Bypassing MFA and deploying ransomware…sounds like something that rhymes with ‘schmero-day’ SonicWall on Monday confirmed that it’s investigating a rash of ransomware activity targeting its firewall devices, following multiple reports of a zero-day bug under active exploit in its VPNs.……
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Python-powered malware snags hundreds of credit cards, 200K passwords, and 4M cookies
PXA Stealer pilfers data from nearly 40 browsers, including Chrome More than 4,000 victims across 62 countries have been infected by stealthy infostealers pilfering people’s passwords, credit card numbers, and browser cookies, which are then sold to other criminals on…
Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons
Devs told to exercise ‘extreme caution’ with emails disguised as account update prompts Mozilla is warning of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting developers of Firefox add-ons.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article:…
German phone repair biz collapses following 2023 ransomware attack
Founder miffed over prosecutors holding onto its Bitcoin The founder of a German mobile phone repair and insurance biz has begun insolvency proceedings for some operations in his company after struggling financially following a costly ransomware attack in 2023.… This…
When hyperscalers can’t safeguard one nation’s data from another, dark clouds are ahead
If it’s not on-prem, it’s on the menu Opinion The details of cloud data regionalization are rarely the stuff of great drama. When they’ve reached the level of an exe admitting to the Senate that a foreign power can help…
Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safey Act gets rolling
But its ok claims Brit government, no personal data stored ‘unless absolutely necessary’ The UK government has reported that an additional five million age checks are being made daily as UK-based internet users seek to access age-restricted sites following the…
China’s botched Great Firewall upgrade invites attacks on its censorship infrastructure
Attempts to censor QUIC traffic create chance to block access to offshore DNS resolvers China’s attempts to censor traffic carried using Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) are imperfect and have left the country at risk of attacks that degrade its…
Lazarus Group rises again, this time with malware-laden fake FOSS
PLUS: Slow MFA rollout costs Canucks $5m; Lawmakers ponder Stingray ban; MSFT tightens Teams; And more! Infosec In Brief North Korea’s Lazarus Group has changed tactics and is now creating malware-laden open source software.… This article has been indexed from…
Silent Push CEO on cybercrime takedowns: ‘It’s an ongoing cat-and-mouse game’
Plus: why takedowns aren’t in threat-intel analysts’ best interest interview It started out small: One US financial services company wanted to stop unknown crooks from spoofing their trading app, tricking customers into giving the digital thieves their login credentials and…
CISA roasts unnamed critical national infrastructure body for shoddy security hygiene
Plaintext passwords, shared admin accounts, and insufficient logging rampant at mystery org CISA is using the findings from a recent probe of an unidentified critical infrastructure organization to warn about the dangers of getting cybersecurity seriously wrong.… This article has…
OpenAI removes ChatGPT self-doxing option
Checkbox to make chatbot conversations appear in search engines deemed a footgun OpenAI has removed the option to make ChatGPT interactions indexable by search engines to prevent users from unwittingly exposing sensitive information.… This article has been indexed from The…
Tested: Microsoft Recall can still capture credit cards and passwords, a treasure trove for crooks
Our tests have shown there are ways to get around the promised security improvements exclusive Microsoft Recall, the AI app that takes screenshots of what you do on your PC so you can search for it later, has a filter…
China says US spies exploited Microsoft Exchange zero-day to steal military info
Spy vs. spy China has accused US intelligence agencies of exploiting a Microsoft Exchange zero-day exploit to steal defense-related data and take over more than 50 devices belonging to a “major Chinese military enterprise” for nearly a year.… This article…
Florida prison email blunder exposes visitor contact info to inmates
Victims fear leak at Everglades Correctional Institution could lead to violent extortion A data breach at a Florida prison has inmates’ families concerned for their welfare after their contact details were allegedly leaked to convicted criminals.… This article has been…
Cybercrooks attached Raspberry Pi to bank network and drained ATM cash
Criminals used undocumented techniques and well-placed insiders to remotely withdraw money A ring of cybercriminals managed to physically implant a Raspberry Pi on a bank’s network to steal cash from an Indonesian ATM.… This article has been indexed from The…
Top spy says LinkedIn profiles that list defence work ‘recklessly invite attention of foreign intelligence services’
Workers on joint US/UK/Australia nuclear submarine program are painting a target on themselves The Director-General of Security at the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has lamented the fact that many people list their work in the intelligence community or on…
As ransomware gangs threaten physical harm, ‘I am afraid of what’s next,’ ex-negotiator says
Crims warned 40% of respondents that they and their families would suffer Ransomware gangs now frequently threaten physical violence against employees and their families as a way to force victim organizations into paying their demands.… This article has been indexed…
Gene scanner pays $9.8 million to get feds off its back in security flap
Illumina allegedly lied about its testing devices meeting government standards Biotech firm Illumina has agreed to cut the US government a check for the eminently affordable amount of $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it has been selling the feds…
Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech needs just seconds of audio to spit out a convincing deepfake
No way this will be abused Microsoft has upgraded Azure AI Speech so that users can rapidly generate a voice replica with just a few seconds of sampled speech.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
Beijing summons Nvidia over alleged backdoors in China-bound AI chips
H20 silicon under the microscope after slipping through US export bans China’s internet watchdog has hauled Nvidia in for a grilling over alleged backdoors in its H20 chips, the latest twist in the increasingly paranoid semiconductor spat between Washington and…