North Miami residents are on edge after Mayor Alix Desulme disclosed that his personal Gmail account was hacked in a ransomware attack. This cyberattack has severely disrupted city operations, leaving many services unavailable online. While City Hall has reopened, residents…
AI, election security headline discussions at Black Hat and DEF CON
Voting Village co-founder Harri Hursti told Politico the list of vulnerabilities ran “multiple pages.” This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: AI, election security headline discussions at Black Hat and DEF CON
Google Confirms Iranian Hackers Behind US Presidential Hacks
Hackers linked to Iran’s government conducted phishing campaigns against Israel and targetted U.S. presidential election accounts This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Confirms Iranian Hackers Behind US Presidential Hacks
Region 10 Team Provides Vital Election Security Training for Idaho
Working with Region 10 cybersecurity, protective security, and election security advisors, the Idaho Secretary of State Office recently spearheaded a comprehensive initiative aimed at bolstering election security readiness through a virtual webinar training series. This article has been indexed from…
ReliaQuest: Watch Out for Info-Stealers and RATs
ReliaQuest ranked LummaC2 and SocGholish among the top malware seen in Q2 and rounded out the top five list with AsyncRat, Oyster, and the growing numbers of info-stealers that were built using the Rust programming language. The post ReliaQuest: Watch…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 5, 2024 to August 11, 2024)
📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $32,100, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program!…
Voting Machine Company Involved in Bribing Scandal Has Long History of Controversy
Last week the U.S. Justice Department charged three current and former executives of a U.S.-founded voting machine company with paying bribes to win lucrative election contracts in the Philippines. Roger Piñate, a Venezuelan citizen and president and co-founder of Smartmatic,…
New ValleyRAT Malware Targets Chinese Windows Users in Multi-Stage Attack
A sophisticated ValleyRAT campaign is targeting Chinese Windows users. Learn about the malware’s multi-stage attack, its ability to… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Tech, Crypto & Hacking News Read the original article: New ValleyRAT Malware…
How to select an MDR security service
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National Public Data confirms breach, scope unknown
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Tusk: unraveling a complex infostealer campaign
Kaspersky researchers discovered Tusk campaign with ongoing activity that uses Danabot and StealC infostealers and clippers to obtain cryptowallet credentials and system data. This article has been indexed from Securelist Read the original article: Tusk: unraveling a complex infostealer campaign
Amazon To Test Prime Air Drone Delivery In UK, Again
Amazon and others selected by British aviation regulator to conduct UK trials of drone deliveries to remote locations This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon To Test Prime Air Drone Delivery In UK, Again
Zero-Click Exploit Concerns Drive Urgent Patching of Windows TCP/IP Flaw
Security experts are ratcheting up the urgency for Windows admins to patch a wormable, pre-auth remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows TCP/IP stack. The post Zero-Click Exploit Concerns Drive Urgent Patching of Windows TCP/IP Flaw appeared first on SecurityWeek.…
Windows TCP/IP RCE Impacts all Systems with IPv6 Enabled, Patch Now
A critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting all Windows systems with IPv6 enabled has been discovered, prompting Microsoft to issue a warning urging users to patch their systems immediately. This article has been indexed from Cyware News –…
Google raps Iran’s APT42 for raining down spear-phishing attacks
US politicians and Israeli officials among the top targets for the IRGC’s cyber unit Google has joined Microsoft in publishing intel on Iranian cyber influence activity following a recent uptick in attacks that led to data being leaked from the…
Understanding Defense in Depth in IT Security
The recent outage caused by Crowdstrike’s faulty update has create a lot of discussions. I wrote a post on LinkedIn where I asked the readers why are IT professionals using Crowdstrike on some systems that shouldn’t be in need of…
Cisco Confirms Second Round Of Major Job Cuts In 2024
Second round of layoffs in 2024, as Cisco confirms it will axe a further 7 percent of its workforce or roughly 6,000 jobs This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Cisco Confirms Second Round Of…
Wiping a Windows laptop? Here’s the safest free way to erase your personal data
Before you sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of an old laptop, make sure your personal files are thoroughly deleted and unrecoverable. Here’s how. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read the original article:…
NIST Releases First Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms
From the Federal Register: After three rounds of evaluation and analysis, NIST selected four algorithms it will standardize as a result of the PQC Standardization Process. The public-key encapsulation mechanism selected was CRYSTALS-KYBER, along with three digital signature schemes: CRYSTALS-Dilithium,…
USENIX Security ’23 – Strategies and Vulnerabilities of Participants in Venezuelan Influence Operations
Authors/Presenters:Ruben Recabarren, Bogdan Carbunar, Nestor Hernandez, and Ashfaq Ali Shafin, Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim…
Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION
KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ privacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured). The post Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION appeared first on Security…
Cyber-criminals Exploited Paris Olympics With Fake Domains
166 Olympics-related domains displayed signs of DNS abuse like keyword stuffing and typosquatting This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Cyber-criminals Exploited Paris Olympics With Fake Domains
Rhysida Ransomware selling The Washington Times data for $304,500
The Rhysida Ransomware gang, a notorious group known for their file-encrypting malware, has announced that they will be selling data stolen from The Washington Times’ servers for $304,500 in Bitcoin within a week. This indicates that the gang had previously…
Iranian APT42 Group Launch A Massive Phishing Campaign To Attack U.S. Presidential Election
APT42 is an APT group that is believed to be backed by the Iranian government, and this group primarily focuses on cyber espionage. Besides this, APT42 is also well-known for other illicit activities. Apart from cyber espionage, they also conduct…