How the war in Ukraine has been a catalyst in private‑public collaborations
As the war shows no signs of ending and cyber-activity by states and criminal groups remains high, conversations around the…
Security
New CACTUS ransomware appeared in the threat landscape
Researchers warn of a new ransomware family called CACTUS that exploits known vulnerabilities in VPN appliances to gain initial access…
AI Hacking Village at DEF CON This Year
At DEF CON this year, Anthropic, Google, Hugging Face, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI and Stability AI will all open up their…
BEWARE: Fake Applications are Disguised as Legitimate Ones
In the world of cybercrime, the tactics used by threat actors are constantly evolving, but upon close analysis… The post…
Friday Squid Blogging: “Mediterranean Beef Squid” Hoax
The viral video of the “Mediterranean beef squid”is a hoax. It’s not even a deep fake; it’s a plastic toy.…
APTs target MSP access to customer networks – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The recent compromise of the networks of several companies via the abuse of a remote access tool used by MSPs…
Weekly Update 346
Presently sponsored by: Kolide ensures only secure devices can access your cloud apps. It’s Zero Trust tailor-made for Okta. Book…
Creating strong, yet user‑friendly passwords: Tips for your business password policy
Don’t torture people with exceedingly complex password composition rules but do blacklist commonly used passwords, plus other ways to help…
Large Language Models and Elections
Earlier this week, the Republican National Committee released a video that it claims was “built entirely with AI imagery.” The…
Using Discord? Don’t play down its privacy and security risks
It’s all fun and games until someone gets hacked – here’s what to know about, and how to avoid, threats…