Jun 25, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Threat Detection Threat actors are exploiting a novel attack technique in the wild that leverages specially crafted management saved console (MSC) files to gain full code execution using Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and evade security defenses. Elastic Security Labs has codenamed the approach GrimResource after identifying an artifact (“sccm-updater.msc“) that was…
Read MoreBreaking the M-209 Interesting paper about a German cryptanalysis machine that helped break the US M-209 mechanical ciphering machine. The paper contains a good description of how the M-209 works. Tags: academic papers, cryptanalysis, cryptography, history of cryptography Posted on June 25, 2024 at 7:02 AM • 0 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by…
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Jun 25, 2024The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Endpoint Security Browser security is becoming increasingly popular, as organizations understand the need to protect at the point of risk – the browser. Network and endpoint solutions are limited in their ability to protect from web-borne threats like phishing websites or malicious browser extensions. They also do not…
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P2PInfect, originally a dormant peer-to-peer malware botnet with unclear motives, has finally come alive to deploy a ransomware module and a cryptominer in attacks on Redis servers. According to Cado Security, which has been tracking P2PInfect for some time now, there is evidence the malware operates as a “botnet for hire,” although conflicting information prevents…
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To maintain their growing stature and evolving role, CSOs/CISOs “must scale their mandate in the face of increasingly accelerated disruptive technological changes” from AI and cloud transformations, greater customer trust expectations, and a threat landscape that continues to intensify, SAP’s Lange says. Adapting to the velocity of change and providing a consistent defensible risk posture…
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Analysts point out that further efforts to block them could disrupt critical services for US enterprises. “The crackdown on Chinese telecom firms may impact the efficiency of US enterprises’ data management and global connectivity by limiting competitive options and increasing transition costs,” said Prabhu Ram, head of the Industry Intelligence Group at CyberMedia Research. “Enterprises…
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A CISO presented with a key analytic shortcoming during an intrusion event may be more likely to overlook data quality or ethical issues in a new machine learning product they think would prevent similar incidents going forward. Or a positive support experience with an insurer during a crisis might perversely incentivize a too-comfortable relationship with…
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Jun 25, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Wikileak WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed in the U.K. and has departed the country after serving more than five years in a maximum security prison at Belmarsh for what was described by the U.S. government as the “largest compromises of classified information in the history” of the country.…
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Jun 25, 2024NewsroomWordPress / Web Security Multiple WordPress plugins have been backdoored to inject malicious code that makes it possible to create rogue administrator accounts with the aim of performing arbitrary actions. “The injected malware attempts to create a new administrative user account and then sends those details back to the attacker-controlled server,” Wordfence security…
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Jun 25, 2024NewsroomCyber Crime / Financial Fraud Four Vietnamese nationals with ties to the FIN9 cybercrime group have been indicted in the U.S. for their involvement in a series of computer intrusions that caused over $71 million in losses to companies. The defendants, Ta Van Tai (aka Quynh Hoa and Bich Thuy), Nguyen Viet Quoc…
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