Welcome to Silicon Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the week ending 02/06/2023. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News…
The rise and fall of ransomware: Insights from Avast’s Q1/2023 Threat Report
What’s on your computer right now? Let’s make a list. Start with every work-related document you’ve used or created in the last six months. After that, perhaps your monthly budgets, pictures from your last vacation, all your passwords (in a…
North Korea’s Kimsuky Group Mimics Key Figures in Targeted Cyber Attacks
U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies have issued a new alert warning of North Korean cyber actors’ use of social engineering tactics to strike think tanks, academia, and news media sectors. The “sustained information gathering efforts” have been attributed to…
This malicious PyPI package mixed source and compiled code to dodge detection
Oh cool, something else to scan for Researchers recently uncovered the following novel attack on the Python Package Index (PyPI).… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: This malicious PyPI package mixed source…
Amazon agrees to pay $31 after FTC Privacy and Security charges
Amazon has recently reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and agreed to pay a $31 million penalty in response to two civil complaints. The charges against the retailing giant involved allegations of invading the privacy of its…
The Evolving Landscape of Cybersecurity: Trends and Challenges
In today’s interconnected world, where technology permeates every aspect of our lives, ensuring robust cybersecurity has become an utmost priority. With the ever-evolving threat landscape, it is crucial to stay informed about the latest trends and challenges in the field…
How defense contractors can move from cybersecurity to cyber resilience
As the world’s most powerful military and economic power, the United States also holds another, less impressive distinction: Cyber threat actors target the US more than any other country in the world. In 2022 alone, the FBI received more than…
New infosec products of the week: June 2, 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bitdefender, ConnectSecure, CYTRACOM, Permit.io, and PingSafe. Permit.io launches FoAz to give frontend developers the keys to security Short for frontend-only authorization, FoAz is a technology…
Toyota Server Misconfiguration Leaks Owners Data for Over Seven Years
The Leak discloses Address, Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), Email address, Phone number, Name, and Vehicle Registration Number. The post Toyota Server Misconfiguration Leaks Owners Data for Over Seven Years appeared first on GBHackers – Latest Cyber Security News | Hacker…
You might have been phished by the gang that stole North Korea’s lousy rocket tech
US, South Korea, warn ‘Kimsuky’ is a very sophisticated social engineer The United States and the Republic of Korea have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory [PDF] about North Korea’s “Kimsuky” cybercrime group.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Google Temporarily Offering $180,000 for Full Chain Chrome Exploit
Google is offering a bug bounty reward of up to $180,000 for a full chain exploit leading to a sandbox escape in the Chrome browser. The post Google Temporarily Offering $180,000 for Full Chain Chrome Exploit appeared first on SecurityWeek.…
Despite cutbacks, IT salaries expected to rise
Despite rising labor costs, economic inflation, and companies making an effort to cut back, the salary outlook for IT professionals is positive, according to InformationWeek. Work-life balance and base pay top the list as what matters most to IT professionals…
Cybercriminals use legitimate websites to obfuscate malicious payloads
According to Egress, the evolving attack methodologies currently used by cybercriminals are designed to get through traditional perimeter security. “The evolution of phishing emails continues to pose a major threat to organizations, emphasizing the need to enhance defenses to prevent…
Introducing the book: Cybersecurity First Principles
In this Help Net Security video interview, Rick Howard, CSO of N2K, Chief Analyst, and Senior Fellow at the Cyberwire, discusses his book – Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and Tactics. In the book, Howard challenges the conventional…
When internet security is a requirement, look to dedicated fiber
With increased dangers lurking in digital spaces, the need for cybersecurity is now a commonly known fact for just about all business owners. When it comes to protecting their network, most start with the basic firewall. While added layers are…
CISOs: How to improve cybersecurity in an ever-changing threat landscape
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The digital landscape is always changing to keep…
MOVEit Transfer Under Attack: Zero-Day Vulnerability Actively Being Exploited
A critical flaw in Progress Software’s in MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer application has come under widespread exploitation in the wild to take over vulnerable systems. The shortcoming, which is yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, relates to a…
Millions of Gigabyte PC motherboards backdoored? What’s the actual score?
It’s the 2020s and we’re still running code automatically fetched over HTTP FAQ You may have seen some headlines about a supply-chain backdoor in millions of Gigabyte motherboards. Here’s the lowdown.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Operation Triangulation: previously undetected malware targets iOS devices
A previously undocumented APT group targets iOS devices with zero-click exploits as part of a long-running campaign dubbed Operation Triangulation. Researchers from the Russian firm Kaspersky have uncovered a previously unknown APT group that is targeting iOS devices with zero-click exploits…
Amazon’s Ring cameras were used to spy on customers
Categories: News Categories: Personal It’s what we all feared, but hoped wouldn’t be the case. (Read more…) The post Amazon’s Ring cameras were used to spy on customers appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes…
US hospital forced to divert ambulances after cyberattack
Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Idaho Tags: hospital Tags: cyberattack Tags: virus Tags: ransomware The Idaho Falls Community Hospital fell victim to a cyberattack on Monday and had to divert ambulances to nearby hospitals and close some of its clinics.…
Deployed publicly accessible MOVEit Transfer? Oh no. Mass exploitation underway
Time to MOVEit, MOVEit. We don’t like to MOVEit, MOVEit Security researchers and the US government have sounded the alarm on a flaw in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer that criminals have been “mass exploiting” for at least a month to…
Events Ripper Update
Working a recent incident, I came across something very unusual. I started by going back into a previous investigation run against the endpoint that had been conducted a month ago, and extracting the WEVTX files collected as part of that…
Windows Users Beware: Crooks Relying on SeroXen RAT to Target Gamers
By Deeba Ahmed Currently, SeroXen RAT is delivered either via phishing emails or Discord channels. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Windows Users Beware: Crooks Relying on SeroXen RAT to Target Gamers This article has been…
Utilizing the Economic Calendar: A Key to Enhancing Safety in Cryptocurrency Trading
By Owais Sultan As cryptocurrency continues to capture the attention of investors worldwide, it becomes increasingly vital to explore strategies that… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Utilizing the Economic Calendar: A Key to Enhancing Safety…
California-based workforce platform Prosperix leaks drivers licenses and medical records
Prosperix leaked nearly 250,000 files. The breach exposed job seekers’ sensitive data, including home addresses and phone numbers. Prosperix, formally Crowdstaffing, calls itself a “workforce innovation” company that develops software solutions for businesses to build an “extraordinary” workforce. It lists…
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Has Made a Mockery of the Constitutional Right to Privacy
The latest evidence that Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA) must be ended or drastically reformed came last month in the form of a newly unsealed order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) detailing massive violations…