Election infosec advisory agency also shuttered A penetration tester who worked at the US govt’s CISA claims his 100-strong team was dismissed after Elon Musk’s Trump-blessed DOGE unit cancelled a contract – and that more staff at the cybersecurity agency…
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CISA worker says 100-strong Red Team fired after DOGE cancelled contract
Election infosec advisory agency also shuttered A penetration tester who worked at the US govt’s CISA claims his 100-strong team was dismissed after Elon Musk’s Trump-blessed DOGE unit cancelled a contract – and that more staff at the cybersecurity agency…
Choose your own Patch Tuesday adventure: Start with six zero day fixes, or six critical flaws
Microsoft tackles 50-plus security blunders, Adobe splats 3D bugs, and Apple deals with a doozy Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday bundle has appeared, with a dirty dozen flaws competing for your urgent attention – six of them rated critical and…
‘Uber for nurses’ exposes 86K+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months
Non-password-protected, unencrypted 108GB database … what could possibly go wrong Exclusive More than 86,000 records containing nurses’ medical records, facial images, ID documents and more sensitive info linked to health tech company ESHYFT was left sitting in a wide-open misconfigured…
‘Uber for nurses’ exposes 86k+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months
Non-password-protected, unencrypted 108GB database…what could possibly go wrong Exclusive More than 86,000 records containing nurses’ medical records, facial images, ID documents and more sensitive info linked to health tech company ESHYFT was left sitting in a wide-open S3 bucket for…
FTC’s $25.5M scam refund treats victims to $34 each
Oh wow, just looks at all the scary stuff in your Windows Event Viewer The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is distributing over $25.5 million in refunds to consumers deceived by tech support scammers, averaging about $34 per person.… This article…
MINJA sneak attack poisons AI models for other chatbot users
Nothing like an OpenAI-powered agent leaking data or getting confused over what someone else whispered to it AI models with memory aim to enhance user interactions by recalling past engagements. However, this feature opens the door to manipulation.… This article…
Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it
Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands New York State has sued Allstate Insurance for operating websites so badly designed they would deliver personal information in plain-text to anyone that went…
Google begs owners of crippled Chromecasts not to hit factory reset
Expired cert kerfuffle leaves second-gen, Audio gadgets useless Google’s second-generation Chromecast and its Chromecast Audio are suffering a major ongoing outage, with devices failing to cast due to an expired security certificate. The web giant is aware of the breakdown…
Sidewinder goes nuclear, charts course for maritime mayhem in tactics shift
Phishing and ancient vulns still do the trick for one of the most prolific groups around Researchers say the Sidewinder offensive cyber crew is starting to target maritime and nuclear organizations.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Rhysida pwns two US healthcare orgs, extracts over 300K patients’ data
Terabytes of sensitive info remain available for download Break-ins to systems hosting the data of two US healthcare organizations led to thieves making off with the personal and medical data of more than 300,000 patients.… This article has been indexed…
Consumer Reports calls out slapdash AI voice-cloning safeguards
Study finds 4 out of 6 providers don’t do enough to stop impersonation Four out of six companies offering AI voice cloning software fail to provide meaningful safeguards against the misuse of their products, according to research conducted by Consumer…
How NOT to f-up your security incident response
Experts say that the way you handle things after the criminals break in can make things better or much, much worse Feature Experiencing a ransomware infection or other security breach ranks among the worst days of anyone’s life — but…
The NHS security culture problem is a crisis years in the making
Insiders say board members must be held accountable and drive positive change from the top down Analysis Walk into any hospital and ask the same question – “Which security system should we invest in?” – to both a doctor and…
Strap in, get ready for more Rust drivers in Linux kernel
Likening memory safety bugs to smallpox may not soothe sensitive C coders Rust is alive and well in the Linux kernel and is expected to translate into noticeable benefits shortly, though its integration with the largely C-oriented codebase still looks…
Microsoft admits GitHub hosted malware that infected almost a million devices
Also, phone cleaner apps are a data-sucking scam, Singapore considering the literal rod for scammers, and more Infosec in Brief Microsoft has spotted a malvertising campaign that downloaded nastyware hosted on GitHub and exposed nearly a million devices to information…
Microsoft admits GitHub used to store malware that infected almost a million devices
Also, phone cleaner apps are a data-sucking scam, Singapore considering the literal rod for scammers, and more Infosec in Brief Microsoft has spotted a malvertising campaign that downloaded nastyware hosted on GitHub and exposed nearly a million devices to information…
India wants backdoors into clouds, email, SaaS, for tax inspectors
PLUS: Malaysia teams with Arm for local chip designs; NTT warns of possible breach; Samsung strikers settle; and more Asia in Brief India’s government has proposed giving its tax authorities sweeping powers to access private email systems and applications.… This…
Kernel saunters – How Apple rearranged its XNU kernel with exclaves
iPhone giant compartmentalizes OS for the sake of security Apple has been working to harden the XNU kernel that powers its various operating systems, including iOS and macOS, with a feature called “exclaves.”… This article has been indexed from The…
Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch activated when he was let go
IsDavisLuEnabledInActiveDirectory? Not any more. IsDavisLuGuilty? Yes. IsDavisLuFacingJail? Also yes A federal jury in Cleveland has found a senior software developer guilty of sabotaging his employer’s systems – and he’s now facing a potential ten years behind bars.… This article has…