FBI and others list how to spot NK infiltrators, but AI will make it harder RSAC Concerned a new recruit might be a North Korean stooge out to steal intellectual property and then hit an org with malware? There is…
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Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science
They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse Researchers from the University of Zurich have admitted to secretly posting AI-generated material to popular Subreddit r/changemyview…
Open source text editor poisoned with malware to target Uyghur users
Whoever could be behind this attack on an ethnic minority China despises? Researchers at Canada’s Citizen Lab have spotted a phishing campaign and supply chain attack directed at Uyghur people living outside China, and suggest it’s an example of Beijing’s…
Ex-Disney employee gets 3 years in the clink for goofy attacks on mousey menus
Florida man altered allergen info, DoSed former colleagues Former Disney employee Michael Scheuer was sentenced to 36 months in prison and fined almost $688,000 for screwing up a software application the entertainment giant used to cook up its restaurant menus.……
Cybersecurity CEO accused of running malware on hospital PC blabs about it on LinkedIn
Sometimes, silence is the best option An Oklahoma City cybersecurity professional accused of installing spyware on a hospital PC confirmed on LinkedIn key details of the drama.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
How to survive as a CISO aka ‘chief scapegoat officer’
Whistleblowing, email is evidential mail, HR is not your friend, and more discussed by CxO panel RSAC Chief security officers should negotiate personal liability insurance and a golden parachute when they start a new job – in case things go…
Admission impossible: NSA, CISA brass absent from RSA Conf
Homeland Security boss Noem added as last-minute keynote, mind you RSAC There’s a notable absence from this year’s RSA Conference that kicked off today in San Francisco: The NSA’s State of the Hack panel.… This article has been indexed from…
The future of AI in cybersecurity in a word: Optimistic
Think of artificial intelligence as your embedded ally Sponsored post AI is reshaping cybersecurity in real time, raising the stakes on both sides of the battlefield. For defenders, it brings speed, precision, and automation at scale, helping security teams detect…
From 112K to 4M folks’ data – HR biz attack goes from bad to mega bad
It took a 1 year+ probe, plenty of client calls for VeriSource to understand just how much of a yikes it has on its hands Houston-based VeriSource Services’ long-running probe into a February 2024 digital break-in shows the data of…
From 112k to 4 million folks’ data – HR biz attack goes from bad to mega bad
It took a 1 year+ probe, plenty of client calls for VeriSource to understand just how much of a yikes it has on its hands Houston-based VeriSource Services’ long-running probe into a February 2024 digital break-in shows the data of…
Back online after ‘catastrophic’ attack, 4chan says it’s too broke for good IT
Image board hints that rumors of a poorly maintained back end may be true Clearweb cesspit 4chan is back up and running, but says the damage caused by a cyberattack earlier this month was “catastrophic.”… This article has been indexed…
4chan back online after ‘catastrophic’ attack, says it’s too broke for good IT
Image board hints that rumors of a poorly maintained back end may be true Clearweb cesspit 4chan is back up and running, but says the damage caused by a cyberattack earlier this month was “catastrophic.”… This article has been indexed…
Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025
Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year Microsoft has announced that its preview of hotpatching for on-prem Windows Server 2025 will become a paid subscription service in July.… This article has…
Samsung admits Galaxy devices can leak passwords through clipboard wormhole
PLUS: Microsoft fixes messes China used to attack it; Mitre adds ESXi advice; Employee-tracking screenshots leak; and more! Infosec in brief Samsung has warned that some of its Galaxy devices store passwords in plaintext.… This article has been indexed from…
Signalgate lessons learned: If creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed
Infosec is a team sport … unless you’re in the White House Opinion Just when it seems they couldn’t be that careless, US officials tasked with defending the nation go and do something else that puts American critical infrastructure, national…
Amid CVE funding fumble, ‘we were mushrooms, kept in the dark,’ says board member
What next for US-bankrolled vulnerability tracker? It’s edging closer to a more independent, global future Kent Landfield, a founding member of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program and member of the board, learned through social media that the system…
More Ivanti attacks may be on horizon, say experts who are seeing 9x surge in endpoint scans
GreyNoise says it is the kind of activity that typically precedes new vulnerability disclosures Ivanti VPN users should stay alert as IP scanning for the vendor’s Connect Secure and Pulse Secure systems surged by 800 percent last week, according to…
Oh, cool. Microsoft melts bug that froze Server 2025 Remote Desktop sessions
Where have we heard this before? Feb security update needs its own fix More than one month after complaints starting flying, Microsoft has fixed a Windows bug that caused some Remote Desktop sessions to freeze.… This article has been indexed…
M&S stops online orders as ‘cyber incident’ issues worsen
One step forward and one step back as earlier hopes of progress dashed by latest update Marks & Spencer has paused online orders for customers via its website and app as the UK retailer continues to wrestle with an ongoing…
Emergency patch for potential SAP zero-day that could grant full system control
German software giant paywalls details, but experts piece together the clues SAP’s latest out-of-band patch is for a perfect 10/10 bug in NetWeaver that experts suspect could have already been exploited as a zero-day.… This article has been indexed from…