Ax Sharma

Ax Sharma is a UK-based security researcher, journalist and TV subject matter expert experienced in malware analysis and cybercrime investigations. His areas of interest include open source software security and threat intel analysis. Frequently featured by leading media outlets like the BBC, Channel 5, Fortune, WIRED, The Register, among others, Ax is an active community member of the OWASP Foundation and the British Association of Journalists (BAJ).

Google releases Fully Homomorphic Encryption toolkit on GitHub

Ax Sharma June 16, 2021 0

This week Google has open-sourced its Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) toolkit on GitHub. The toolkit includes open-source libraries enabling developers...

Adobe has a free tool for you: its anti-piracy DRM!

Ax Sharma May 25, 2021 0

It turns out, the American multimedia software giant Adobe that is known for its creative products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere...

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Jailbreaking Roku sticks with RootMyRoku

Ax Sharma May 20, 2021 0

This week, developers Marcus T. and Ammar Askar (llamasoft) have released an exploit called "RootMyRoku" which is capable of achieving...

Codecov hack aftermath: hundreds breached, many more to follow

Ax Sharma April 27, 2021 0

On April 1st software testing firm, Codecov became aware of a security incident. The company learned, that for over two...

Where did these mysterious PrismJS npm versions come from?

Ax Sharma April 15, 2021 0

In 2015, strange 9000.0.x versions of PrismJS appeared on npm downloads, and nobody had a clue where they came from,...

Magic mushroom website Shroomery is down and we don’t know why

Ax Sharma April 12, 2021 0

The "world's oldest magic mushroom website," Shroomery has been down this week without any good reason. Shroomery is a website...

Samsung Email bug could let attackers access your attachments

Ax Sharma April 11, 2021 0

This month, Samsung has fixed multiple high severity vulnerabilities across multiple Samsung apps that come pre-installed on Samsung mobile devices....