Boffins insist your deepfake tracking tech won’t work Computer scientists with the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, say they’ve developed a way to remove watermarks embedded in AI-generated images.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
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Microsoft: SharePoint attacks now officially include ransomware infections
Let the games begin Ransomware has officially entered the Microsoft SharePoint exploitation ring.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Microsoft: SharePoint attacks now officially include ransomware infections
Coyote malware abuses Microsoft’s UI Automation to hunt banking creds
Some coyotes hunt squirrels, this one hunts users’ financial apps A new variant of the Coyote banking trojan abuses Microsoft’s UI Automation (UIA), making it the first reported malware to use UIA for credential theft.… This article has been indexed…
The EFF is 35, but the battle to defend internet freedom is far from over
Palantir, data brokers, and judicial overreach are all on the horizon, executive director Cindy Cohn warns Interview In July 1990, before the World Wide Web even existed, an unusual alliance was formed to fight for the rights of the emerging…
Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped
Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS ‘security theater’ The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) was compromised to include a prompt to wipe the user’s home directory and delete all their AWS resources.… This article…
Eau no! Dior tells customers their data was swiped in cyber snafu
French fashion house dishes out notices after hackers raided a client database – ShinyHunters suspected Fashion house Dior has begun dropping data breach notices after cybercrooks with a taste for high-end targets made off with customer data.… This article has…
Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware
The “is” package was infected with cross-platform malware after a scam targeting maintainers The popular npm package “is” was infected with cross-platform malware, around the same time that linting utility packages used with the prettier code formatter were infected with…
IRL Com recruits teens for real-life stabbings, shootings, FBI warns
From scams to violence, the crimes extend beyond the digital realm A subset of an online group that recruits children and teens for contract shootings, kidnappings, and other real-life violent crimes poses a growing threat to youth, according to the…
Nothing to see here: Brave browser blocks privacy-busting Microsoft Recall
No screenshots for you! In an effort to protect user privacy, Brave browser 1.81 will prevent Microsoft Recall from screenshotting it by default.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Nothing to see…
Microsoft SharePoint victim count hits 400+ orgs in ongoing attacks
US DOE among breached government agencies More than 400 organizations have been compromised in the Microsoft SharePoint attack, according to Eye Security, which initially sounded the alarm on the mass exploitation last Friday, even before Redmond confirmed the critical vulnerabilities.……
VMware prevents some perpetual license holders from downloading patches
Despite pledging help for those who don’t sign for subs, Broadcom says validating their entitlements will delay support Exclusive Some customers of Broadcom’s VMware business currently cannot access security patches, putting them at greater risk of attack.… This article has…
Three questions you should always be able to answer about your security environment
All security questions are hard to answer, but these three are non-negotiable Partner content We’ve all seen those seemingly straightforward security questions that snowball into multi-day research projects across dozens of consoles, spreadsheets, and manual queries. The reality is that…
$380M lawsuit claims intruder got Clorox’s passwords from Cognizant simply by asking
Hand us the mind bleach, we want to flush our memories of attack Clorox is suing its service desk provider, Cognizant, for $380 million in a California state court, alleging the IT support crew “enabled a cybercriminal to gain a…
Copilot Vision on Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft servers
Total Recall: Capturing everything you do on your PC screen to become a ‘true companion’ Microsoft is again throwing AI at Windows 11 to see what sticks, releasing features including the even more eyebrow-raising successor to its controversial Recall, a…
China warns citizens to beware backdoored devices, on land and under the sea
Suggests buying local tech to avoid infosec worries China’s Ministry of State Security has spent the week warning of backdoored devices on land and at sea.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article:…
Funding for program to stop next Stuxnet from hitting US expired Sunday
CyberSentry work grinds to a halt Government funding for a program that hunts for threats on America’s critical infrastructure networks expired on Sunday, preventing Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from analyzing activity that could indicate a cyberattack, the program director told Congress…
Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare
The distro’s greatest asset is arguably also its greatest weakness If you installed the Firefox, LibreWolf, or Zen web browsers from the Arch User Repository (AUR) in the last few days, delete them immediately and install fresh copies.… This article…
Surprise, surprise: Chinese spies, IP stealers, other miscreants attacking Microsoft SharePoint servers
With more to come, no doubt At least three Chinese groups are attacking on-premises SharePoint servers via a couple of recently disclosed Microsoft bugs, according to Redmond.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
Silicon Valley engineer admits theft of US missile tech secrets
Used stolen info to pitch for Chinese tech talent program A Silicon Valley engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of trade secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including crucial military technology.… This article has been indexed from The…
Humans can be tracked with unique ‘fingerprint’ based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals
Wi-Fi spy with my little eye that same guy I saw at another hotspot Researchers in Italy have developed a way to create a biometric identifier for people based on the way the human body interferes with Wi-Fi signal propagation.……