The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Amin Timovich Stigal (Амин Тимович Стигал), a 22-year-old Russian citizen charged with conspiracy to hack into and destroy computer systems and data.…
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Better Resilience Sees More Extorted Companies Refuse To Pay Their Ransomware Attackers
There’s some possibly good news on the ransomware front. Companies are becoming more resilient to attacks, and the ransom payments extorted from businesses by hackers are on a downward trend. That’s one of the findings of insurance broker Marsh, which…
Researchers Warn of Flaws in Widely Used Industrial Gas Analysis Equipment
Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in Emerson Rosemount gas chromatographs that could be exploited by malicious actors to obtain sensitive information, induce a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, and even execute arbitrary commands. The flaws impact GC370XA, GC700XA, and GC1500XA and…
Mitigating Skeleton Key, a New Type of Generative AI Jailbreak Technique
Microsoft has discovered a new type of jailbreak attack called Skeleton Key. This technique uses a multi-turn strategy to make the model ignore its guardrails, allowing it to generate forbidden content or override its decision-making rules. This article has been…
Cyberattack Rate Surges as Novel Malware Growth Accelerates
The rate of cyberattacks is rising as the threat level continues to evolve, according to BlackBerry Limited’s latest Global Threat Intelligence Report. The post Cyberattack Rate Surges as Novel Malware Growth Accelerates appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has…
USX Cyber GUARDIENT helps MSPs protect their clients
USX Cyber unveiled GUARDIENT, an eXtended Detection and Response (XDR) cybersecurity platform designed specifically for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) serving small to medium-sized businesses. This solution addresses the urgent need for comprehensive, enterprise-grade security in a market that is disproportionately…
Hackers Slip Backdoor into WordPress Plugins in Latest Supply-Chain Attack
Security researchers announced on Monday that there had been a supply chain attack on up to 36,000 WordPress plugins running on a wide range of websites that had been backdoored by unknown hackers. Currently, researchers from security firm Wordfence…
Chinese Hacker Groups Using Off-The-Shelf Tools To Deploy Ransomware
Cyberespionage actors are increasingly using ransomware as a final attack stage for financial gain, disruption, or to cover their tracks, as the report details previously undisclosed attacks by a suspected Chinese APT group, ChamelGang, who used CatB ransomware against a…
No Patches for Hospital Temperature Monitors’ Critical Flaws
Researchers at Nozomi Networks uncovered four vulnerabilities in Sensor Net Connect and three flaws in the Thermoscan IP desktop application, both made by a division of French firm Proges Plus. This article has been indexed from Cyware News – Latest…
Vanna AI Prompt Injection Vulnerability Enables RCE
The Vanna AI library has been found to have a vulnerability (CVE-2024-5565) that could allow for remote code execution (RCE) due to a prompt injection issue related to the Plotly script. This article has been indexed from Cyware News –…
Former IT Employee Stolen 1 Million Geisinger Patient’s Personal Data
Geisinger Health System discovered a data breach involving the personal information of over one million patients. The breach was traced back to a former employee of Nuance Communications Inc., an external vendor providing IT services to Geisinger. The ex-employee accessed…
US announces a $10M reward for Russia’s GRU hacker behind attacks on Ukraine
The US DoJ announced charges against a member of Russia’s military intelligence service GRU for conducting wiper attacks on Ukraine in 2022. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against Russian national Amin Timovich Stigal, who is a member…
‘Skeleton Key’ attack unlocks the worst of AI, says Microsoft
Simple jailbreak prompt can bypass safety guardrails on major models Microsoft on Thursday published details about Skeleton Key – a technique that bypasses the guardrails used by makers of AI models to prevent their generative chatbots from creating harmful content.……
TeamViewer Detects Security Breach in Corporate IT Environment
TeamViewer on Thursday disclosed it detected an “irregularity” in its internal corporate IT environment on June 26, 2024. “We immediately activated our response team and procedures, started investigations together with a team of globally renowned cyber security experts and implemented…
Apple Safari Browser Data Security ad against Google Chrome
Recently, commuters in California, Paris, Singapore, Queensland, and London have been encountering Apple Inc.’s Safari Browser ads on billboards and public buildings. These ads cleverly promote Safari as the browser of choice for iPhone users while taking a swipe at…
How Sanctions Can Help in Fighting State-Sponsored Ransomware Actors
In recent years, the threat posed by state-sponsored ransomware actors has become increasingly pronounced, with malicious cyber activities orchestrated by governments or their proxies posing significant risks to global cybersecurity. As these actors continue to exploit vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure…
Examining Water Sigbin’s Infection Routine Leading to an XMRig Cryptominer
We analyze the multi-stage loading technique used by Water Sigbin to deliver the PureCrypter loader and XMRIG crypto miner. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Examining Water Sigbin’s Infection Routine…
Web3 in Healthcare: Privacy, Consent, and Equity
The convergence of Web3 technologies and the healthcare industry has sparked significant interest and investment. As blockchain, decentralized applications (dApps), and smart contracts gain traction, the potential benefits for healthcare are immense. However, this rapid adoption also brings cybersecurity challenges…
CISOs becoming more comfortable with risk levels
Shifts in the cyber threats landscape have changed the way today’s CISOs evaluate their business’s risk appetite, according to Netskope. CISO risk appetite levels Specifically, 92% of CISOs report that these changes are creating tensions with their CEO and other…
Leveraging AI and automation for enhanced security operations
In this Help Net Security interview, Michelle Weston, VP of Security & Resiliency at Kyndryl, discusses the key challenges in security operations and how to address them. The top issues are increasing cyber resilience risks, changing regulatory conditions, and implementing…