8Base ransomware operators use a new variant of the Phobos ransomware
8Base ransomware operators were observed using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in a recent wave of attacks. Cisco Talos researchers […]
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Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services
An Israeli hacker has been sentenced to 80 months in prison in the US for his role in a massive
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Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine
Russia-linked cyberespionage group Gamaredon has been spotted propagating a worm called LitterDrifter via USB. Check Point researchers observed Russia-linked Gamaredon spreading
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Safeguarding ports from the rising tide of cyberthreats – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
An attack against a port operator that ultimately hobbled some 40 percent of Australia’s import and export capacity highlights the
Institutionalizing Awareness to Stop Cyberattacks
By Aimei Wei, Founder and CTO, Stellar Cyber Large and mid-sized organizations are always hoping for a ‘silver bullet’ technology or tool that will stop cyberattacks, but after years in […]
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Rethinking SASE: Why Migrate Cybersecurity from Cloud to Browser
By John “JP” Peterson, Chief Product Officer, High Wire Networks Cyberthreats are the scourge of our day. Few would argue, but there’s little consensus about what to do about it. […]
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How Google Play Store Security May Fail to Protect Users from Stealthy Malware
Incremental Malicious Update Attack (IMUTA) By Zia Muhammad and Zahid Anwar, Department of Computer Science, NDSU Android is the leading operating system in the smartphone industry with more than 71% […]
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The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman
OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman, and the Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead the company.
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Friday Squid Blogging: Unpatched Vulnerabilities in the Squid Caching Proxy
In a rare squid/security post, here’s an article about unpatched vulnerabilities in the Squid caching proxy. As usual, you can
Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for November 2023
Welcome to our November 2023 catches of the month feature, which examines recent phishing scams and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. This month, we look at a recent phishing attack on Booking.com, an NCSC warning about Black Friday scams, a Google Cloud report into how AI will drive phishing in the future, and a Europol and Eurojust takedown of a phishing gang. You can find everything you might want to know about phishing on our website. Booking.com confirms phishing attack Booking.com has apparently confirmed what the information security press has known for some time: another
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