Month: August 2024
The cybersecurity vendor released its technical root cause analysis for the faulty July 19 update that caused a massive Windows outage. CrowdStrike has released further analysis of the faulty July 19 update that caused a massive global IT outage, detailing how testing and staged rollouts of updates should help to prevent such issues in the…
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Security researchers at SafeBreach, led by Alon Leviev, discovered that Windows Updates could be similarly hacked to force a downgrade of the software on Windows PC. The researchers were able to show that attacks carried out using this approach could be crafted to bypass verification steps performed during updates, including integrity verification and Trusted Installer…
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Samsung has launched a new bug bounty program for its mobile devices with rewards of up to $1,000,000 for reports demonstrating critical attack scenarios. The new ‘Important Scenario Vulnerability Program (ISVP)’ program focuses on vulnerabilities related to arbitrary code execution, the unlocking of devices, data extraction, arbitrary application installation, and bypassing device protections. Highlighted payouts…
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As AI usage becomes more prevalent in organizations globally, security teams must get full visibility into these applications. Building a comprehensive inventory of AI applications in your environment is a first step. Read on to learn what we found about AI application-usage in the real world when we analyzed anonymized telemetry data from scans using…
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Are you worried about your credit report? Are you eager for your credit report to be “cleaned-up” so lenders and landlords will have a better opinion of your financial responsibility and creditworthiness? Tempted by internet ads that promise an easy fix to the pecuniary pickle that you find yourself in? If you think that describes…
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Aug 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Financial Fraud INTERPOL said it devised a “global stop-payment mechanism” that helped facilitate the largest-ever recovery of funds defrauded in a business email compromise (BEC) scam. The development comes after an unnamed commodity firm based in Singapore fell victim to a BEC scam in mid-July 2024. It refers to…
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In episode ten of “The AI Fix” podcast, Graham attempts to say “quinoa”, Mark draws a line in the amper-sand, ChatGPT becomes an expert in solar panels and bomb disposal, and our hosts watch a terrifying tailer for a creepy new AI friend. Graham discovers that the world of AI cookery is a soggy, limey…
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The Grand Palais Réunion des musées nationaux (Rmn) in France is warning that it suffered a cyberattack on Saturday night, August 3, 2024. Grand Palais Rmn is an institution responsible for managing several museums and cultural sites in France. It oversees various aspects of the museum’s operations, including exhibitions, cultural programming, and operations. The institute…
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Top cybersecurity vendors including SentinelOne, Check Point and Fortinet announced major new products and capabilities at the Black Hat USA conference. Black Hat 2024 This week in Las Vegas, hundreds of cybersecurity vendors are on hand for the Black Hat USA 2024 conference—many of them with new tools or product capabilities ready to unveil. At…
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“In this case we are recognizing that GenAI is making some substantial changes to the world and to the way that we all operate … We’re making some changes to really capitalize on this over $2 trillion market opportunity,” Dell Technologies Chief Partner Officer Denise Millard told CRN on Monday. Dell Technologies Chief Partner Officer…
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