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A threat actor known as Stargazer Goblin has set up a network of inauthentic GitHub accounts to fuel a Distribution-as-a-Service (DaaS) that propagates a variety of information-stealing malware and netting them $100,000 in illicit profits over the past year. The network, which comprises over 3,000 accounts on the cloud-based code hosting platform, spans thousands of…
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“Moving forward, this outage demonstrates that continuous preparation to fortify defenses is vital, especially before outages occur,” Christine Gadsby, CISO at Blackberry, opined. She continued, “Already understanding what areas are most vulnerable within a system prevents a panicked reaction when something looks amiss and makes it more difficult for hackers to wreak havoc. In a…
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Protecting the games The French government’s national cybersecurity agency, Agence national de la sécurité des systèmes d’information (ANSSI), is overseeing the monumental effort to keep the Paris Olympics cyber safe. Since mid-2023 it has held several awareness-raising seminars and crisis-planning exercises with multiple stakeholders across the government, security, and sports ecosystems. Eviden (a division of…
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The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has named a new minister for home affairs and for cybersecurity. Tony Burke will take on the responsibility along with immigration and multicultural affairs; minister for the arts; leader of the House. The cabinet change announced on Sunday comes two years after Clare O’Neil was appointed and having cybersecurity as…
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Jul 27, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that targets Apple macOS systems with the goal of stealing users’ Google Cloud credentials from a narrow pool of victims. The package, named “lr-utils-lib,” attracted a total of 59 downloads before it was taken down.…
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Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent the email verification required to create a Google Workspace account, and leverage that to impersonate a domain holder to third-party services that allow logins through Google’s “Sign in with Google” feature. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a reader who said they received a…
Read MoreFriday Squid Blogging: Sunscreen from Squid Pigments They’re better for the environment. Blog moderation policy. Tags: squid Posted on July 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM • Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis. Source link lol
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Operational expenses and loss to business would differ greatly from organization to organization, and segment to segment. Parametrix, using its service monitoring sensors, estimated healthcare suffering the most at $1.94 billion in direct losses from the incident, with banking and transportation closely behind at $1.15 billion and $0.86 billion, respectively. It estimated the loss per…
Read MoreCompromising the Secure Boot Process This isn’t good: On Thursday, researchers from security firm Binarly revealed that Secure Boot is completely compromised on more than 200 device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro. The cause: a cryptographic key underpinning Secure Boot on those models that was compromised in 2022. In a public…
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