Month: July 2024
CrowdStrike has admitted to pushing out a bad software update, causing many Windows machines running the affected software to crash. The problem, apparently affecting its Falcon platform, brought down servers at airlines, locked up computers at banks, and hurt healthcare services. “CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single…
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Jul 19, 2024The Hacker NewsMalware / Mobile Security A suspected pro-Houthi threat group targeted at least three humanitarian organizations in Yemen with Android spyware designed to harvest sensitive information. These attacks, attributed to an activity cluster codenamed OilAlpha, entail a new set of malicious mobile apps that come with their own supporting infrastructure, Recorded Future’s…
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The test is known in cybersecurity circles as Red Team vs. Blue Team, and this year nearly 4,000 people are taking part. The team here in Spain is “played” by around 200 experts made up of 40% military personnel from the MCCE, Land, Sea and Air, who are supported by soldiers from Portugal, Brazil and Chile; and…
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Microsoft says an Azure configuration change caused a major Microsoft 365 outage on Thursday, affecting customers across the Central US region. This massive outage started around 6:00 PM EST and prevented users from accessing various Microsoft 365 apps and services. The list of services impacted by the outage includes Microsoft Defender, Intune, Teams, PowerBI, Fabric,…
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Malware research involves studying threat actor TTPs, mapping infrastructure, analyzing novel techniques… And while most of these investigations build on existing research, sometimes they start from a hunch, something that looks too simple. At the end of 2023, we stumbled upon an installer named HotPage.exe that deploys a driver capable of injecting code into remote…
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Jul 19, 2024The Hacker NewsTechnology / Artificial Intelligence Event Overview The “AI Leaders Spill Their Secrets” webinar, hosted by Sigma Computing, featured prominent AI experts sharing their experiences and strategies for success in the AI industry. The panel included Michael Ward from Sardine, Damon Bryan from Hyperfinity, and Stephen Hillian from Astronomer, moderated by Zalak…
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Jul 19, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Enterprise Security SolarWinds has addressed a set of critical security flaws impacting its Access Rights Manager (ARM) software that could be exploited to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. Of the 11 vulnerabilities, seven are rated Critical in severity and carry a CVSS score of 9.6 out of 10.0. The…
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Jul 19, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Several organizations operating within global shipping and logistics, media and entertainment, technology, and automotive sectors in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the U.K. have become the target of a “sustained campaign” by the prolific China-based APT41 hacking group. “APT41 successfully infiltrated and maintained prolonged, unauthorized access to…
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Hashcat examples Hashcat dictionary attack Since humans tend to use really bad passwords, a dictionary attack is the first and obvious place to start. The rockyou.txt word list is a popular option. Containing more than 14 million passwords sorted by frequency of use, it begins with common passwords such as “123456”, “12345”, “123456789”, “password”, “iloveyou”, “princess”, “1234567”,…
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‘We have a very strong track record in core HPC. That’s our heritage. But there’s the exploding AI market at this point. And our products are very well suited for that market. So we’re focusing heavily on thLe needs of AI. And that’s where Lisa’s experience complements us very, very well,’ says Cornelis Networks co-founder…
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