Imagine a world where the software that powers your favorite apps, secures your online transactions, and keeps your digital life could be outsmarted and taken over by a cleverly disguised piece of code. This isn’t a plot from the latest cyber-thriller; it’s actually been a reality for years now. How this will change – in…
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Apr 15, 2024The Hacker NewsActive Directory / Attack Surface To minimize the risk of privilege misuse, a trend in the privileged access management (PAM) solution market involves implementing just-in-time (JIT) privileged access. This approach to privileged identity management aims to mitigate the risks associated with prolonged high-level access by granting privileges temporarily and only when…
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On April 12th, to make it easy for users to check if their information was hacked, breach tracking service HaveIBeenPwned added the leaked database to its website. The incident contributed a total of 2,842,669 breached records to the HIBP database, of which the service noted that 46% were duplicates already present in its records. As…
Read MoreNew Lattice Cryptanalytic Technique A new paper presents a polynomial-time quantum algorithm for solving certain hard lattice problems. This could be a big deal for post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, since many of them base their security on hard lattice problems. A few things to note. One, this paper has not yet been peer reviewed. As this…
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The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. In the digital world, every document, image, video, or program we create leaves a trail. Understanding the lifecycle of a file, from its…
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Law enforcement officers in Zambia have arrested 77 people at a call centre company they allege had employed local school-leavers to engage in scam internet users around the world. According to Zambian authorities, Chinese-run Golden Top Support Services, based in an upmarket area of capital city Lusaka, recruited Zambian youths between the ages of 20-25,…
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Apr 15, 2024NewsroomSpyware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a “renewed” cyber espionage campaign targeting users in South Asia with the aim of delivering an Apple iOS spyware implant called LightSpy. “The latest iteration of LightSpy, dubbed ‘F_Warehouse,’ boasts a modular framework with extensive spying features,” the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence Team said…
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It’s All About the Data The healthcare industry has proven an irresistible target for cyberattacks. In 2023, there were 136 publicized attacks, a 134% increase from the year before. But why is the healthcare industry targeted so frequently? This is driven by the sensitive data it maintains and its large attack surface. At the most…
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One of the researchers that recently compiled a knowledge base of common misconfigurations and attack techniques impacting Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), has developed an open-source scanner to help administrators more easily identify those weaknesses in their SCCM environments. “Although we detailed how to carry out, mitigate, and detect each of these attacks in…
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