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2023-02-21 05:14:22 | APNIC calls in lawyers to handle election code of conduct breach allegations (lien direct) | Threats to voters also reported as vote for regional internet registry heats up Regional internet registry the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has appointed external lawyers to consider allegations of multiple breaches of its election nominee code of conduct, including threats related to the election.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-20 22:00:08 | Humans strike back at Go-playing AI systems (lien direct) | Amateur fleshbag defeats synthetic in 14 of 15 games Think that puny humans don't stand a chance when playing strategy games against an AI? You may have to think again. One person in the US beat an AI at the ancient game of Go by simply distracting it from the attack he was making, a tactic that would be unlikely to work on another meatbag.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-20 20:30:11 | DNA testing biz vows to improve infosec after criminals break into database it forgot it had (lien direct) | Settles lawsuit with two states after wider leak that affected millions A DNA diagnostics company will pay $400,000 and tighten its security in the wake of a 2021 attack where criminals broke into its network and swiped personal data on over two million people from a nine-year-old "legacy" database the company forgot it had.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-20 02:27:10 | GoDaddy joins the dots and realizes it\'s been under attack for three years (lien direct) | Also: Russia may legalize hacking; Oakland declares ransomware emergency; the CVEs you should know about this week In brief Web hosting and domain name concern GoDaddy has disclosed a fresh attack on its infrastructure, and concluded that it is one of a series of linked incidents dating back to 2020.… | Ransomware | ★★★★ | |
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2023-02-19 23:32:24 | Toshiba COO dumped over entertainment expenses scandal (lien direct) | PLUS: Chinese province to buy four million servers; Google Cloud's nine-day APAC network glitch; and more Asia In Brief Amid an investigation into his entertainment expenses, the chief operating officer of scandal-ridden Japanese tech giant Toshiba, Goro Yanase, resigned last week.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-19 09:00:07 | If you\'re struggling to secure email forwarding, it\'s not you, it\'s ... the protocols (lien direct) | Eggheads prove they can mimic messages and bag bug bounty bucks Analysis Over the past two decades, efforts have been made to make email more secure. Alas, defensive protocols implemented during this period, such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, remain unable to deal with the complexity of email forwarding and differing standards, a study has concluded.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-17 22:30:06 | (Déjà vu) FBI contains \'isolated cyber incident\' on its network (lien direct) | Move along, totally nothing to see here The FBI has confirmed a cyber "incident" that reportedly involved computer systems being used to investigate child sexual exploitation.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-17 22:30:06 | FBI says its contained an \'isolated cyber incident\' on its network (lien direct) | Move along, nothing to see here The FBI confirmed a cyber "incident" that reportedly involved computer systems being used to investigate child sexual exploitation.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-17 10:30:08 | Cry Havoc and let slip dogs of war ... there\'s an upgraded malware server in town (lien direct) | ThreatLabz finds free alternative to Cobalt Strike and other tools used in the wild There's a fresh open-source command-and-control (C2) framework on the loose, dubbed Havoc, as an alternative to the popular Cobalt Strike, and other mostly legitimate tools, that have been abused to spread malware.… | Malware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-17 05:15:06 | Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist (lien direct) | Meanwhile South Korea's Do Kwon is sought for fraud by US authorities Norwegian authorities announced on Thursday that they had recovered $5.9 million of cryptocurrency stolen in the Axie Infinity hack – an incident widely held to have been perpetrated by the Lazarus Group, which has links to North Korea.… | Hack Medical | APT 38 | ★★★ |
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2023-02-16 22:26:09 | Google\'s big security cert log overhaul broke Android apps. Now it\'s hit undo (lien direct) | Devs missed warnings plus tons of code relying on a lone open source maintainer Google this week reversed an overhaul of one of its security-related file formats after the transition broke Android apps.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-16 01:30:06 | ESXiArgs ransomware fights off Team America\'s data recovery script (lien direct) | Want a clue to what you're dealing with? Check the ransom note That didn't take long.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-15 15:30:14 | ASML says Chinese employee stole data as US sanctions bite (lien direct) | CEO speaks out against export restrictions, saying they will hold back semiconductor advances ASML has claimed that a former employee in China stole data about its technology, which may have led to a breach of export controls.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-15 07:29:10 | Hyundai and Kia issue software upgrades to thwart killer TikTok car theft hack (lien direct) | Gone in 60 seconds using a USB-A plug and brute force instead of a key Korean car-makers Hyundai and Kia will issue software updates to some of their models after a method of stealing them circulated on TikTok, leading to many thefts and even some deaths.… | Hack Guideline | ★★ | |
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2023-02-14 22:25:14 | Microsoft delivers 75-count box of patches for Valentine\'s Day (lien direct) | Adobe, SAP, Intel, AMD, Android also show up with bouquet of fixes Patch Tuesday Happy Patch Tuesday for February, 2023, which falls on Valentine's Day.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-14 17:00:08 | Google lets a few Android devices into its Privacy Sandbox (lien direct) | Chocolate Factory's ad tech renovation is moving ahead, like it or not Google on Tuesday began rolling out a beta test of its Privacy Sandbox software for a small portion of Android 13 devices to learn how its purportedly privacy-protecting ad tech actually performs.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-14 01:30:08 | Second Soyuz springs a leak, astronauts stuck on ISS for an extra month (lien direct) | Trust us tovarishch, we're just going to do a few more checks Russia's space agency will hold off returning three astronauts from the International Space Station as it works with NASA to investigate a coolant leak issue that impacted an uncrewed freighter spacecraft last weekend.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-14 00:30:11 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures says info-stealing malware swiped sensitive data (lien direct) | That's not what I like Crooks have breached Pepsi Bottling Ventures' network and, after deploying info-stealing malware, made off with sensitive personal and financial information according to a notification sent to consumers.… | Malware | ★ | |
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2023-02-13 12:38:07 | LockBit\'s Royal Mail ransom deadline flies by. No data released (lien direct) | Also: Russian wiper malware authors turn to data theft, plus this week's critical vulns in brief The notorious LockBit ransomware gang has taken credit for an attack on the Royal Mail – but a deadline it gave for payment has come and gone with nothing exposed to the web except the group's claims.… | Ransomware Malware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-11 02:16:08 | Ransomware crooks steal 3m+ patients\' medical records, personal info (lien direct) | All that data coming soon to a darkweb crime forum near you? Several California medical groups have sent security breach notification letters to more than three million patients alerting them that crooks may have stolen a ton of their sensitive health and personal information during a ransomware infection in December.… | Ransomware Medical | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-10 07:24:07 | US, UK slap sanctions on Russians linked to Conti, Ryuk, Trickbot malware (lien direct) | Any act that sends so much as a ruble to seven named netizens now forbidden The US and UK have sanctioned seven Russians for their alleged roles in disseminating Conti and Ryuk ransomware and the Trickbot banking trojan.… | Ransomware Malware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-09 16:46:14 | Apple complains UK watchdog wants to make iOS a \'clone\' of Android (lien direct) | Move means possibility of new WebKit-free iPhone browsers is even more likely The UK competition watchdog's proposed iOS remedies in a probe of its "substantial and entrenched market power" in the mobile ecosystem "would effectively turn Apple into a clone of Android," the iPhone maker told the CMA.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-08 21:30:12 | Among the thousands of ESXiArgs ransomware victim orgs? FBI and CISA to the rescue (lien direct) | The malware has hit more than 3,800 servers globally, according to the Feds The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a recovery script to help companies whose servers were scrambled in the recent ESXiArgs ransomware outbreak.… | Ransomware Malware | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-08 06:30:14 | Suspect in Finnish psychotherapy center blackmail hack arrested (lien direct) | Suomi sentence expected for shrink records theft French police have arrested a 25-year-old Finnish man accused of hacking a psychotherapy clinic, stealing more than 22,000 patients' therapy notes, demanding ransom payments from them and also leaking this very private info on a Tor website.… | Hack | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-07 03:00:11 | Surprise! China\'s top Android phones collect way more info (lien direct) | Best to revisit that plan to bring home a cheap OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, or Realme handset from your holiday Don't buy an Android phone in China, boffins have warned, as they come crammed with preinstalled apps transmitting privacy-sensitive data to third-party domains without consent or notice.… | Studies | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-06 23:59:08 | Embarrassment as US cyber ambassador\'s Twitter account is hacked (lien direct) | 'Perils of the job' we're told A top US cyber diplomat said his Twitter account was compromised over the weekend.… | General Information | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-05 12:00:11 | Have we learnt nothing from SolarWinds supply chain attacks? Not yet it appears (lien direct) | From frameworks to new federal offices it's time to get busy The hack of SolarWinds' software more than two years ago pushed the threat of software supply chain attacks to the front of security conversations, but is anything being done?.… | Hack Threat | ★★ | |
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2023-02-04 00:27:06 | HeadCrab bots pinch 1,000+ Redis servers to mine coins (lien direct) | We devoting full time to floating under /etc A sneaky botnet dubbed HeadCrab that uses bespoke malware to mine for Monero has infected at least 1,200 Redis servers in the last 18 months.… | Malware | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-03 20:25:08 | Fast-evolving Prilex POS malware can block contactless payments (lien direct) | ... forcing users to insert their cards into less-secure PIN systems The reasons businesses and consumers like contactless payment transactions – high security and speed – are what make those systems bad for cybercriminals.… | Malware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-03 07:30:10 | LockBit claims responsibility for ION ransomware attack but US/UK hounds are sniffing (lien direct) | Crims put a February 4 deadline for software provider to pay up UK regulators are investigating a cyberattack against financial technology firm ION, while the LockBit ransomware gang has threatened to publish the stolen data on February 4 if the software provider doesn't pay up.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-03 00:30:15 | US government calls foul on Apple and Google over walled gardens for apps (lien direct) | As for actually doing anything about it - that'll have to wait The US Commerce Department is putting an official stamp on what many have saying for years: the iOS and Android app store model "is harmful to consumers and developers." … | ★★ | ||
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2023-02-02 19:27:14 | Malvertising attacks are distributing .NET malware loaders (lien direct) | The campaign illustrates another option for miscreants who had relied on Microsoft macros Malvertising attacks are being used to distribute virtualized .NET loaders that are highly obfuscated and dropping info-stealer malware.… | Malware | ★★ | |
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2023-01-30 19:45:11 | Gootloader malware updated with PowerShell, sneaky JavaScript (lien direct) | Perhaps a good time to check for unwelcome visitors The operators behind Gootloader, a crew dubbed UNC2565, have upgraded the code in cunning ways to make it more intrusive and harder to find.… | Malware | ★★ | |
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2023-01-30 03:01:09 | Gee, tanks: Russian hackers DDoS Germany for aiding Ukraine (lien direct) | Also: a week of leaks; Riot Games says 'LoL' to source code ransom demands; and Yandex source also appears online in brief Russian hackers have proved yet again how quickly cyber attacks can be used to respond to global events with a series of DDoS attacks on German infrastructure and government websites in response to the country's plan to send tanks to Ukraine.… | ★★★ | ||
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2023-01-27 23:59:06 | Uncle Sam slaps $10m bounty on Hive while Russia ban-hammers FBI, CIA (lien direct) | New meaning to sweetening the pot Uncle Sam has put up a $10 million reward for intel on Hive ransomware criminals' identities and whereabouts, while Russia has blocked the FBI and CIA websites, along with the Rewards for Justice site offering the bounty.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-01-27 05:32:10 | UK Cyber Security Centre\'s scary new story: One phish, two phish, Russia phish, Iran phish (lien direct) | Nice people on LinkedIn want to harvest logins from politicians, boffins, and defense types The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NSCS) has warned of two similar spear-phishing campaigns, one originating from Russia, the other from Iran.… | ★★★ | ||
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2023-01-26 14:30:08 | Google gives in to India Android antitrust verdict, kinda (lien direct) | Tech behemoth says it will appeal 'certain aspects' of the decision Google appears to be ready to abide by an Indian court's antitrust verdict that it was exploiting its dominant position on Android, and will allow OEMs to license individual apps for pre-installation on devices and let users select their own default search engine.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-01-26 02:07:08 | Months after NSA disclosed Microsoft cert bug, datacenters remain unpatched (lien direct) | You know when we all said quit using MD5? We really meant it Most Windows-powered datacenter systems and applications remain vulnerable to a spoofing bug in CryptoAPI that was disclosed by the NSA and the UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) and patched by Microsoft last year, according to Akamai's researchers.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-01-25 21:59:06 | Microsoft closes another door to attackers by blocking Excel XLL files from the internet (lien direct) | More of them used by baddies since Redmond blocked VBA macros Microsoft in March will start blocking Excel XLL add-ins from the internet to shut down an increasingly popular attack vector for miscreants.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-01-25 08:28:08 | Go to security school, GoTo – theft of encryption keys shows you need it (lien direct) | Ongoing investigation into cloud storage attack finds customer data exfiltrated Remote access outfit GoTo has admitted that a threat actor exfiltrated an encryption key that allowed access to "a portion" of encrypted backup files.… | Threat | ★★ | |
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2023-01-24 17:59:25 | US Cyber Command, DARPA ink cyberwar R&D pact (lien direct) | Out of the valley of death and into operational use, ideally Interview An agreement between US Cyber Command and DAPRA aims to move innovative technologies out of the "valley of death" and into the hands of warfighters.… | ★★★★ | ||
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2023-01-24 08:25:09 | Ukraine inches closer to NATO with cybersecurity collab (lien direct) | 'Now Russia will have to play defense' Ukraine has taken another step toward deepening its ties to NATO by signing an agreement to formalize its participation in the security alliance's Joint Center for Advanced Technologies in Cyber Defense (CCDCOE). … | ★★ | ||
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2023-01-24 01:15:13 | We\'re just shouting into the void, says US watchdog offering cybersecurity advice (lien direct) | Federal depts ignore almost 60% of IT defense recommendations Since coming into office two years ago, the Biden Administration has made the cyber defenses of US government agencies – as well as the private sector – a key focus.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-01-23 06:32:12 | India\'s Supreme Court finds Google\'s appeal against monopoly fines unappealing (lien direct) | Vast and unpleasant – for Google – changes to the Android ecosystem remain a possibility Google has lost a court bid to avoid payment of fines levied on it by India's Competition Commission, and massive changes to the way it does business in India.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-01-19 23:45:04 | PayPal says crooks accessed 34,942 customers\' info in credential stuffing attack (lien direct) | That passwordless option is looking really good right about now The personal information of 35,000 PayPal users was exposed in December, according to a notification letter sent to the online payment company's customers this week.… | ★★ | ||
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2023-01-19 11:01:15 | Ransomware attack severs 1,000 ships from their on-shore servers (lien direct) | Get your eyepatch out: Cyber attacks on the high seas are trending A Norwegian maritime risk management business is getting a lesson in that very area, after a ransomware attack forced its ShipManager software offline and left 1,000 ships without a connection to on-shore servers. … | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-01-19 06:29:13 | If your DNS queries LoOk liKE tHIs, it\'s not a ransom note, it\'s a security improvement (lien direct) | It's not Google's plan. There's no way it's Google's plan. It was Google's plan Google has begun broadly enabling case randomization in domain queries sent to authoritative name servers, in an effort to make cache poisoning attacks less effective.… | ★★★ | ||
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2023-01-19 02:30:14 | FTX audit finds $415 million in crypto has mysteriously vanished (lien direct) | Meanwhile SBF proclaims he's both innocent and solvent Liquidators at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX say they've thus far located $5.5 billion in assets, and confirmed that $415 million stolen in a November hack is still missing. … | Hack | ★★★ | |
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2023-01-19 01:30:10 | As if Elon didn\'t have enough problems – Twitter sued over leaky servers (lien direct) | Damages and security improvements? Or maybe settle for a neon bird light A Twitter user has sued the troubled social media platform over an alleged data leak that exposed more than 200 million account users' information.… | ★★★ | ||
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2023-01-18 19:30:13 | Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future (lien direct) | What is dead may never die, and it's all thanks to Jim Hall Retro Tech Week The last mainstream DOS-based OS was Windows ME, which went out of support 20 years ago. And yet, thanks to free software, DOS lives on. We spoke to FreeDOS founder Jim Hall about how the project started and how it's progressing.… | ★★ |
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