Sep 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Human Rights Unnamed government entities in the Middle East and Malaysia are the target of a persistent cyber campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as Tropic Trooper since June 2023. “Sighting this group’s [Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures] in critical governmental entities in the Middle East, particularly those related to…
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Image: MidjourneyNorth Carolina musician Michael Smith was indicted for collecting over $10 million in royalty payments from Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music using AI-generated songs streamed by thousands of bots in a massive streaming fraud scheme. According to court documents, Smith fraudulently inflated music streams on digital platforms between 2017 and 2024 with the…
Read MoreSummary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) assess that cyber actors affiliated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 161st Specialist Training Center (Unit 29155) are responsible for computer network operations against global targets for the purposes of espionage, sabotage, and reputational…
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‘ We are investing in modernizing our core services, including AI and application management,’ says Peter Melby, CEO of New Charter Technologies. ‘Our strategy involves both enhancing basic services to be more responsive and developing deep relationships with customers. This dual focus allows us to offer innovative solutions and better meet customer needs.’ As New…
Read MoreCISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog…
Read MoreCISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory on September 5, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations. Source link lol
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Veeam has released security updates for several of its products as part of a single September 2024 security bulletin that addresses 18 high and critical severity flaws in Veeam Backup & Replication, Service Provider Console, and One. The most severe of the problems addressed is CVE-2024-40711, a critical (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8) remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability on…
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[‘Frontier] will build on Verizon’s two decades of leadership at the forefront of fiber and is an opportunity to become more competitive in more markets throughout the United States, enhancing our ability to deliver premium offerings to millions more customers across a combined fiber network,’ says Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg. Verizon is acquiring Frontier Communications…
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“We want to provide the resources that empower businesses to scale,” AWS GM Miguel Alava said in a statement. Amazon Web Services has launched a Global Passport Program aimed at growing a select number of software partners’ business internationally, promising to connect these vendors to regional resellers and distributors to build local market pipelines. Aimed…
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of 32 internet domains used by a pro-Russian propaganda operation called Doppelganger as part of a sweeping set of actions. Accusing the Russian government-directed foreign malign influence campaign of violating U.S. money laundering and criminal trademark laws, the agency called out companies Social Design…
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