Month: March 2024
Bad news folks. I’m afraid that the people of Belgium are dealing with a national emergency. Yes, I’m afraid that a ransomware attack hit a part of Belgium’s critical infrastructure on Tuesday night. Sign up to our free newsletter.Security news, advice, and tips. More details in my video. Found this article interesting? Follow Graham Cluley…
Read MoreBurglars Using Wi-Fi Jammers to Disable Security Cameras The arms race continues, as burglars are learning how to use jammers to disable Wi-Fi security cameras. Tags: Internet of Things, jamming, theft, Wi-Fi Posted on March 13, 2024 at 7:07 AM • 4 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis. Source link ddde ddde…
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Mar 13, 2024NewsroomLarge Language Model / AI Security Google’s Gemini large language model (LLM) is susceptible to security threats that could cause it to divulge system prompts, generate harmful content, and carry out indirect injection attacks. The findings come from HiddenLayer, which said the issues impact consumers using Gemini Advanced with Google Workspace as well…
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Mar 13, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Webinar Identities are the latest sweet spot for cybercriminals, now heavily targeting SaaS applications that are especially vulnerable in this attack vector. The use of SaaS applications involves a wide range of identities, including human and non-human, such as service accounts, API keys, and OAuth authorizations. Consequently, any…
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Well, here’s a shocker. Incognito Market, a darknet platform connecting sellers of narcotics to potential buyers, has turned out to be not entirely trustworthy. Drug vendors and buyers alike are being extorted. They are being threatened that their supposedly secure (and in some cases supposedly deleted) private chats will be made public unless they give…
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Mar 13, 2024NewsroomPhishing Attack / Threat Intelligence A new phishing campaign has been observed delivering remote access trojans (RAT) such as VCURMS and STRRAT by means of a malicious Java-based downloader. “The attackers stored malware on public services like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and GitHub, employing a commercial protector to avoid detection of the malware,”…
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Streaming company Roku has revealed that over 15,000 customers’ accounts were hacked using stolen login credentials from unrelated data breaches. In data breach notices to the Attorneys General for Maine and California, Roku said hackers accessed the accounts of 15,363 US residents in a campaign that lasted from December 28, 2023, to February 21, 2024.…
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Configuring alerts The primary reason to have a modern SIEM is for sophisticated real-time monitoring of your systems. But that has little value unless a human is monitoring the system for alerts or notifications (in the form of emails, text messages, or push notifications to mobile devices). The problem with alerts and notifications, as any…
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Mar 13, 2024NewsroomPatch Tuesday / Software Update Microsoft on Tuesday released its monthly security update, addressing 61 different security flaws spanning its software, including two critical issues impacting Windows Hyper-V that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) and remote code execution. Of the 61 vulnerabilities, two are rated Critical, 58 are rated Important, and one is…
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Critical Infrastructure What cyberthreats could wreak havoc on elections this year and how worried should we as voters be about the integrity of our voting systems? 12 Mar 2024 • , 4 min. read This year, billions of people will go to the polls to decide their next political leaders. From India to the US,…
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