Category: AI in news
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new command-and-control (C2) infrastructure called DarkBeatC2, becoming the latest such tool in its arsenal after SimpleHarm, MuddyC3, PhonyC2, and MuddyC2Go. “While occasionally switching to a new remote administration tool or changing their C2 framework, MuddyWater’s methods remain constant,” Deep Instinct security researcher Simon…
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This article discusses Google Cloud and Bayer partnering to create a platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze medical images. The platform can flag anomalies for radiologists to review and summarize patient medical history. Radiologists are facing a labor shortage and burnout, and this technology is meant to improve efficiency. Google emphasizes that the…
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“High stress, the necessity for ongoing training, and the substantial responsibility of protecting digital assets all play a significant role in the persistent shortage of cybersecurity professionals,” Linder said. Transparency lacking around salary ranges for cyber roles Gender salary discrepancies identified in the ISC2 survey were a mixed bag. Women in non-managerial and middle-manager positions…
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Apr 12, 2024NewsroomWeb Security / WordPress Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a credit card skimmer that’s concealed within a fake Meta Pixel tracker script in an attempt to evade detection. Sucuri said that the malware is injected into websites through tools that allow for custom code, such as WordPress plugins like Simple Custom CSS and JS…
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Apr 11, 2024The Hacker NewsSoftware Security / Programming GitGuardian is famous for its annual State of Secrets Sprawl report. In their 2023 report, they found over 10 million exposed passwords, API keys, and other credentials exposed in public GitHub commits. The takeaways in their 2024 report did not just highlight 12.8 million new exposed secrets…
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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organizations to change any credentials they might have shared or stored with Sisense, a data analytics software and services provider, due to a compromise that’s still being investigated. Sisense’s platform allows companies to connect various data sources including databases, spreadsheets, cloud services and web applications…
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Ouch. On 7 March 2024, the UK’s Leicester City Council had its systems disrupted by a devastating cyber attack, forcing it to shut down its IT systems and phone lines. Among those affected were care home workers and the homeless. Sign up to our free newsletter.Security news, advice, and tips. By the end of March,…
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What’s going on? A relatively new strain of ransomware called DragonForce has making the headlines after a series of high-profile attacks. Like many other ransomware groups, DragonForce attempts to extort money from its victims in two ways – locking companies out of their computers and data through encryption, and exfiltrating data from compromised systems with…
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The East Central University (ECU) of Ada, Oklahoma, has revealed that a ransomware gang launched an attack against its systems that left some computers and servers encrypted and may have also seen sensitive information stolen. In an advisory posted on its website, ECU claims that the BlackSuit ransomware gang was unsuccessful in taking down the…
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ARC Labs and Binary Defense are actively monitoring a compromise of data associated with Sisense, a company that provides data analytic product and services. At this point, it is unknown if the Sisense’s network was compromised but independent researchers and government organizations indicate that data impacting Sisense has been discovered outside of an authorized space.…
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