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A vulnerability published on November 28, 2023, under CVE-2023-24023, appears to affect almost all Bluetooth devices. This was discovered by the French assistant professor and researcher at Eurecom, Daniele Antonioli. It involves a so-called man-in-the-middle attack, where an at…

ABN Amro has found, after research, that victims of Dutch online fraud can prevent nearly half of the cases by not clicking on links too quickly. The study involved five hundred victims of online fraud, revealing that 44 percent of them admitted to clicking too quickly, enabling…

A tumultuous start to September. Google, Adobe, Mozilla, and Microsoft have patched various zero-day attack vectors in software, ranging from Chrome, Acrobat Reader, Firefox, Thunderbird, Windows, to Word. Some of these vulnerabilities are already being actively exploited, while…

Recently, a serious vulnerability has come to light in the widely used WinRAR software. With a user base of up to 500 million worldwide, this discovery holds potentially far-reaching consequences. The vulnerability, known as CVE-2023-40477, has also been rated with a severity sc…

This article is about internet security and privacy for advanced users or those who want to delve deeper into the world of cookies and tracking in general, and how being followed can be prevented. Above all, it explains why you should be concerned about this and how you can take…

At the moment, the governmental institution UWV is regularly making headlines. They have possibly not behaved as ethically on the technical front. For example, it recently came to light that they might be placing cookies for a longer duration than is desirable. What is a cookie,…

Ensuring the security of our information is of great importance. Monitoring can be compared to installing security cameras to protect your business assets. However, in the field of technology, we often see insufficient attention being given to monitoring our digital assets. Moni…

In the rapidly evolving world of technology and digitization, information security has become one of the biggest challenges for businesses. Protecting sensitive information and ensuring customer and employee privacy is critical, but surprisingly, many companies don't think about…

LastPass released a new official response on March 1, 2023 about last year's break-in. This article is therefore a follow-up to an earlier article that already laid out the events surrounding the LastPass break-in up to that point. The good news A new post has appeared in LastP…

In August 2022, LastPass, a digital password vault service, reported that it had been broken into. The latest announcement came just before the holidays. Meanwhile, it is almost February 2023. A good time to look back. At least, what is clear by now? And is it actually over yet?…

The year is almost over again. The month of the holiday season is upon us. For those working in information security, a month of mixed feelings. On the one hand coziness, family, warmth, food and drinks ... and on the other hand often a high work pressure. From sifting through l…

It is estimated that 60% of all web traffic on the internet involves bots, or robots if you will. Some are friendly, others are malicious. Examples of friendly bots include well-known major search engines. These come along to include your website in their search results. In this…

The European Commission has presented the Cyber Resilience Act proposal. The proposal should apply to any device that can connect to another, or to the Internet. The purpose of the proposal is to make device security, through legislation, no longer voluntarily required of manufa…

The WordPress plugin WPGateway has a zero day vulnerability. The vulnerability is numbered CVE-2022-3180. It is a critical issue with potentially serious consequences. All versions of the plugin are at risk, up to and including the current version 3.5. An update with a fix is no…

In the second half of 2022, a predicted but strikingly increasing trend was detected by our SOC. An increase in automated attacks. All devices connected to the Internet will sooner or later encounter curious visitors. Whether it's a camera system, SCADA system or webshop. Often…

Sometimes a small idea grows out of control. And when that moment comes, it's time for new solutions. This blog will help us keep a grip on the news we share. It will not only serve as an archive, but it will also become the central place from which we will share news from now o…