Research examines attack methods, defenses, and vulnerabilities, helping security teams understand risks and improve protection.
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Research is the systematic study of technologies, systems, attack methods, vulnerabilities, and defensive techniques to establish evidence and produce new findings. In information security, it includes work such as discovering flaws in software or protocols, analyzing malware and attacker behavior, testing cryptographic designs, and evaluating security controls. News under this tag may describe a proof of concept, a measurement study, or a proposed technique rather than a confirmed real-world attack.
For practitioners, research can change how risks are prioritized and mitigated. A demonstrated vulnerability may require vulnerability-management teams to verify affected assets, apply fixes, or add compensating controls; responsible disclosure gives developers time to assess and remediate before technical details enable exploitation. Research involving live systems, personal data, or offensive tooling also raises privacy, authorization, dual-use, and ethical concerns. Sound findings should state their assumptions, scope, limitations, and reproducibility, since laboratory results do not automatically show that an attack is practical in every environment.
Microsoft Dubs the Technique 'Skeleton Key'Artificial intelligence researchers say they came up with a new way to trick chatbots into circumventing safeguards and dispensing information that otherwise goes against their programming. They tell the bots that the information is for educational purposes and ask it to append warnings.
Researchers Say Manufacturer Proges Plus Hasn't Responded to Vulnerability FindingsVulnerabilities in internet-connected temperature monitoring devices - and an accompanying desktop application - mainly used in hospitals could be exploited by hackers to exfiltrate sensitive data or compromise temperature monitoring integrity, researchers warn.
Companies Eager for Tools Are Putting AI's Transformative Power Ahead of SecurityHackers targeting a popular open-source project for running artificial intelligence tool Ollama could run into a big "Probllama" if they haven't yet patched, said security researchers from Wiz. Companies are focusing on AI's transformative power at the cost of its security.
Hackers Part of Callisto and Armageddon GroupsThe European Union sanctioned four Russian domestic intelligence agency hackers including two military officers who participated in what researchers have described as "hack and leak" operations. Also coming under sanctions are ransomware hackers part of the Wizard Spider criminal group.