Month: May 2024
‘Our expectation is that three years after launch, AI PCs will represent between 40 percent and 50 percent of total PC shipments,’ HP CEO Enrique Lores says ahead of its second-quarter earnings release, which reports that falling printer demand offset commercial PC growth. HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores said the company expects AI PCs to…
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One such company reportedly eyeing N-able is Campbell, Calif.-based cybersecurity vendor Barracuda Networks. Barracuda is owned by private equity firm KKR. N-able is exploring a possible sale after “attracting acquisition interest,” according to a report from Reuters. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that the Burlington, Mass.-based software vendor is participating in a sale…
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Computer hardware manufacturer Cooler Master has suffered a data breach after a threat actor breached the company’s website and claimed to steal the Fanzone member information of 500,000 customers. Cooler Master is a hardware manufacturer based in Taiwan that is known for its computer cases, cooling devices, gaming chairs, and other computer peripherals. Yesterday, a threat actor…
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Threat actors have been exploiting a high-severity Check Point Remote Access VPN zero-day since at least April 30, stealing Active Directory data needed to move laterally through the victims’ networks in successful attacks. Check Point warned customers on Monday that attackers are targeting their security gateways using old VPN local accounts with insecure password-only authentication. The…
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today said they arrested the alleged operator of 911 S5, a ten-year-old online anonymity service that was powered by what the director of the FBI called “likely the world’s largest botnet ever.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government…
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Network support: Ensure that your network infrastructure, including access points and controllers, support WPA3 and (if desired) the optional OWE for Open Networks. While many newer network devices are WPA3-compatible, older hardware may require updates or replacements. If you’re wanting to utilize certain optional functionality in WPA3, do the research and consider all requirements for…
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The world-renowned auction house Christie’s has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, seemingly orchestrated by a Russia-linked cybercriminal gang. Two weeks ago the CEO of the world’s wealthiest auction house posted on LinkedIn blamed a “technology security incident” after the Christie’s website went unexpectedly offline. Meanwhile, two employees of Christie’s told…
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A large-scale phishing campaign is using an unusual lure to earn at least $900,000 by tricking email recipients into believing they’re about to receive a baby grand piano for free. The campaign, discovered by email security firm Proofpoint, was launched in January 2024 and has distributed over 125,000 emails, mainly targeting North American university students and faculty.…
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May 29, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new malicious Python package that has been discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository to facilitate cryptocurrency theft as part of a broader campaign. The package in question is pytoileur, which has been downloaded 316 times as of writing. Interestingly, the…
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The U.S. Justice Department and international partners dismantled the 911 S5 proxy botnet and arrested 35-year-old Chinese national YunHe Wang, its administrator. As early as 2011, Wang and his conspirators pushed malware onto victims’ devices using multiple malicious VPN applications bundling proxy backdoors. The VPN apps that added compromised devices to the 911 S5 residential…
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