Krebs on Security
MAY 6, 2024
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection provided by their VPN without triggering any alerts to the user.
Security Affairs
MAY 27, 2024
Experts warn of a new ATM malware family that is advertised in the cybercrime underground, it was developed to target Europe. A threat actor is advertising a new ATM malware family that claims to be able of compromised 99% of devices in Europe. The threat actor is offering the malware for $30,000, he claims that the “EU ATM Malware” is designed from scratch and that can also target approximately 60% of ATMs worldwide.
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WIRED Threat Level
MAY 8, 2024
An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program's database that investigators have repeatedly misused.
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2024
Pyongyang Threat Actor Is After Money and Information A North Korean hacking group wants to make money for the cash-starved Pyongyang regime and conduct bread-and-butter cyberespionage, say Microsoft researchers in a profile of a group they track as "Moonstone Sleet." North Korea has a well-established history of hacking for profit.
Speaker: Frank Taliano
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The Last Watchdog
MAY 21, 2024
There was a lot of buzz at RSAC 2024 about how GenAI and Large Language Models (LLM) are getting leveraged — by both attackers and defenders. Related: Is your company moving too slow or too fast on GenAI? One promising example of the latter comes from messaging security vendor IRONSCALES. I had the chance to sit down with Eyal Benishti , IRONSCALES founder and CEO, to get a breakdown of how their new Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) technology utilizes a specialized LLM to reinforce an
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Krebs on Security
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
Security Affairs
MAY 21, 2024
The Blackbasta extortion group claims to have hacked Atlas, one of the largest national distributors of fuel in the United States. Atlas is one of the largest national fuel distributors to 49 continental US States with over 1 billion gallons per year. The Blackbasta extortion group added the company to the list of victims on its Tor leak site, as the researcher Dominic Alvieri reported.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 13, 2024
Amid a rising tide of adversary drones and missile attacks, laser weapons are finally poised to enter the battlefield.
Data Breach Today
MAY 24, 2024
Malicious Script Targets Users in Mexico, Indonesia, Jordan Why bother building a crypto-locker when Microsoft has perfectly acceptable encryption software preloaded on desktops? Many ransomware hackers agree with that statement - and they're learning to make such attacks even harder to recover from.
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The Last Watchdog
MAY 23, 2024
AppSec has never been more challenging. By the same token, AppSec technology is advancing apace to help companies meet this challenge. Related: AppSec market trajectory At RSAC 2024 , I sat down with Bruce Snell , cybersecurity strategist at Qwiet.ai , to hear a break down about how Qwiet has infused it’s preZero platform, with graph-database capabilities to deliver SAST, SCA, container scanning and secrets detection in a single solution.
AIIM
MAY 21, 2024
We live and work in the liminal spaces where transformation and possibility reside. It is this possibility that we, as Women in Information Management, must take advantage of.
Krebs on Security
MAY 23, 2024
The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions. Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. An investigation into Stark Industries reveals it is being used as a global proxy network that conceals the true source of cyberattacks and disinformation c
Security Affairs
MAY 20, 2024
Two students discovered a security flaw in over a million internet-connected laundry machines that could allow laundry for free. CSC ServiceWorks is a company that provides laundry services and air vending solutions for multifamily housing, academic institutions, hospitality, and other commercial sectors. They manage and operate many internet-connected laundry machines and systems, offering services such as coin and card-operated laundry machines, mobile payment solutions, and maintenance suppor
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When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 6, 2024
The iPhone maker has detected spyware attacks against people in more than 150 countries. Knowing if your device is infected can be tricky—but there are a few steps you can take to protect yourself.
Data Breach Today
MAY 23, 2024
Also: Spanish Hacker Alcasec Arrested Again This week, Fluent Bit contains a flaw, Microsoft is nuking VBScript, Irish police and the SEC face fines, a man was sentenced for BEC, a flaw was found in Netflix's Genie, an Australia university said it was breached and Black Basta claimed an attack, and hacker Alcasec was arrested again.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 7, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO — Cloud security is stirring buzz as RSA Conference 2024 ramps up at Moscone Convention Center here. Related: The fallacy of ‘security-as-a-cost-center’ Companies are clambering to mitigate unprecedented exposures spinning out of their increasing reliance on cloud hosted resources. The unfolding disruption of Generative AI — and rising compliance requirements — add to the mix.
Collaboration 2.0
MAY 24, 2024
We went hands-on with the best VPNs for your iPhone and iPad to find the best iOS VPNs to help you stream content and surf the web while keeping your devices safe.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
Krebs on Security
MAY 13, 2024
Last week, the United States joined the U.K. and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. LockBit’s leader “ LockBitSupp ” claims the feds named the wrong guy, saying the charges don’t explain how they connected him to Khoroshev.
Security Affairs
MAY 12, 2024
Black Basta ransomware affiliates have breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024, FBI and CISA reported. The FBI, CISA, HHS, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) regarding the Black Basta ransomware activity as part of the StopRansomware initiative. Black Basta has targeted at least 12 critical infrastructure sectors, including Healthcare and Public Health.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 28, 2024
Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.
Data Breach Today
MAY 20, 2024
TekStream's Johnson and Splunk's Prevost on Tapping Into Student Talent for the SOC The threat landscape has evolved for state and local government entities as well as higher education institutes. Mary Lou Prevost from Splunk and Bruce Johnson of TekStream discuss innovative public-private partnerships that boost institutional defense mechanisms.
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The Last Watchdog
MAY 3, 2024
Businesses today need protection from increasingly frequent and sophisticated DDoS attacks. Service providers, data center operators, and enterprises delivering critical infrastructure all face risks from attacks. Related: The care and feeding of DDoS defenses But to protect their networks, they’ll need to enable accurate attack detection while keeping operations manageable and efficient.
Collaboration 2.0
MAY 22, 2024
The best identity theft and credit monitoring services offer antivirus tools, social media monitoring, alerts, and assistance if something goes wrong.
Krebs on Security
MAY 30, 2024
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware.
Security Affairs
MAY 26, 2024
Cisco addressed a SQL injection vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software. Cisco addressed a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20360 (CVSS score 8.8), in the web-based management interface of the Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software. The vulnerability is a SQL injection issue, an attacker can exploit the flaw to obtain any data from the database, execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system, and elevate privile
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WIRED Threat Level
MAY 2, 2024
Outabox, an Australian firm that scanned faces for bars and clubs, suffered a breach that shows the problems with giving companies your biometric data.
Data Breach Today
MAY 30, 2024
Also: Okta Alert on Credential Stuffing; Data Breaches in Spain This week, Google AI search provided wrong answers, Internet Archive suffered DDos attack, Okta warned of credential stuffing, Canada shut down two tech firms, attackers delivered malware with Stack Overflow, Telefónica is probing breach, Iberdrola was breached and RansomHub said it hit Christie's.
Security Affairs
MAY 13, 2024
A group of hackers that defines itself as “first-class Russian hackers” claims the defacement of hundreds of local and regional British newspaper websites. A group claiming to be “first-class Russian hackers” defaced numerous local and regional British newspaper websites owned by Newsquest Media Group. The group defaced the home pages of the targeted websites and posted the message “PERVOKLASSNIY RUSSIAN HACKERS ATTACK.” The following image shows an archived version of t
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