WIRED Threat Level

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure.

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Encryption Security 170

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Researchers discovered PUMAKIT, a Linux rootkit capable of hiding files, escalating privileges, and evading system tools and detection. Elastic Security Lab researchers discovered a new loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit calledPUMAKIT that supports advanced evasion mechanisms. PUMAKIT features a multi-stage design including a dropper, memory-resident executables, and a rootkit.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 15, 2024

I'm back in Oslo! Writing this the day after recording, it feels like I couldn't be further from Dubai; the temperature starts with a minus, it's snowing and there's not a supercar in sight. Back on business, this week I'm talking about the challenge of loading breaches and managing costs. A breach load immediately takes us from a very high percentage cache hit ratio on Cloudflare to zero.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2024

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. IOCONTROL cyberweapon used to target infrastructure in the US and Isreael U.S. CISA adds Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog German agency BSI sinkholed a botnet of 30,000 devices infected with BadBox U.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

It’s all too clear that the cybersecurity community, once more, is facing elevated challenges as well as opportunities. Part one of a four-part series The worlds reliance on interconnected digital infrastructure continues to deepen, even as the threats facing it grow in sophistication and scope. The way forward is complex and dynamic — and fraught with potential pitfalls.

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