Wednesday, 26 November 2025

A spooky Halloween tale by Noa Bar Yosef, Senior Security Analyst, Imperva

Zombies last week wormed their way into our consciousness once more.  But these days your traditional zombie has a rival – not exactly a clone, but a modern version with equally nasty habits.

InfoSecurity
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  • HG_Flow.GMesh enables rapid generation of structured mesh to use with HG_Flow software
  • HG_Flow.GMesh means that desktop computers can deal with vast quantities of data generated by 3D laser scans
  • HG_Flow uses 3D scans of premises to produce visualisations of air flow
  • Hygie-Tech software is used to develop disaster response plans for buildings that are potential targets for chemical and biological terrorist attacks

InfoSecurity
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Quickie:

  • Device placed in a cardboard box and posted to the US.
  • One of the two bombs was transported on two passenger planes before its seizure in Dubai.
  • Device carried on an Airbus A320 from Sanaa to Doha before it was flown in another aircraft to Dubai
  • Device contained the powerful explosive PETN believed to be difficult to detect.
  • Student, 22, named Hanan al-Samawi was arrested in Yemen and later granted conditional release.
Intelligence and Policing
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  1. Homeland security funds research to develop blast-resistant glass
  2. ASTOR (Sentinel) System Completes 300 Operational Sorties with the Royal Air Force
  3. Avalanche spam gang taps the power of zeus to boost cybercrime earnings
  4. Fixing weak passwords
  5. Does Application Security Pay?
  6. Botnets for rent – explained
  7. Court fines fake Security Officers…guilty of working without SIA licences
  8. Security Industry Alliance warns Home Secretary: Careful consideration is essential in deciding the SIA's future
  9. Infosecurity Europe assures the British public of IT industry’s readiness to tackle head on the threats of terrorism and cybercrimes to UK PLC
  10. DNI appoints new Director of Public Affairs
  11. Nuclear secrets revealed after unencrypted USB stick found in Cumbria hotel room
  12. Trusteer launches secure browsing service for enterprises to protect them against man in the browser attacks
  13. New Varonis DatAdvantage for Exchange reduces the time Exchange Administrators spend managing mailbox access and tracking email activity by up to 70 Percent
  14. Performance Testing: What’s the true cost of Open Source?
  15. Two more Avro business jets enter service with operators in Europe and Latin America



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