PLUS: Doxxers jailed; Botnets bounce back; CISA questioned over app-vetting program closure; And more Infosec in Brief If a cyberattack hit critical infrastructure in the US, it would likely crumble, former deputy national security adviser and NSA cybersecurity director Anne…
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Enterprises are getting stuck in AI pilot hell, say Chatterbox Labs execs
Security, not model performance, is what’s stalling adoption Interview Before AI becomes commonplace in enterprises, corporate leaders have to commit to an ongoing security testing regime tuned to the nuances of AI models.… This article has been indexed from The…
ChatGPT used for evil: Fake IT worker resumes, misinfo, and cyber-op assist
OpenAI boots accounts linked to 10 malicious campaigns Fake IT workers possibly linked to North Korea, Beijing-backed cyber operatives, and Russian malware slingers are among the baddies using ChatGPT for evil, according to OpenAI’s latest threat report.… This article has…
Fresh strain of pro-Russian wiper flushes Ukrainian critical infrastructure
Destructive malware has been a hallmark of Putin’s multi-modal war A new strain of wiper malware targeting Ukrainian infrastructure is being linked to pro-Russian hackers, in the latest sign of Moscow’s evolving cyber tactics.… This article has been indexed from…
Uncle Sam moves to seize $7.7M laundered by North Korean IT worker ring
The cash has been frozen for more than two years The US is looking to finally capture the $7.74 million it froze over two years ago after indicting alleged money launderers it claims are behind North Korean IT worker schemes.……
Your ransomware nightmare just came true – now what?
Don’t negotiate unless you must, and if so, drag it out as long as you can Feature So, the worst has happened. Computer screens all over your org are flashing up a warning that you’ve been infected by ransomware, or…
Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on RedLine dev and Russia-backed cronies
Any info on Maxim Rudometov and his associates? There’s $$$ in it for you The US government is offering up to $10 million for information on foreign government-backed threat actors linked to the RedLine malware, including its suspected developer, Maxim…
AT&T not sure if new customer data dump is déjà vu
Re-selling info from an earlier breach? Probably. But which one? AT&T is investigating claims that millions of its customers’ data are listed for sale on a cybercrime forum in what appears to be a re-release from an earlier hack.… This…
Cellebrite buys Corellium to help cops bust phone encryption
Trump-pardoned hacker Chris Wade will join the company as CTO Cellebrite has announced a $170 million deal to buy Corellium, bringing together two companies that have made names for themselves by helping law enforcement break into encrypted devices.… This article…
Trump’s cyber czar pick grilled over CISA cuts: ‘If we have a cyber 9/11, you’re the guy’
Plus: Plankey’s confirmation process ‘temporarily delayed’ Sean Cairncross, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as national cyber director, doubled down on taking offensive cyber actions against foreign adversaries during a Senate homeland security committee nomination hearing on Thursday, and refused…
BidenCash busted as Feds nuke stolen credit card bazaar
Dark web crime platform raked in $17M+ over three years of operation Uncle Sam has seized 145 domains tied to BidenCash, the notorious dark web market that trafficked in more than 15 million stolen credit cards.… This article has been…
More than a hundred backdoored malware repos traced to single GitHub user
Someone went to great lengths to prey on the next generation of cybercrooks Sophos thinks a single person or group called “ischhfd83” is behind more than a hundred backdoored malware variants targeting novice cybercriminals and video game cheaters looking to…
HMRC: Crooks broke into 100k accounts, stole £43M from British taxpayer in late 2024
It’s definitely not a cyberattack though! Really! The UK’s tax collections agency says cyberbaddies defrauded it of £47 million ($63 million) late last year, but insists the criminal case was not a cyberattack.… This article has been indexed from The…
AI kept 15-year-old zombie vuln alive, but its time is drawing near
Researchers have come up with a fix for a path traversal bug first spotted in 2010 A security bug that surfaced fifteen years ago in a public post on GitHub has survived developers’ attempts on its life.… This article has…
China accuses Taiwan of running five feeble APT gangs, with US help
The authors who claimed America hacked itself to discredit Beijing are back with another report Beijing complains it’s under relentless attack by the equivalent of an ant trying to shake a tree China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center on…
IBM Cloud login breaks for second time this week and Big Blue isn’t saying why
To make matters worse, IBM’s security software has a critical vuln caused by exposed password IBM isn’t having its best week after the company experienced another cloudy outage and a critical-rated vulnerability.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Play ransomware crims exploit SimpleHelp flaw in double-extortion schemes
Recompiled binaries and phone threats used to boost the pressure Groups linked with the Play ransomware have exploited more than 900 organizations, the FBI said Wednesday, and have developed a number of new techniques in their double-extortion campaigns – including…
Ukraine strikes Russian bomber-maker with hack attack
Drones are not enough Following a daring drone attack on Russian airfields, Ukrainian military intelligence has reportedly also hacked the servers of Tupolev, the Kremlin’s strategic bomber maker.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
Ransomware scum leak patient data after disrupting chemo treatments at Kettering
Literally adding insult to injury Kettering Health patients who had chemotherapy sessions and pre-surgery appointments canceled due to a ransomware attack in May now have to deal with the painful prospect that their personal info may have been leaked online.……
Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen Salesforce data and extortion, Google warns
Victims include hospitality, retail and education sectors A group of financially motivated cyberscammers who specialize in Scattered-Spider-like fake IT support phone calls managed to trick employees at about 20 organizations into installing a modified version of Salesforce’s Data Loader that…