Sat.Oct 07, 2023 - Fri.Oct 13, 2023

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GUEST ESSAY: How tech tricks used by Amazon, Netflix aid Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion

The Last Watchdog

As tragic as it is, we are in a space where video has become a crucial asset in wartime. Related: Apple tool used as warfare weapon Ukraine’s defense against Russian invaders has changed the role of video. Accessing video-based intelligence at the right time and place is a very effective method for gaining information about the constantly changing military landscape.

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Black Hat Fireside Chat: Why using ‘Clean Code’ is paramount in speedy software development

The Last Watchdog

Clean Code’ is a simple concept rooted in common sense. This software writing principle cropped up some 50 years ago and might seem quaint in today’s era of speedy software development. Related: Setting IoT security standards At Black Hat 2023 , I had the chance to visit with Olivier Gaudin , founder and co-CEO, and Johannes Dahse , head of R&D, at SonarSource , a Geneva, Switzerland-based supplier of systems to achieve Clean Code.

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Phishers Spoof USPS, 12 Other Natl’ Postal Services

Krebs on Security

The fake USPS phishing page. Recent weeks have seen a sizable uptick in the number of phishing scams targeting U.S. Postal Service (USPS) customers. Here’s a look at an extensive SMS phishing operation that tries to steal personal and financial data by spoofing the USPS, as well as postal services in at least a dozen other countries. KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader who received an SMS purporting to have been sent by the USPS, saying there was a problem with a package destined

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Android devices shipped with backdoored firmware as part of the BADBOX network

Security Affairs

Researchers warn that more than 70,000 Android smartphones, CTV boxes, and tablets were shipped with backdoored firmware as part of BADBOX network. Cybersecurity researchers at Human Security discovered a global network of consumer products, dubbed BADBOX, with firmware backdoors installed and sold through a compromised hardware supply chain. The experts reported that at least 74,000 Android-based mobile phones, tablets, and Connected TV boxes worldwide were shipped with the backdoored firmware.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Unknown Cyberespionage Group Targeted Taiwan

Data Breach Today

Threat Actor Likely Operates From A Region With A Strategic Interest In Taiwan A previously undetected cyberespionage group spied against Taiwanese government agencies and the island-country's manufacturing sector, say cybersecurity researchers. The Symantec Threat Hunter Team says it likely operates "from a region with a strategic interest in Taiwan.

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Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. In addition, Apple recently released emergency updates to quash a pair of zero-day bugs in iOS. Apple last week shipped emergency updates in iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 in response to active attacks.

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Ransomlooker, a new tool to track and analyze ransomware groups’ activities

Security Affairs

Ransomlooker monitors ransomware groups’ extortion sites and delivers consolidated feeds of their claims worldwide. Cybernews presented Ransomlooker , a tool to monitor ransomware groups’ extortion sites and delivers consolidated feeds of their claims worldwide. The researchers have created the tool to help cybersecurity experts in their daily jobs by providing real-time updates and actionable insights.

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Ransomware-Wielding Attackers Target Unfixed WS_FTP Servers

Data Breach Today

Researcher Published Proof-of-Concept Exploit Code 1 Day After Vendor Issued Patch Ransomware-wielding attackers are targeting unpatched versions of FTP software that is widely used by large enterprises, including government and educational organizations. A researcher released proof-of-concept exploit code for WS_FTP software just one day after Progress Software issued its patch.

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White Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram

WIRED Threat Level

A “friendlier” front for racist extremism has spread rapidly across the US in recent months, as active club channels network on Telegram's encrypted messaging app.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

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

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Cisco Can’t Stop Using Hard-Coded Passwords

Schneier on Security

There’s a new Cisco vulnerability in its Emergency Responder product: This vulnerability is due to the presence of static user credentials for the root account that are typically reserved for use during development. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

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The source code of the 2020 variant of HelloKitty ransomware was leaked on a cybercrime forum

Security Affairs

A threat actor has leaked the source code for the first version of the HelloKitty ransomware on a Russian-speaking cybercrime forum. Cybersecurity researchers 3xp0rt reported that a threat actor that goes online with the moniker ‘kapuchin0’ (and also uses the alias Gookee) has leaked the source code of the HelloKitty ransomware on the XSS forum. kapuchin0 claims that the leaked code is the first breach of the HelloKitty ransomware.

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Chinese APT Group Exploiting Atlassian Zero Day

Data Breach Today

Microsoft Says Campaign Exploiting Escalation Flaw Began in September A Chinese nation state hacking group is exploiting a zero day flaw in Atlassian's Confluence Data Center and Server products as part a campaign spotted in mid-September, Microsoft researchers say. The company attributes the campaign to a Chinese nation-state hacking group designates Storm-0062.

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Google Makes Passkeys Default, Stepping Up Its Push to Kill Passwords

WIRED Threat Level

Google is making passkeys, the emerging passwordless login technology, the default option for users as it moves to make passwords “obsolete.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

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.

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A PowerShell Script to Mitigate Active Directory Security Risks

eSecurity Planet

Cyber attackers frequently use legacy technology as part of their attack strategies, targeting organizations that have yet to implement mitigations or upgrade obsolete components. In an Active Directory environment, one such component is legacy protocols, which attackers can use to gain access to Active Directory. While patching (or even virtual patching ) might help address obsolete components, most legacy components have been thoroughly evaluated by adversaries to determine whether they should

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT laundered over $900 million through cross-chain crime

Security Affairs

North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus has laundered $900 million worth of cryptocurrency, Elliptic researchers reported. Researchers from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic reported that threat actors has already laundered a record $7 billion through cross-chain crime. The term “Cross-chain crime” is used to refer to the swapping of cryptoassets between different tokens or blockchains to launder illegally gained funds.

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TikTok Chief Summoned by EU Lawmakers For Privacy Probe

Data Breach Today

Parliamentary Committee Heads Says In-Person Appearance Would be "Beneficial" The head TikTok has been summoned by European lawmakers from different parliamentary committees for an inquiry into its privacy practices. In a letter sent to the TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, the heads of five European Parliament committees requested that Chew appear for an in-person probe.

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Inside FTX’s All-Night Race to Stop a $1 Billion Crypto Heist

WIRED Threat Level

The same chaotic day FTX declared bankruptcy, someone began stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from its coffers. A WIRED investigation reveals the company’s “very crazy night” trying to stop them.

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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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Internet-Wide Zero-Day Bug Fuels Largest-Ever DDoS Event

Dark Reading

Ongoing Rapid Reset DDoS flood attacks exposed organizations need to patch CVE-2023-44487 immediately to head off crippling outages and business disruption.

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More than 17,000 WordPress websites infected with the Balada Injector in September

Security Affairs

In September more than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised by the Balada Injector malware. Sucuri researchers reported that more than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised in September with the Balada Injector. The researchers noticed that the number of Balada Injector infections has doubled compared with August. The Balada injector is a malware family that has been active since 2017.

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Why IronNet Ran Out of Cash, Filed For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Data Breach Today

Firm Seeks 60-Day Marketing, Sale Process to Test Value of Assets, Equity in Market A "cloud of uncertainty" strained IronNet's cash flows and negatively affected liquidity to the point where the cybersecurity vendor had to begin winding down operations. The firm once valued at $1.2 billion experienced financial and operating difficulties leading up to Thursday's Chapter 11 filing.

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How the FTX Thieves Have Tried to Launder Their $400 Million Haul

WIRED Threat Level

Whoever looted FTX on the day of its bankruptcy has now moved the stolen money through a long string of intermediaries—including a service owned by FTX itself.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Bounty to Recover NIST’s Elliptic Curve Seeds

Schneier on Security

This is a fun challenge: The NIST elliptic curves that power much of modern cryptography were generated in the late ’90s by hashing seeds provided by the NSA. How were the seeds generated? Rumor has it that they are in turn hashes of English sentences, but the person who picked them, Dr. Jerry Solinas, passed away in early 2023 leaving behind a cryptographic mystery, some conspiracy theories, and an historical password cracking challenge.

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CISA adds Adobe Acrobat Reader flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Security Affairs

US CISA added the flaw CVE-2023-21608 in Adobe Acrobat Reader to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added five new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog , including a high-severity flaw ( CVE-2023-21608 ) (CVSS score: 7.8) in Adobe Acrobat Reader. The flaw is a use-after-free issue, an attacker can trigger the flaw to achieve remote code execution (RCE) with the privileges of the current user. “Ado

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Credentials Hard-Coded in Cisco Emergency Location Tracker

Data Breach Today

Emergency Responder Among Several Recent Cisco Product Vulnerability Advisories Cisco has released urgent fixes to a critical vulnerability affecting an emergency communication system used to track callers' location in real time. A developer inadvertently hard-coded credentials in Cisco Emergency Responder software, opening a permanent backdoor for unauthenticated attackers.

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The UN Risks Normalizing Internet Censorship

WIRED Threat Level

The United Nations' top internet governance body will allegedly host its next two annual meetings in countries known for repressive internet policies and human rights abuses.

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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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OS upgrades 2023: Jamf Pro 11.0

Jamf

Jamf releases Jamf Pro 11.0! In this blog, learn more about the blending of modern design principles and the powerful management workflows our customers are accustomed to. Paired with new exciting features that ensure that MacAdmins of all experience levels feel right at home with the latest iteration of the best-in-breed, Apple-first, Apple-best MDM solution.

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Phishing, the campaigns that are targeting Italy

Security Affairs

This post analyzed the numerous phishing campaigns targeting users and organizations in Italy. Phishing is a ploy to trick users into revealing personal or financial information through an e-mail, Web site, and even through instant messaging. Particularly very popular is so-called brand phishing, which occurs when criminals impersonate the official website of a well-known brand of a public or private entity using a domain name, URL, logos and graphics similar to the original website: This is a r

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Vietnam Accused of Using Predator to Spy on EU, US Lawmakers

Data Breach Today

Social Media Account Used to Spread Links to Commercial Spyware Malware Amnesty International says the Vietnamese government is likely behind a wave of attempted Predator spyware infections against targets including members of the U.S. Congress and European officials. Central to the campaign was an account on social media network X (formerly Twitter).