Senator Ron Wyden wants the FTC and SEC to investigate the ransomware attack on UnitedHealth's Change subsidiary to see if there was criminal negligence by the CEO or board.
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In “Living off the Land attacks,” adversaries use USB devices to infiltrate industrial control systems. Cyberthreats from silent residency attacks put critical infrastructure facilities at risk.
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Daft name, serious risk: Kit from ActionTec and Sagemcom remotely ruined and required replacement.
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AI has the potential to revolutionize industries and improve lives, but only if we can trust it to operate securely and ethically.
Related: The key to the GenAI revolution
By prioritizing security and responsibility in AI development, we can harness … (more…)
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As per recent reports a new social engineering attack attributed to the North Korea-linked Kimsuky hacking group is targeting human rights activists using fake Facebook accounts. This tactic, involving fictitious identities, marks a significant shift from their typical email-based spear-phishing strategies. According to a report by South Korean cybersecurity firm Genians, the attackers pose as […]
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What we know so far: A Ticketmaster AWS instance was penetrated by unknown perpetrators; “ShinyHunters” is selling stolen data on their behalf. Don’t forget to add the hidden 5% fee to the ransom.
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The group behind the RedTail malware is exploiting a new vulnerability in Palo Alto Network's PAN-OS software to run a sophisticated cryptomining campaign that is likely backed by North Korea.
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We are in an age when cybercriminals routinely steal credentials, and with so few organizations limiting privileges cloud security issues are rife.
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Strata’s Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform recognized as Best Authentication and Identity Solution BOULDER, Colo., May 30, 2024 — Strata Identity, the Identity Orchestration company, today announced its Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform received the prestigious 2024 Fortress Cybersecurity Award in the Authentication and Identity category. Strata’s Maverics implements an abstraction layer that bridges siloed and incompatible...
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VMware, a leading virtualization technology company, has fixed multiple security vulnerabilities found in VMware Workstation and Fusion products. These flaws, if exploited, could allow attackers to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, and execute arbitrary code. The affected versions are Workstation 17.x and Fusion 13.x, with patches available in versions 17.5.2 and 13.5.2 […]
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From MFA to biometrics, a lot has been done to reinforce user ID and password authentication — for human users.
Related: How weak service accounts factored into SolarWinds hack
By comparison, almost nothing has been done to strengthen service accounts… (more…)
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Media reports claim that cybersecurity experts have recently unveiled new details about a remote access trojan (RAT) named Deuterbear, employed by the China-linked hacking group BlackTech. This sophisticated Deuterbear RAT malware is part of a broader cyber espionage operation targeting the Asia-Pacific region throughout the year. Advancements Over Waterbear Deuterbear exhibits notable advancements over […]
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Another day, another PyPI malware package. But this one has a new way to (try to) sneak into your computer.
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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 … (more…)
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The funding cutbacks announced in February have continued to hobble NIST’s ability to keep the government’s National Vulnerabilities Database (NVD) up to date, with one cybersecurity company finding that more than 93% of the flaws added have not been analyzed or enhanced, a problem that will make organizations less safe. “With the recent slowdown of..
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Ticket to Hide: A threat group hacked 1.3 terabytes of Ticketmaster customer data, including payment information. It’s threatening to release the personal data unless a ransom is paid.
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People who fall for the scheme are told to pay the shipping fee before the piano is sent. If they do, that's the last they hear from the bad actors.
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A hacker group claims to have stolen sensitive data from at least 500,000 Christie's customers. Now they are threatening to publish it.
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Symmetry’s State of Data+AI Security Report Reveals Data and Identity challenges facing organizations as AI Adoption Accelerates with Microsoft Copilot...
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OpenAI has a new Safety and Security Committee in place fewer than two weeks after disbanding its “superalignment” team, a year-old unit that was tasked with focusing on the long-term effects of AI.
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Scammers impersonating Microsoft, Publishers Clearing House, Amazon and Apple are at the top of the FTC’s “who’s who” list. Based on consumer reports and complaints to the agency, hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen by bad actors pretending to be brands.
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Cyber attack tactics are evolving, according to a new report, from advanced campaigns to exploiting weaknesses, and cybersecurity teams should be optimally employed.
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Company celebrated for outstanding U.S. workplace environment
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Spread spectrum technology helped prevent the jamming of WWII radio-controlled torpedoes and subsequently became a cornerstone of modern-day telecom infrastructure.
For its next act, could spread spectrum undergird digital resiliency? I had an evocative discussion about this at RSAC 2024… (more…)
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Recent reports claim that the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team stated that a cybercriminal group, identified as Storm-1811, has been exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist tool in a series of social engineering attacks. This group is known for deploying the Black Basta ransomware attack. On May 15, 2024, Microsoft released details about how this financially motivated group […]
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On May 2, 2024, the City of Helsinki announced the data breach targeting its Education Division. However, the breach was discovered on April 30, 2024, and an investigation was promptly carried out. It was found that it has impacted tens of thousands of students, guardians, and personnel, causing considerable concern among the affected parties. They […]
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In recent cybersecurity news, Google has swiftly addressed a critical security concern by releasing an emergency update for its Chrome browser. This update targets the third zero-day vulnerability detected in less than a week. Let’s have a look at the details of this Google Chrome zero-day patch and understand its implications for user safety. […]
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Privilege escalation is a critical security issue in Linux systems, potentially leading to full system compromise. The Dirty COW and Dirty Pipe vulnerabilities are popular examples of privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Modernize your Linux patching approach with an automated and rebootless patching solution, KernelCare Enterprise. Like any complex software, the Linux kernel […]
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Episode 331 of the Shared Security Podcast discusses privacy and security concerns related to two major technological developments: the introduction of Windows PC’s new feature ‘Recall,’ part of Microsoft’s Copilot+, which captures desktop screenshots for AI-powered search tools, and Slack’s policy of using user data to train machine learning features with users opted in by […]
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One of the most critical yet often overlooked aspects of cybersecurity is the timely patching of vulnerabilities. While much attention is given to sophisticated phishing attacks and the menace of password brute-forcing, the importance of addressing unpatched vulnerabilities cannot be overstated. These vulnerabilities represent low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals, offering a relatively straightforward path into systems. […]
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Threat actors compromised a popular audio-visual software package used in courtrooms, prisons, government, and lecture rooms around the world by injecting a loader malware that gives the hackers remote access to infected systems, collecting data about the host computer and downloading more malicious payloads along the way. The software supply chain attack targeted Justice AV..
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The ransomware resizes system partitions to create a new boot partition, ensuring the encrypted files are loaded during system startup, which locks out the user.
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Inglorious Basta(rds): 16 days on, huge hospital system continues to be paralyzed by ransomware—and patient safety is at risk.
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It’s the wetware. It’s always the wetware.
But that’s not the only takeaway from this year’s Voice of the CISO report.
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At Ekran System, we constantly enhance the capabilities of our platform, ensuring that organizations have effective and up-to-date tools to protect their critical assets. This time, we are announcing the release of the Workforce Password Management (WPM) feature. This new functionality aims to improve Ekran System’s privileged access management (PAM) capabilities by streamlining password security […]
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“All tested LLMs remain highly vulnerable to basic jailbreaks, and some will provide harmful outputs even without dedicated attempts to circumvent their safeguards,” the report noted.
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Privacy FAIL: Apple location service returns far more data than it should, to people who have no business knowing it, without your permission.
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The vulnerability affects all GHES versions prior to 3.13.0 and achieves the highest possible CVSS score of 10. Instances with SAML SSO authentication are at risk.
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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… (more…)
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88% of participants in the Immersive “Prompt Injection Challenge” successfully tricked a GenAI bot into divulging sensitive information.
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Deepfake Zoom of Doom: Construction giant Arup Group revealed as victim of January theft—10% of net profit lost.
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According to a global Arctic Wolf survey of over 1,000 senior IT and cybersecurity decision-makers, seven in 10 organizations were targeted by BEC attacks in the past year.
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The custom policy wizard helps prevent data leaks in GenAI tools by using CDP, requires no coding, and offers adaptive, intuitive policies.
“The real threat is in unstructured data, the kind of problem that requires data scientists and developers to solve.”
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Reverse-engineering tools, rising jailbreaking activities, and the surging use of AI and ML to enhance malware development were among the worrying trends in a recent report.
AI and ML are making life easier for developers. They’re also making life easier for threat actors.
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New York, NY, May 21, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Memcyco Inc., provider of digital trust technology designed to protect companies and their customers from digital impersonation fraud, released its inaugural 2024 State of Website Impersonation Scams report.
Notably, Memcyco’s research indicates … (more…)
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Malicious actors are using AI to perpetrate phishing scams centered around website impersonation, a threat few businesses are prepared to combat.
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Hospitals worldwide to be offered extended lifecycle support and security alongside five DOSIsoft solutions PALO ALTO, Calif. – May 21, 2024 – TuxCare, a global innovator in enterprise-grade cybersecurity for Linux, today announced an OEM partnership with France-based DOSIsoft, a leading provider of patient-specific imaging and dosimetry software solutions for radiation oncology and nuclear […]
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that could lead to privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks. The Ubuntu security team has addressed these issues in the latest Ubuntu security updates for multiple releases. In this article, we will explore some of the vulnerabilities fixed and learn how to apply updates […]
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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 … (more…)
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