Category: AI in news
The US Justice Department, working in coordination with Canadian and Dutch authorities, has seized two domain names which it claims were being used by Russian-backed hackers to spread disinformation on social media. The FBI has issued a joint cybersecurity advisory with its international partners, detailing the make-up of an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that…
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Execs at a health tech startup are sentenced to jail after a massive ad fraud, and a school is shaken after teachers are targeted via TikTok. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault. Plus don’t miss our featured interview…
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Vulnerability assessments and vulnerability management sound similar – but they’re not. As a new Enterprise Strategy Group white paper explains, it’s key to understand their differences and to shift from ad-hoc vulnerability assessments to continuous, risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM). Read on to check out highlights from this Tenable-commissioned study and learn how RBVM helps organizations…
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Jul 11, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Network Security The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group codenamed APT41 is suspected to be using an “advanced and upgraded version” of a known malware called StealthVector to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MoonWalk. The new variant of StealthVector – which is also referred to as DUSTPAN – has…
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While the hackers have yet to disclose if highly sensitive financial or payment information was compromised, the already leaked information could still pose significant risks. Stolen data could be used for ransom demands, sold to the highest bidder, or leaked in full, potentially leading to phishing attacks and identity theft. Lulu Group International, owned by…
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Jul 11, 2024The Hacker NewsCompliance / Identity Management Today, all organizations are exposed to the threat of cyber breaches, irrespective of their scale. Historically, larger companies were frequent targets due to their substantial resources, sensitive data, and regulatory responsibilities, whereas smaller entities often underestimated their attractiveness to hackers. However, this assumption is precarious, as cybercriminals…
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Jul 11, 2024NewsroomMalware / Threat Intelligence Spanish language victims are the target of an email phishing campaign that delivers a new remote access trojan (RAT) called Poco RAT since at least February 2024. The attacks primarily single out mining, manufacturing, hospitality, and utilities sectors, according to cybersecurity company Cofense. “The majority of the custom code…
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To this end, Live Proxies has created a culture of continuous improvement and training, Kalvo says. “We integrated security products such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, antivirus systems, and others within a SIEM solution,” he says. “This not only gave us a simplified security architecture, but also gave us a ‘single pane of glass’ view…
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Jul 11, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability Multiple threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in PHP to deliver remote access trojans, cryptocurrency miners, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets. ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt ffrt…
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