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MAY 15, 2024

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) San Francisco division warns that threat actors are increasingly using AI tools to improve their social engineering attacks.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 15, 2024

What It Means, Who Is Affected by It and How to Overcome It Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which individuals doubt their accomplishments and have an internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud. Employees can overcome these fears by finding mentors, documenting achievements and engaging in continuous learning.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2024

Meeting the demands of the modern-day SMB is one of the challenges facing many business leaders and IT operators today. Traditional, office-based infrastructure was fine up until the point where greater capacity was needed than those servers could deliver, vendor support became an issue, or the needs of a hybrid workforce weren’t being met. Related: SMB brand spoofing In the highly competitive SMB space, maintaining and investing in a robust and efficient IT infrastructure can be one of the ways

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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.

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MAY 17, 2024

Exploring the societal impact of the GenAI workforce entering the market.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2024

Hardware-based cybersecurity solutions are needed to help defend company networks in a tumultuous operating environment. Related: World’s largest bank hit by ransomware attack While software solutions dominated RSA Conference 2024 and are essential for multi-layered defense of an expanding network attack surface, hardware security solutions can serve as a last line of defense against unauthorized access to sensitive data and tampering with systems.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2024

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 60 security holes in Windows computers and supported software, including two “zero-day” vulnerabilities in Windows that are already being exploited in active attacks. There are also important security patches available for macOS and Adobe users, and for the Chrome Web browser, which just patched its own zero-day flaw.

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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.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 15, 2024

Website of BreachForums Administrator 'Baphomet' Also Appears to Be Down An international law enforcement operation shut down BreachForums, a criminal forum where hackers posted and sold the contents of hacked databases. The website of the criminal forum in its clear and dark web domains displays a seizure notice stating that it is "under the control of the FBI.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2024

Russia-linked Turla APT allegedly used two new backdoors, named Lunar malware and LunarMail, to target European government agencies. ESET researchers discovered two previously unknown backdoors named LunarWeb and LunarMail that were exploited to breach European ministry of foreign affairs. The two backdoors are designed to carry out a long-term compromise in the target network, data exfiltration, and maintaining control over compromised systems.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

Torrance, Calif., May 13, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Criminal IP, a renowned Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine developed by AI SPERA, has recently signed a technology partnership to exchange threat intelligence data based on domains and potentially on the IP address to protect users by blocking threats to end users. Criminal IP underwent rigorous data evaluation to integrate with Quad9’s threat-blocking service, demonstrating high data uniqueness and accuracy.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 13, 2024

NYC mayor Eric Adams wants to test Evolv’s gun-detection tech in subway stations—despite the company saying it’s not designed for that environment. Emails obtained by WIRED show how the company still found an in.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 16, 2024

Law Enforcment Arrests an Arizona Woman and a Ukrainian National U.S. law enforcement swept up two people and possibly hundreds of laptops used in scams by North Korean IT workers to obtain remote employment, including as contractors for an unnamed U.S. cybersecurity company. Prosecutors say one scam run by an Arizona woman netted Pyongyang at least $6.8 million.

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2024

A scam operation called “Estate” has attempted to trick nearly a hundred thousand people into handing over multi-factor authentication codes over the past year, according to Zack Whittaker at TechCrunch.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 14, 2024

A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 16, 2024

Also: Turla Targets European Missions and Google Patches Chrome Zero-Days This week, hackers used a Linus backdoor and a Microsoft client management tool; Santander Bank, the Helsinki Education Division, an Australian energy provider and auction house Christie's were breached; hackers targeted European missions in the Middle East; and Google patched a zero-day flaw.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Apple rolled out urgent security updates to address code execution vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, and macOS. Apple released urgent security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, macOS. The company also warns of a vulnerability patched in March that the company believes may have been exploited as a zero-day. The issue impacts older iPhone devices, it is tracked as CVE-2024-23296 and is a memory corruption flaw in the RTKit.

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KnowBe4

MAY 14, 2024

New analysis of Q1’s ransomware attacks uncovers a single group responsible for the lion’s share and even discusses what makes the them so successful.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 15, 2024

Google is introducing new AI-powered safety tools in Android 15 that can lock down your phone if thieves nab it.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 14, 2024

UK GCHQ Director Calls Chinese Hacking a 'Top Priority' Chinese-backed espionage and cyber disruption pose a major threat to global critical infrastructure as Beijing races for global edge, British and U.S. cyber officials warned Tuesday. Responding to the scale and complexity of Chinese hacking is a top British priority.

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When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2024

The Spanish bank Santander disclosed a data breach at a third-party provider that impacted customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. The Spanish financial institution Santander revealed a data breach involving a third-party provider that affected customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. The bank recently became aware of unauthorized access to one of its databases hosted by a third-party provider.

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KnowBe4

MAY 14, 2024

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nova Scotia is warning of spear phishing attacks that impersonate company managers. The scammers text company employees requesting a payment to cover an urgent business need.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 13, 2024

Tuesday’s verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string of cases that could make it much harder to skirt financial surveillance.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 17, 2024

Covered Financial Institutions Have 30 Days to Notify Customers of Data Breaches The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously approved updated regulations for covered financial institutions requiring entities such as fund companies and investment advisers to notify customers within 30 days of a cyber incident that compromised their data.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2024

An international law enforcement operation coordinated by the FBI led to the seizure of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum. BreachForums is a cybercrime forum used by threat actors to purchase, sell, and exchange stolen data, including credentials, and personal and financial information. The authorities also seized the Telegram page for the hacking forum The website currently displays a message that informs visitors it was seized by law enforcement.

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KnowBe4

MAY 14, 2024

Trend analysis of ransomware attacks in the first quarter of this year reveals a continual increase in the number of "unknown" initial attack vectors, and I think I might understand why.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 11, 2024

Plus: China is suspected in a hack targeting the UK’s military, the US Marines are testing gun-toting robotic dogs, and Dell suffers a data breach impacting 49 million customers.

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