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MAY 29, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today said they arrested the alleged operator of 911 S5 , a ten-year-old online anonymity service that was powered by what the director of the FBI called “likely the world’s largest botnet ever.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars i

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MAY 29, 2024

US-Led Operation Disrupts 911 S5 Botnet in Global Crackdown FBI Director Christopher Wray said the U.S. led an internationally coordinated effort to disrupt and dismantle what may be one of the world's largest malicious botnet services, which had accrued 19 million IP addresses by the time it was taken down and its primary administrator was arrested in May.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2024

The capacity to withstand network breaches, and minimize damage, is a key characteristic of digital resiliency. Related: Selecting a Protective DNS One smart way to do this is by keeping an eagle eye out for rogue command and control (C2) server communications. Inevitably, compromised devices will try to connect with a C2 server for instructions. And this beaconing must intersect with the Domain Name System (DNS.

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MAY 29, 2024

The Breach Notice Raises the Question of Whether Sav-Rx Paid a Ransom A Nebraska firm that provides medication benefits management and pharmacy services is notifying more than 2.8 million individuals of an October 2023 hacking incident involving the potential theft of their personal information, including Social Security numbers. Did the company pay a ransom?

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 29, 2024

The US says a Chinese national operated the “911 S5” botnet, which included computers worldwide and was used to file hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Covid claims and distribute CSAM, among other crimes.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2024

Check Point released hotfixes for a VPN zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24919, which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Check Point released hotfixes to address a VPN zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24919 , which is actively being exploited in attacks in the wild. The vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 is a Quantum Gateway information disclosure issue.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 29, 2024

Is There Anything to Anonymous Reports About Talks of a $38B Broadcom-Zscaler Deal? Reports last weekend that technology behemoth Broadcom had started discussions to acquire zero trust pioneer Zscaler for $38 billion raised eyebrows throughout the cybersecurity industry. The surprise comes from both the high price tag as well as the source: anonymous Substack and Medium posts.

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MAY 29, 2024

Identity and access management firm Okta warns of credential stuffing attacks targeting the Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) feature. Okta warns of credential stuffing attacks targeting its Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) feature since April. A credential stuffing attack is a type of cyber attack where hackers use large sets of username and password combinations, typically obtained from previous data breaches, phishing campaigns, or info-stealer infections, to gain unauthorized access to user account

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Data Breach Today

MAY 29, 2024

Assess Your Interests, Skills, Educational Background and Career Goals to Decide If you are looking for a career path that combines challenge, impact and growth, cybersecurity offers a wealth of opportunities. And the field is not limited to those with deep technical expertise - numerous nontechnical roles are essential to the cybersecurity ecosystem.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 29, 2024

Today we loaded 16.5M email addresses and 13.5M unique passwords provided by law enforcement agencies into Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) following botnet takedowns in a campaign they've coined Operation Endgame. That link provides an excellent over so start there then come back to this blog post which adds some insight into the data and explains how HIBP fits into the picture.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 29, 2024

IT and OT Teams Rarely Talk and When They Do, They Rarely Agree On Anything Australian critical infrastructure organizations must enable greater convergence between their information technology and operational technology teams to better respond to cybersecurity threats to their OT infrastructure, according to a new study by Palo Alto Networks.

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KnowBe4

MAY 29, 2024

Threat actors are abusing cloud storage platforms to host phishing sites that can more easily evade detection by security scanners, according to researchers at Enea. Criminals are exploiting numerous cloud services, including Google Cloud, AWS, IBM Cloud, and others.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 29, 2024

The Office Will Oversee the Implementation of the European Union's AI Act The European AI Office, which is tasked with implementing the AI Act, the first-ever binding regulation on artificial intelligence, is set to begin operating next month. The office will be headed by Lucilla Sioli, previously an official at the Directorate-General CONNECT at the European Commission.

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MAY 29, 2024

Criminals are launching a variety of scams targeting Muslims around the world who are planning on making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, according to researchers at Resecurity.

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Record Nations

MAY 29, 2024

High resolution scanning is a specific type of professional digitization that scans images to 600 dots per inch (DPI) and higher. This kind of scanning can be used for many different kinds of images, objects, and documents. Scanning documents at a higher resolution means that they are clearer and have more detail, which may be. High Resolution Scanning The post High Resolution Scanning appeared first on Record Nations.

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KnowBe4

MAY 29, 2024

[HEADS UP] A Whopping 90% of Attacks Involve Social Engineering

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IG Guru

MAY 29, 2024

Check out the post here. The post Google’s AI really is that stupid, feeds people answers from The Onion via the AV Club first appeared on IG GURU.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 29, 2024

In the realm of software development, efficiency and innovation are of paramount importance. As businesses strive to deliver cutting-edge solutions at an unprecedented pace, generative AI is poised to transform every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). A McKinsey study shows that software developers can complete coding tasks up to twice as fast with generative AI.

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 29, 2024

In today’s information-driven world, organizations face the challenge of managing both physical and digital documents efficiently. With content arriving in various formats from multiple sources and channels, it’s challenging to extract and deliver the actionable data needed by AI-powered automation. To address this complexity, intelligent document processing (IDP) has emerged as a powerful solution.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 29, 2024

Elevate Your IAM Strategy with Thales at EIC 2024 madhav Thu, 05/30/2024 - 05:23 From 4 to 7 June, Berlin will host Europe’s premier identity and cloud experts gathering. The European Identity and Cloud Conference 2024 (EIC), now in its 17th edition, promises an immersive experience into the future of identity and access management (IAM) within an AI-upgraded reality.

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 29, 2024

OpenText IoT experts will joining the illustrious list of speakers at the upcoming 2024 IoT Tech Expo ! This event is one of the premier gatherings for IoT professionals and enthusiasts, will be held in Santa Clara, CA, from June 19-20. It is incredibly exciting to be a part of it and to share some of the groundbreaking advancements we’re making at OpenText.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 29, 2024

Brian Krebs reports on research into geolocating routers: Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geolocate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally—including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems—and found they could use thi

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Unwritten Record

MAY 29, 2024

The First Special Service Force, a Joint U.S.-Canadian Fighting Unit: The insignia of the First Special Service Force, composed of US and Canadian soldiers in training at Ft. William Henry Harrison, Montana, is an Indian spearhead of deep red with the “USA” and “Canada” forming a white T against the background. The patch is worn on the left shoulder of the soldier, who is shown here sewing the coveted emblem to his blouse.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2024

Washington D.C., May 29, 2024, PRNewswire — DNSFilter announced today that it has joined the WeProtect Global Alliance to help prevent the spread of child sex abuse material (CSAM) online. This partnership will help further WeProtect’s mission and work toward creating a safer online environment for children. The WeProtect Global Alliance was founded to create a cohesive, comprehensive response to the widespread issue of online child sexual abuse and exploitation.

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KnowBe4

MAY 29, 2024

This Pro-Hamas hacktivist group has updated their payload arsenal to include updated versions of their BiBi Wiper malware, and two new wiper variants.

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