UK’s Online Safety Act kicks off about as well as everyone expected Analysis With the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) now in effect, it was only a matter of time before tech-savvy under-18s figured out how to bypass the rules…
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Internet exchange points are ignored, vulnerable, and absent from infrastructure protection plans
Italian operator calls for lawmakers to wake up to the critical role played by peering Internet Exchange Points are an underappreciated resource that all internet users rely on, but governments have unfortunately ignored them, despite their status as critical infrastructure.……
Lethal Cambodia-Thailand border clash linked to cyber-scam slave camps
Infosec issues spill into the real world and regional politics Analysis Thai and Cambodian tensions relating to issues including cybersecurity concerns boiled over into a kinetic skirmish at the border last week.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
The TSA likes facial recognition at airports. Passengers and politicians, not so much
Few passengers are told they can opt out, and when they do, airport staff may push back US lawmakers are trying to extend the use of facial recognition at airports, despite many airline passengers objecting to the practice.… This article…
Enterprises neglect AI security – and attackers have noticed
IBM report shows a rush to embrace technology without safeguarding it, and as for governance… Organizations rushing to implement AI are neglecting security and governance, IBM claims, with attackers already taking advantage of lax protocols to target models and applications.……
Minnesota governor calls in the troops after St Paul cyberattack
‘This was a deliberate, coordinated, digital attack’ Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has activated the state’s National Guard and declared a state of emergency in response to a cyberattack on the city of Saint Paul.… This article has been indexed from…
Users left scrambling for a plan B as Dropbox drops Dropbox Passwords
Read-only in weeks, deleted forever in months Dropbox has given users of its password manager until the end of October to extract their data before pulling the plug on the service.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Palo Alto Networks inks $25b deal to buy identity-security shop CyberArk
The lure? Identity security and privileged access management tools to verify humans and… machines Palo Alto Networks will buy Israeli security biz CyberArk in a $25 billion cash-and-stock deal confirmed today.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Ransomware gang sets deadline to leak 3.5 TB of Ingram Micro data
Distie insists global operations restored despite some websites only now coming back online The cybercriminals claiming responsibility for Ingram Micro’s ransomware attack put a deadline on leaking its data nearly a month after the raid.… This article has been indexed…
CISA caves to Wyden, agrees to release US telco insecurity report – but won’t say when
The security nerds’ equivalent of the Epstein files saga The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday finally agreed to make public an unclassified report from 2022 about American telecommunications networks’ poor security practices.… This article has been indexed…
FBI: Watch out for these signs Scattered Spider is spinning its web around your org
New malware, even better social engineering chops The FBI and a host of international cyber and law enforcement agencies on Tuesday warned that Scattered Spider extortionists have changed their tactics and are now breaking into victims’ networks using savvier social…
Raspberry Pi RP2350 A4 update fixes old bugs and dares you to break it again
5 V-tolerant GPIO opens the way to some intriguing retro-nerdery The Raspberry Pi team has released an update to the RP2350 microcontroller with bug fixes, hardening, and a GPIO tweak that will delight retro hardware enthusiasts.… This article has been…
War Games: MoD asks soldiers with 1337 skillz to compete in esports
Troopers to swap radios for Turtle Beaches in preparation for ‘21st century challenges’ The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is doubling down on its endorsement of esports by tasking the British Esports Federation to establish a new tournament to upskill…
Microsoft spotlights Apple bug patched in March as SharePoint exploits continue
Look over there! Amidst its own failure to fix a couple of bugs now under mass exploitation and being abused for espionage, data theft, and ransomware infections, Microsoft said Monday that it spotted a macOS vulnerability some months ago that…
Security pros are drowning in threat-intel data and it’s making everything more dangerous
Plus, 60% don’t have enough analysts to make sense of it Too many threats, too much data, and too few skilled security analysts are making companies more vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to the IT and security leaders tasked with protecting…
Majority of 1.4M customers caught in Allianz Life data heist
No word on who’s behind it, but attack has hallmarks of the usual suspects Financial services biz Allianz says the majority of customers of one of its North American subsidiaries had their data stolen in a cyberattack.… This article has…
Aeroflot aeroflops over ‘IT issues’ after attackers claim year-long compromise
Russia’s top airline cancels 49 flights, delays affect many more Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, canceled numerous flights on Monday morning following what it says was a failure in its IT systems – something hacktivists are claiming responsiblity for.… This article…
US spy satellite agency breached, but insists no classified secrets spilled
Plus, leak site for BlackSuit seized, Tea spilt, and avoid crime if you’ve got a famous dad Infosec in brief A computer intrusion hit the US spy satellite agency, but officials insist no classified secrets were lost – just some…
Congress tries to outlaw AI that jacks up prices based on what it knows about you
Surveillance-based pricing? Two lawmakers say enough Two Democratic members of Congress, Greg Casar (D-TX) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI,) have introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to ban the use of AI surveillance to set prices and wages.… This…
Blame a leak for Microsoft SharePoint attacks, researcher insists
MAPP program to blame? A week after Microsoft told the world that its July software updates didn’t fully fix a couple of bugs, which allowed miscreants to take over on-premises SharePoint servers and remotely execute code, researchers have assembled much…