Feds warn of ‘highly tailored, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns’ The FBI has warned that North Korean operatives are plotting “complex and elaborate” social engineering attacks against employees of decentralized finance (DeFi) organizations, as part of ongoing efforts to steal cryptocurrency.……
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Palo Alto takes a big $500M bite out of IBM QRadar
Big Blue also shifts to Prisma SASE to secure its 250,000 workforce Palo Alto Networks has completed its purchase of IBM’s QRadar SaaS offering, spending $500 million to buy up the service’s customers and hopefully shift them into its own…
Palo Alto takes a big bite out of IBM QRadar security
Big Blue also shift to Prisma SASE to secure its 250,000 workforce Palo Alto Networks has completed its purchase of IBM’s QRadar SaaS service, spending $500 million to buy up customer share for PAN’s next-gen AI security Cortex platform.… This…
Copilot for Microsoft 365 might boost productivity if you survive the compliance minefield
Loads of governance issues to worry about, and the chance it might spout utter garbage Microsoft has published a Transparency Note for Copilot for Microsoft 365, warning enterprises to ensure user access rights are correctly managed before rolling out the…
Planned Parenthood confirms cyber-attack as RansomHub threatens to leak data
93GB of info feared pilfered in Montana by heartless crooks Planned Parenthood of Montana’s chief exec says the org is responding to a cyber-attack on its systems, and has drafted in federal law enforcement and infosec professionals to help investigate…
Cicada ransomware may be a BlackCat/ALPHV rebrand and upgrade
Researchers find many similarities, and nasty new customizations such as embedded compromised user credentials The Cicada3301 ransomware, which has claimed at least 20 victims since it was spotted in June, shares “striking similarities” with the notorious BlackCat ransomware, according to…
Telegram apologizes to South Korea and takes down smutty deepfakes
Unclear if this is a sign controversial service is cleaning up its act everywhere Controversial social network Telegram has co-operated with South Korean authorities and taken down 25 videos depicting sex crimes.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Ex-senior New York State staffer charged in cash-for-favors scandal with China
Bagging two posh properties, three luxury cars on a govt salary a bit of a giveaway – allegedly The US Department of Justice has accused a now-former senior official of the New York State government of illegally advancing the interests…
White House thinks it’s time to fix the insecure glue of the internet: Yup, BGP
Better late than never The White House on Tuesday indicated it hopes to shore up the weak security of internet routing, specifically the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
UK trio pleads guilty to operating $10M MFA bypass biz
The group bragged they could steal one-time passwords from Apply Pay and 30+ sites A trio of men have pleaded guilty to running a multifactor authentication (MFA) bypass ring in the UK, which authorities estimate has raked in millions in…
Spamouflage trolls pretend to be American patriots on X, TikTok ahead of US presidential election
No, Abbey is not really a “pure patriotic girl” Spamouflage, the Beijing-linked trolls known for spreading fake news about American politics, is back with new accounts on X and TikTok that claim to be frustrated US voters in “more aggressive”…
Data watchdog fines Clearview AI $33M for ‘illegal’ data collection
Selfie-scraper again claims European law does not apply to it The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI €30.5 million ($33 million) over the “illegal” collation of images.… This article has been indexed from…
Transport for London confirms cyberattack, assures us all is well
Government body claims there is no evidence of customer data being compromised Transport for London (TfL) – responsible for much of the public network carrying people around England’s capital – is battling to stay on top of an unfolding “cyber…
Application builders get ready
Head down to Grey Matter ISV Partner Day to learn about the latest Microsoft technologies Sponsored Post This year’s Grey Matter ISV Partner Day will bring together Microsoft-focused ISVs, SaaS Providers and application builders from the UK and Ireland to…
Telegram CEO was ‘too free’ on content moderation, says Russian minister
CEO Pavel Durov charged in France, messaging platform insists it abides by EU laws Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who was cuffed and charged by the French police last week, was “too free” in his approach to managing the global messaging…
Novel attack on Windows spotted in phishing campaign run from and targeting China
Resources hosted at Tencent Cloud involved in Cobalt Strike campaign Chinese web champ Tencent’s cloud is being used by unknown attackers as part of a phishing campaign that aims to achieve persistent network access at Chinese entities.… This article has…
Check your IP cameras: There’s a new Mirai botnet on the rise
Also, US offering $2.5M for Belarusian hacker, Backpage kingpins jailed, additional MOVEit victims, and more in brief A series of IP cameras still used all over the world, despite being well past their end of life, have been exploited to…
RansomHub hits 210 victims in just 6 months
The ransomware gang recruits high-profile affiliates from LockBit and ALPHV As RansomHub continues to scoop up top talent from the fallen LockBit and ALPHV operations while accruing a smorgasbord of victims, security and law enforcement agencies in the US feel…
Green Berets storm building after hacking its Wi-Fi
Relax, it’s just a drill. This time at least. US Army Special Forces, aka the Green Berets, have been demonstrating their hacking chops in the recent Swift Response 24 military exercises in May, the military has now confirmed.… This article…
Tired of airport security queues? SQL inject yourself into the cockpit, claim researchers
Infosec hounds say they spotted vulnerability during routine travel in the US Cybersecurity researchers say they’ve found a vulnerability that allowed them to skip US airport security checks and even fly in the cockpit on some scheduled flights.… This article…