Category: AI in news
May 01, 2024NewsroomFinancial Crime / Forensic Analysis A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet market. The findings come from Elliptic in…
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May 01, 2024NewsroomMalware / Android Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control (C2) servers for detection evasion. The malware, codenamed Wpeeper, is an ELF binary that leverages the HTTPS protocol to secure its C2 communications. “Wpeeper is a typical backdoor…
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Tenable Cloud Security is enhancing its capabilities with malware detection. Combined with its cutting-edge, agentless vulnerability-scanning technology, including its ability to detect anomalous behavior, this new capability makes Tenable Cloud Security a much more complete and effective solution. Read on to find out how. In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, security remains paramount. Even…
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These attacks were primarily leveraged by ransomware and other extortion-related threat actors, and the main entry point was web applications, the report noted. Analyzing the data also reveals a significant area of weakness among many organizations — bad actors are more quickly harnessing vulnerabilities than organizations can patch them. It takes organizations approximately 55 days…
Read MoreAI Voice Scam Scammers tricked a company into believing they were dealing with a BBC presenter. They faked her voice, and accepted money intended for her. Tags: artificial intelligence, scams, social engineering Posted on May 1, 2024 at 7:09 AM • 0 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis. Source link lol
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May 01, 2024The Hacker NewsSecurity Awareness Training There’s a natural human desire to avoid threatening scenarios. The irony, of course, is if you hope to attain any semblance of security, you’ve got to remain prepared to confront those very same threats. As a decision-maker for your organization, you know this well. But no matter how…
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May 01, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Insider Threat A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia. “This sentence should serve as a stark warning to all those entrusted with protecting national defense information that there…
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Devices that don’t meet this requirement may be unable to access work or school resources. In firms, often you are purchasing computers and laptops that have Windows 11 preloaded. As a result, these systems come with Secure Boot enabled and a TPM chip. Furthermore, many of you are mandated to deploy Bitlocker to provide for…
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Even though it’s bad practice and insecure to use a fully qualified domain you don’t own as the internal Active Directory domain, some organizations have historically done so for convenience. Let’s say for example, an organization doesn’t own the domain name that’s the acronym of its full name followed by .com or .org because that…
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