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44% of Orgs. Report Breaches Due to 3rd Parties, 74% Cite Privileged Access
May 06 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Recent zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS are a stark reminder of the complexity of software...
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Experts On West Ham Utd Website Leaks Users' Data
March 10 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Football fans will remember that in July 2020, the theft of nearly £1m from a Premier League footba...
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Expert Insight On Indian state government website exposed COVID-19 lab test results
March 09 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
A website for COVID test results in West Bengal in India is apparently missing access control, such...
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Expert On Hundreds Of Thousands Immigration And COVID Records Exposed In Jamaica
February 19 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Another day brings news of another unsecured database, this time from a contractor working for the J...
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Old Security Vulnerability Left Millions Of Internet Of Things Devices Vulnerable To Attacks
February 11 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
The Number:Jack vulnerabilities highlight the difficulty of random numbers. Many algorithms in co...
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Expert Input On 88% Of Medtech Executives Not Prepared For Cyberattack
February 10 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Like every other critical infrastructure sector, healthcare is deeply dependent on software. From t...
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Expert Advise On Latest macOS Root Privilege Escalation Flaw
February 04 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Recently, researchers discovered that the privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2021-3156, also k...
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Experts Reaction On World Economic Forum 2021 Report Cites Cyber Failure As 4th Highest Risk
January 22 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Admitting that a problem exists is the first step in overcoming that problem. The World Economic F...
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Experts Insight On UN’s Environmental Program Breach-100K+ Employee Records Leaked
January 12 , 2021 by Jonathan Knudsen
Software is the critical infrastructure that supports organisations of all types. Cybersecurity is i...
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Expert Insight On Amnesia:33 Vulnerabilities Impact Millions Of Smart And Industrial Devices
December 09 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Security must be part of every phase of software development. During the design of an application, t...
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Expert Advise On Black Friday And Cyber Monday
November 25 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Online holiday shopping this year will be more popular than ever, as the global pandemic encourages...
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Lazda And Eatigo Suffer Data Breach; Millions Of Account Details Sold Online
November 03 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
What can ordinary people do? Consumers do not have much individual power. We would like to strongly...
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Cybersecurity Experts Reacted On Hackney Council Cyber Attack
October 14 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Every organisation is a software organisation, even the Hackney Council in North London. Consequentl...
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Expert Reaction On Mirai Botnet Is Targeting RCE Vulnerability In F5 BIG-IP Software
August 05 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
It’s no surprise that the Mirai botnet now includes an exploit for CVE-2020-5902, and it is a good...
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Experts Insight On Premier League Club Almost Loses £1m to Hackers
July 24 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
The narrowly avoided theft of nearly £1m from a Premier League football club is hardly surprising,...
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Experts On MGM Hotel Breach
July 15 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
The scope of the MGM Grand data breach appears to be much wider than originally thought. However, th...
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A Legion Of Bugs Puts Hundreds Of Millions Of IoT Devices At Risk
June 17 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
The Ripple20 disclosures are a graphic illustration of three truths in software development.
First...
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Interserve Database Hacked: Expert Insight
May 14 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
First, every company is a software company. While Interserve is described as a construction and supp...
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Hacked Law Firm Informs Celeb Clients Including Lady Gaga And Madonna Of Data Breach - Experts Insight
May 13 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Ransomware is effective and devastating because it allows hackers to sell information back to the pe...
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Cybersecurity Must Not Be Forgotten With State-sponsored Attacks Rising Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Experts Warn
May 08 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
In a time of crisis, pushing cybersecurity to the back burner might be tempting. Many believe that u...
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Expert Comments On State-Backed Hackers Targeting Coronavirus Workers, UK And US Warn
May 06 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
In a time of crisis, pushing cybersecurity to the back burner might be tempting. Many believe that u...
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Experts Insight On Zoom Releases 5.0 Update With Security And Privacy Improvements
April 24 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Much of the controversy swirling around Zoom security has to do with the claim of “end-to-end secu...
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Expert Reaction On Phishing Scammers Have Started To Impersonate President Trump And Vice President Mike Pence
April 10 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Any crisis attracts scoundrels who will not hesitate to kick you when you’re down. Recent phishing...
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Cybersecurity Experts On Medical And Military Contractor Kimchuk Hit By Data-stealing Ransomware
March 27 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Information crime continues to be a highly lucrative business, as information can be monetized throu...
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Expert Advise On Microsoft Says Hackers Are Attacking Windows Users With A New Unpatched Bug
March 24 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Microsoft’s security advisory highlights three important points. First, creating software is essen...
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Industry Leader Reaction To Princess Cruises Admits Data Breach
March 16 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
News of the data breach at Princess Cruises makes one thing perfectly clear: all businesses are soft...
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Hospital Devices Exposed To Hacking With Unsupported Operating Systems
March 11 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Healthcare providers face many of the same software security challenges as everyone else. This inclu...
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Clothing Company J.Crew Says A Hacker Accessed Customer Accounts - Experts Comments
March 06 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
For users, there is nothing good about the credential stuffing attack at J. Crew, but there are some...
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Cybersecurity Experts On Ryuk Ransomware Hits Fortune 500 Company EMCOR
March 06 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Ransomware continues to be a popular tool for cybercriminals. The diabolical simplicity of ransomwar...
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Academics Find 30 File Upload Vulnerabilities In 23 Web Apps, CMSes, And Forums
March 05 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Working in cybersecurity is like being a musician or an athlete: no matter how good you are, you can...
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Experts Insight On Visser Data Breach (Supplier To Lockheed, Tesla, Boeing And SpaceX)
March 03 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Information crime continues to be a highly lucrative business, as information can be monetised throu...
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Personal Details Of 10.6M MGM Hotel Guests Posted On A Hacking Forum - Cybersecurity Experts React
February 21 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
If we’ve learned anything from decades of data breaches, it’s that any organisation can be a tar...
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Experts Insight On Brazilian Firm Exposes Personal Details Of Thousands Of Soccer Fans
February 06 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
For anyone wondering “where do I start with cybersecurity,” this story of yet another unprotecte...
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Experts On Data Breach At Indian Airline SpiceJet Affects 1.2 Million Passengers
January 31 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
There are three important lessons to be learned from the SpiceJet breach. First, a proactive approac...
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LabCorp Exposes Thousands Of Medical Documents - Commentary
January 29 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
The LabCorp vulnerability is what’s known as a direct object reference. Any patient’s health inf...
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Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered In GE Medical Devices
January 27 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Software is the critical infrastructure that is the foundation for nearly everything else in the mod...
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Mitsubishi Electric Confirms Major Data Breach - Expert Commentary
January 21 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
As of 2020, essentially every business is a software business in some way, shape, or form. As such,...
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Major Flaw In Windows 10 Discovered By The NSA - Experts Reactions
January 16 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Software rots over time. It is not that the software is actually changing and getting worse; instead...
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Comment: Canadian Banks Impersonated In Two-year Long Phishing Attack
January 01 , 2020 by Jonathan Knudsen
Education and basic precautions are the key to avoiding phishing attacks. Users should understand th...
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Comment: iOS Bug In AirDrop Let Anyone Temporarily Lock-up Nearby iPhones
December 11 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Software security is all about protecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. In this case...
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Comment: OpenBSD Patches Authentication Bypass, Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
December 06 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Eric Raymond famously said \"given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.\" What he meant was that i...
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Disney's New Streaming Site Hacked With Customer Data Sold On Dark Web - Experts Reactions
November 19 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
An online streaming service is a whole new world for Disney, and as they ask customers to \"be our g...
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Comments On Home Office App For EU Citizens Easy To Hack
November 18 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Anyone can stack one rock on top of another, which is fine if you want to make a pile of rocks. If y...
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Experts Comments On Billabong And Quiksilver Hit By Cyber Attack
November 08 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
The link between surfing and cybersecurity might not seem obvious, but recent attacks on Billabong a...
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Experts On American Cancer Society’s Online Store Infected With Credit Card Stealing Malware
October 29 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
The sabotage of the American Cancer Society shows that no organisation is immune from challenges of...
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2,000 Georgia Websites Hacked In Cyber-Attacks - Experts Reaction
October 29 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
The cyber-attacks in Georgia demonstrate once again the shaky infrastructure upon which so much of o...
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Security Researcher Gets Access To All Xiaomi Pet Feeders Around The World
October 29 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
As we come to rely on software for more and more of our lives, we have reached a point where it\'s c...
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Experts On UniCredit Reveals Data Breach Exposing 3 Million Customer Records
October 29 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
For anyone who has ever thought, \"no one will ever find this,\" the ongoing parade of disclosures a...
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Experts Reaction On Government Partnering With Arm To Develop New Cyber Techie
October 21 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Software is critical infrastructure. As a species, we are increasingly dependent upon software in ou...
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Experts On Attackers Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerability That Gives Full Control Of Android Phones
October 07 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
The newly announced Project Zero disclosure involving a vulnerability in the Android kernel illustra...
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Comments: New WhatsApp Malicious GIF Image Flaw
October 04 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
The WhatsApp vulnerability recently disclosed by Awakened has several classic characteristics.
Firs...
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Expert Comments: A Flaw In Webex And Zoom Let Researchers Snoop On Users’ Video Calls
October 03 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Some rudimentary user education would help people make better choices. For example, when running an...
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Experts Dots On U.S. Steps Up Scrutiny Of Airplane Cybersecurity
October 02 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Improving the cybersecurity of aviation and, indeed, all areas of critical infrastructure, is an adm...
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Comments On Account Hijacking Campaign Hits YouTube Influencers
September 24 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
The recent phishing attacks on YouTube are an escalation of a classic scheme, in which users are lur...
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15,000 Webcams Exposed Online; Major Manufacturers
September 18 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Security is a shared responsibility between vendors and consumers. Vendors are responsible for minim...
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Instagram Confirmed Security Vulnerability - Commentary
September 13 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Software security is an organisational skill, and no matter how good you are, there\'s always room f...
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MoviePass Exposes 161M Records
August 22 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
The security of an organisation is only as strong as its weakest link. In this case, one employee ma...
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Operating System Bug Exposes 200 Million Critical Devices
July 31 , 2019 by Jonathan Knudsen
Recent disclosures about vulnerabilities in VxWorks highlight the critical importance of a proactive...
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