Ukraine’s Security: Has America Passed the Buck to Europe? with Palki Sharma

Of course, Europe has to step up to provide security and peace for Europe including the Ukraine! Military invasions like from Russia can absolutely not be tolerated! This has been overdue for many years now!

Juice Jacking: Why Charging Your Phone at the Airport Might Not be Safe with Palki Sharma

I am not sure how serious this issue is, but caution and avoidance as best as possible is probably not a bad idea!

Your fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds made when you swipe on a touchscreen — Chinese and US researchers show new side channel can reproduce fingerprints to enable attacks

Bad news! Well it is not actually fingerprints, but sounds from swiping!

"An interesting new attack on biometric security has been outlined by a group of researchers from China and the US. PrintListener: Uncovering the Vulnerability of Fingerprint Authentication via the Finger Friction Sound [PDF] proposes a side-channel attack on the sophisticated Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). The attack leverages the sound characteristics of a user’s finger swiping on a touchscreen to extract fingerprint pattern features. Following tests, the researchers assert that they can successfully attack “up to 27.9% of partial fingerprints and 9.3% of complete fingerprints within five attempts at the highest security FAR [False Acceptance Rate] setting of 0.01%.” This is claimed to be the first work that leverages swiping sounds to infer fingerprint information. ..."

Your fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds made when you swipe on a touchscreen — Chinese and US researchers show new side channel can reproduce fingerprints to enable attacks | Tom's Hardware Researchers claim they can successfully attack up to 27.9% of partial fingerprints.

Credits: Last Week in AI

Google commits $1M to new Linux Foundation open source security rewards program

Good news!

"Over the past year we have made a number of investments to strengthen the security of critical open source projects, and recently announced our $10 billion commitment to cybersecurity defense including $100 million to support third-party foundations that manage open source security priorities and help fix vulnerabilities.
Today, we are excited to announce our sponsorship for the Secure Open Source (SOS) pilot program run by the Linux Foundation. This program financially rewards developers for enhancing the security of critical open source projects that we all depend on. We are starting with a $1 million investment and plan to expand the scope of the program based on community feedback. ..."

Google commits $1M to new Linux Foundation open source security rewards program | VentureBeat

Introducing the Secure Open Source Pilot Program