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…
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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…
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…
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 did a CrowdStrike config file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look
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…
Protecting AI systems from cyber threats
Join Intel, DETASAD, Juniper Networks, and Arqit to hear essential strategies in this webinar on July 30th Webinar Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries worldwide, but with great power comes great responsibility.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Administrators have update lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage
How could this happen to us? We were supposed to be two versions behind? If administrators have learned anything from the CrowdStrike chaos, it’s to understand exactly what delayed updates mean – or don’t mean – in the anti-malware world.……
Cybercrooks spell trouble with typosquatting domains amid CrowdStrike crisis
Latest trend follows various malware campaigns that began just hours after IT calamity Thousands of typosquatting domains are now registered to exploit the desperation of IT admins still struggling to recover from last week’s CrowdStrike outage, researchers say.… This article…
Alphabet’s reported $23B bet on Wiz fizzles out
Cybersecurity outfit to go its own way to IPO and $1B ARR On the day of Alphabet’s Q2 earnings call, cybersecurity firm Wiz has walked from a $23 billion takeover bid by Google’s parent company.… This article has been indexed…
Securing AI around the world
Gain insight by joining this AI security webinar on July 31 Webinar As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform industries in the Middle East, protecting systems from cyber threats is critical.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Google’s plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles
Ad giant promises will offer to protect privacy, as critics say surveillance continues Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies, the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them with ads based…
Global cops power down world’s ‘most prolific’ DDoS dealership
One arrest was made weeks ago but no word on the suspect’s identity yet A DDoS-for-hire site described by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) as the world’s most prolific operator in the field is out-of-action following a law enforcement…
LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack
Some rest for the wicked? Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in America, closed all 36 of its courthouses today following an “unprecedented” ransomware attack on Friday.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns
More baddies go it alone as trust in big gangs withers, claims Europol A fresh report from Europol suggests that the recent disruption of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups is fragmenting the threat landscape, making it more difficult to track.… This article…
Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away
Big Red agrees not to capture personal details after two-year class action Oracle has agreed to cough up $115 million to settle a two-year class action lawsuit that alleged misuse of user data.… This article has been indexed from The…
EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft
Was a 2009 directive on interoperability to blame? Did the EU force Microsoft to let third parties like CrowdStrike run riot in the Windows kernel as a result of a 2009 undertaking? This is the implication being peddled by the…
Two Russians sanctioned over cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure
Supposed hacktivist efforts previously linked to the Kremlin’s GRU Flying under the radar on Clownstrike day last week, two members of the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR) hacktivist crew are the latest additions to the US sanctions list.… This…
Cellebrite got into Trump shooter’s Samsung device in just 40 minutes
Also: Second-string Russian hackers sanctioned; Senators demand answers from Snowflake, and more Infosec in brief Unable to access the Samsung smartphone of the deceased Trump shooter for clues, the FBI turned to a familiar – if controversial – source to…
CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes
Rapid restore tool being tested as Microsoft estimates 8.5 million machines went down CrowdStrike’s now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines.… This article has been indexed…