Sat.Dec 03, 2022 - Fri.Dec 09, 2022

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Machine Learning Models: A Dangerous New Attack Vector

Dark Reading

Threat actors can weaponize code within AI technology to gain initial network access, move laterally, deploy malware, steal data, or even poison an organization's supply chain.

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Ransomware Attack in New Zealand Has Cascading Effects

Data Breach Today

Government Agencies and Private Sector Affected by Attack on IT Sercices Provider A ransomware attack on a New Zealand third party managed IT service provider impacted several government agencies across the country – including the Ministry of Justice and the national health authority. Investigations are ongoing to determine the incident's full impact.

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Judge Orders U.S. Lawyer in Russian Botnet Case to Pay Google

Krebs on Security

In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba , one of the Internet’s largest and oldest botnets. The defendants, who initially pursued a strategy of counter suing Google for interfering in their sprawling cybercrime business, later brazenly offered to dismantle the botnet in exchange for payment from Google.

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Social Engineering Hackers Use Excel to Target Crypto VIPs

Data Breach Today

Campaign May Originate From North Korean Group Infamous for Social Engineering Hackers, possibly North Korea's Lazarus Group, are behind a campaign that socially engineers cryptocurrency traders into opening an Excel spreadsheet loaded with a malicious macro. Pyongyang hackers specialize in cryptocurrency theft as the regime seeks hard currency to fuel weapons development.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Microsoft Warns of Growing Russian Digital Threats to Europe

Data Breach Today

Russia May Target Supply Chain Operations and Boost Influence Operations Russian actors may be more willing this winter to use digital tools to coerce and influence Europe away from its support of Ukraine, computing giant Microsoft warns. The Kremlin has at its disposal ransomware and active digital disinformation operations.

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious. The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” The other involves carefully editing email inboxes of public company executives to make it appear that some were involved in insider trading.

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Experts devised a technique to bypass web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors

Security Affairs

Claroty researchers devised a technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors. Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty devised an attack technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several industry-leading vendors. The technique was discovered while conducting unrelated research on Cambium Networks’ wireless device management platform.

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CloudSEK Pins Blame for Hack on Other Cybersecurity Firm

Data Breach Today

Indian Firm Accuses 'Notorious Cyber Security Company' in Ongoing Incident Indian cybersecurity firm CloudSEK says another cybersecurity firm used a compromised collaboration platform credential to obtain access to its training webpages. CEO Rahul Sasi did not identify the alleged perpetrator and says the hacker did not obtain access to the company code base and database.

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GUEST ESSAY: ‘Continuous authentication’ is driving passwordless sessions into the mainstream

The Last Watchdog

Much more effective authentication is needed to help protect our digital environment – and make user sessions smoother and much more secure. Related: Why FIDO champions passwordless systems. Consider that some 80 percent of hacking-related breaches occur because of weak or reused passwords, and that over 90 percent of consumers continue to re-use their intrinsically weak passwords.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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What VCs See Happening in Cybersecurity in 2023

eSecurity Planet

It has certainly been a rough year for the tech industry. There have been many layoffs, the IPO market has gone mostly dark, and venture funding has decelerated. Despite all this, there is one tech category that has held up fairly well: Cybersecurity. Just look at a report from M&A advisory firm Houlihan Lokey , which found that private cybersecurity company funding grew by 9.4% to $26.9 billion between September 2021 and September 2022.

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Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank under DDoS attack

Security Affairs

Russia’s second-largest bank VTB Bank reveals it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. State-owned VTB Bank, the second-largest financial institution in Russia, says it is facing the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack in its history. The pro-Ukraine collective IT Army of Ukraine has claimed responsibility for the DDoS attacks against the bank.

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US Law Enforcement Arrests 4 for Business Email Compromise

Data Breach Today

Defendants Allegedly Obtained More Than $5.4 Million From Businesses They Duped U.S. federal prosecutors indicted four men charged with engaging in business email compromise and credit card fraud schemes that netted them $9.2 million. The FBI has warned that business email compromises - whether through account compromise or impersonation - is a growing threat.

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CAPTCHA

Schneier on Security

This is an actual CAPTCHA I was shown when trying to log into PayPal. As an actual human and not a bot, I had no idea how to answer. Is this a joke? (Seems not.) Is it a Magritte-like existential question? (It’s not a bicycle. It’s a drawing of a bicycle. Actually, it’s a photograph of a drawing of a bicycle. No, it’s really a computer image of a photograph of a drawing of a bicycle.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

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?

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Report: Air-Gapped Networks Vulnerable to DNS Attacks

Dark Reading

Common mistakes in network configuration can jeopardize the security of highly protected assets and allow attackers to steal critical data from the enterprise.

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Ransomware Toolkit Cryptonite turning into an accidental wiper

Security Affairs

Researchers spotted a version of the open-source ransomware toolkit Cryptonite that doesn’t support decryption capabilities. Fortinet researchers discovered a sample of malware generated with the publicly available open-source ransomware toolkit Cryptonite that never offers the decryption window, turning it as a wiper. The experts also reported an increase in ransomware intentionally turned into wiper malware, these malicious code are mainly employed in politically-motivated campaigns.

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Australian Aims to Be World's 'Most Cyber-Secure' Country

Data Breach Today

New Cybersecurity Strategy Will Aspire to World-Topping Performance by 2030 Australian Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Clare O'Neil vowed during a speech to transform the country into the world's most cyber-secure, saying experts will start work on a strategy intended to outdo the rest of the world by 2030. The country has recently experienced a data breach wave.

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Leaked Signing Keys Are Being Used to Sign Malware

Schneier on Security

A bunch of Android OEM signing keys have been leaked or stolen, and they are actively being used to sign malware. Łukasz Siewierski, a member of Google’s Android Security Team, has a post on the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (AVPI) issue tracker detailing leaked platform certificate keys that are actively being used to sign malware.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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Incident Response Actions are Systematically Reverse by Hackers to Maintain Persistence

KnowBe4

Analysis of attacks on two cellular carriers have resulted in the identification of threat actions designed to undo mitigations taken by security teams mid-attack.

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CommonSpirit confirms data breach impacts 623K patients

Security Affairs

CommonSpirit Health confirmed that the October security breach resulted in the exposure of the personal data of 623,774 patients. In early October, Common Spirit , one of the largest hospital chains in the US, suffered a ransomware cyberattack that caused severe inconvenience to the facilities and to patients. The security breach led to delayed surgeries, hold-ups in patient care and forced the chain to reschedule doctor appointments across the country.

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Ransomware-Wielding Criminals Increasingly Hit Healthcare

Data Breach Today

Sector Especially Vulnerable Due to Dispersed IT Footprint, Massive Records Storage Ransomware gangs rely on shotgun-style attacks using phishing or stolen remote access credentials to target individuals. This strategy snares less poorly prepared organizations, and that often means healthcare entities. Experts share insights on this plague on healthcare and what to do about it.

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Zero-Day Flaws Found in Several Leading EDR, AV Solutions

eSecurity Planet

SafeBreach Labs researcher Or Yair has uncovered zero-day vulnerabilities in several leading endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) and antivirus ( AV ) solutions that enabled him to turn the tools into potentially devastating next-generation wipers. “This wiper runs with the permissions of an unprivileged user yet has the ability to wipe almost any file on a system, including system files, and make a computer completely unbootable,” Yair warned in a blog post detailing the findings

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

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.

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Scammer Group Uses Business Email Compromise to Impersonate European Investment Portals

KnowBe4

A sophisticated scammer group has stolen at least €480 million from victims in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg since 2018, according to researchers at Group-IB. The gang uses a highly detailed scam kit called “CryptosLabs,” which impersonates investment portals from more than forty major European financial entities.

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Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 Day 3: Participants earned nearly $1 million

Security Affairs

On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000. On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000 for demonstrating zero-day attacks against NAS devices, printers, smart speakers, routers, and smartphones.

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Fresh CryWiper Wiper Malware Aims to Destroy Russian Data

Data Breach Today

Fake Ransomware Isn't First Wiper to Target Windows Systems in Russia for Deletion Windows systems in Russia are being stalked by a new Trojan that purports to be ransomware but is really designed to wipe PCs and leave them unrecoverable, security researchers say. Dubbed CryWiper, it's one of a number of wipers - mostly targeting Ukraine - seen in the wild this year.

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The Privacy War Is Coming

Dark Reading

Privacy standards are only going to increase. It's time for organizations to get ahead of the coming reckoning.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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Security Vulnerabilities in Eufy Cameras

Schneier on Security

Eufy cameras claim to be local only, but upload data to the cloud. The company is basically lying to reporters, despite being shown evidence to the contrary. The company’s behavior is so egregious that ReviewGeek is no longer recommending them. This will be interesting to watch. If Eufy can ignore security researchers and the press without there being any repercussions in the market, others will follow suit.

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A flaw in the connected vehicle service SiriusXM allows remote car hacking

Security Affairs

Researchers discovered a security flaw in the connected vehicle service SiriusXM that exposes multiple car models to remote attacks. Cybersecurity researchers discovered a security vulnerability in the connected vehicle service provided by SiriusXM that can allow threat actors to remotely attack vehicles from multiple carmakers, including Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, and Acura.

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Rackspace Confirms Exchange Outage Caused by Ransomware

Data Breach Today

Companies Tells US SEC That the Incident Will Affect Revenue Ransomware lies behind the ongoing outage of hosted Exchange services at Rackspace, the company disclosed in a Tuesday update. The company did not disclose any particular ransomware actor. It told federal regulators that the outage is likely to create a financial loss.