Tag: infrastructure vulnerability
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US Military Left Vulnerable to Telecom Attacks
The US military's vulnerability to telecom attacks has been exposed, with numerous successful breaches resulting in stolen location data, intercepted communications, and even manipulation of American voters through text messages. This alarming threat isn't caused by a new malware strain, but rather a decades-old signaling system that underpins global telephony and has been left open to exploitation.
Australia's Defence Faces Urgent Test in Autonomous Systems Race
Australia's internet lifelines are under attack, with a growing number of subsea cable damages threatening the nation's digital infrastructure - and Defence Minister Richard Marles warns that the frequency and scale of these incidents is historically unprecedented. Roughly 99 percent of Australia's internet traffic relies on just 15 of these vulnerable cables.
CISA Exposes Sensitive Data in Unsecured GitHub Repository
A shocking security lapse was uncovered when a GitGuardian researcher stumbled upon a public GitHub repository containing 844 MB of sensitive production infrastructure material from a national agency, left exposed for a staggering six months. This alarming data leak highlights the gravity of unsecured data, with expert Guillaume Valadon describing it as one of the most serious secrets leaks he's ever seen.