Keylogging is a pretty common feature of many malware families because recording the key pressed on a keyboard may reveal a lot of interesting information like usernames, passwords, etc. Back from SANSFIRE, I looked at my backlog of hunting results and…
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CISA Adds Twilio Authy and IE Flaws to Exploited Vulnerabilities List
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2012-4792 (CVSS score: 9.3) – Microsoft Internet Explorer…
Microsoft Defender Flaw Exploited to Deliver ACR, Lumma, and Meduza Stealers
A now-patched security flaw in the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has been exploited as part of a new campaign designed to deliver information stealers such as ACR Stealer, Lumma, and Meduza. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said it detected the stealer campaign targeting…
Forget security – Google’s reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit
Web puzzles don’t protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them Google promotes its reCAPTCHA service as a security mechanism for websites, but researchers affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, argue it’s harvesting information…
Ransomware attack shuts down Superior Court of Los Angeles County
A ransomware attack has crippled operations at the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, shutting down court services since last Friday morning. The incident affected all 36 courthouse locations across the county, prompting ongoing efforts to recover compromised systems. Initially,…
How a business can attain Cyber Resilience in digital era
Achieving cyber resilience in the digital era is crucial for businesses to safeguard their operations and data integrity. Here’s how businesses can attain cyber resilience: 1. Comprehensive Risk Assessment: Begin with a thorough assessment of potential cyber risks and vulnerabilities.…
CrowdStrike CEO is summoned before the Homeland Security committee. Cyber Security Today for Wednesday, July 24, 2023
In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, guest host Jim Love covers major events impacting the cybersecurity world, including CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz’s summons to testify before a U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security following a massive IT outage and a…
Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and U.S. NGO with MgBot and MACMA Malware
Organizations in Taiwan and a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-affiliated state-sponsored hacking group called Daggerfly using an upgraded set of malware tools. The campaign is a sign that the group “also engages…
CrowdStrike blames a test software bug for that giant global mess it made
Something called ‘Content Validator’ did not validate the content, and the rest is history CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in its own test software for the mass-crash-event it caused last week.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Security biz KnowBe4 hired fake North Korean techie, who got straight to work … on evil
If it can happen to folks that run social engineering defence training, what hope for the rest of us? Security awareness and training provider KnowBe4 hired a fake North Korean IT worker for a software engineering role on its AI…
Cybersecurity ROI: Top metrics and KPIs
In this Help Net Security interview, Karthik Swarnam, Chief Security and Trust Officer at ArmorCode, discusses key metrics and KPIs to measure cybersecurity ROI. Swarnam shares strategies for enhancing ROI through proactive measures and effective communication with executive leadership. What…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 24, 2024
Applied Cryptographer Quantstamp | EMEA | Remote – View job details As an Applied Cryptographer, you will research about various cryptographic protocols and have knowledge of cryptographic primitives or concepts, like elliptic curve cryptography, hash functions, and PCPs. You should…
Infisical: Open-source secret management platform
Infisical is an open-source secret management platform developers use to centralize application configurations and secrets, such as API keys and database credentials, while also managing their internal PKI. In addition to managing secrets with Infisical, you can scan your files,…
AI accelerates code development faster than security teams can keep up
91% of respondents say their security budget is increasing this year, demonstrating a growing recognition of the importance of cybersecurity within organizations, according to Seemplicity. Vendor environments introduce complexity and fragmentation Seemplicity surveyed 300 US cybersecurity professionals to gauge perceptions…
Most Airlines Except One Are Recovering From the CrowdStrike Tech Outage. The Feds Have Noticed
Delta has canceled more than 5,500 flights since the outage started early Friday morning. The post Most Airlines Except One Are Recovering From the CrowdStrike Tech Outage. The Feds Have Noticed appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9066, (Wed, Jul 24th)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, July 24th, 2024…
Philippines wipes out its legit online gambling industry to take down scammers
President apologizes in advance for job losses The Philippines has decided to dismantle the worst of its offshored industries: the bits that run gambling and scam operations.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
AI arms race escalates: OpenAI offers free GPT-4o Mini fine-tuning to counter Meta’s Llama 3.1 release
OpenAI challenges Meta’s Llama 3.1 with free GPT-4o mini fine-tuning, reshaping the AI landscape and intensifying competition in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence market. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: AI arms…
How did a CrowdStrike config file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look at the code
Maybe next time some staged rollouts? A bit of QA too? Analysis Last week, at 0409 UTC on July 19, 2024, antivirus maker CrowdStrike released an update to its widely used Falcon platform that caused Microsoft Windows machines around the…
How Disney and Marvel designed a Vision Pro multiverse with you as its hero
Marvel Studios’ Dave Bushore and ILM’s My-Linh Le discuss the intricate process of bringing ‘What…If?’ to life in a groundbreaking VR format. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: How Disney and Marvel designed a…