Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 2, 2023

I'm irrationally excited about the new Prusa 3D printer on order, and I think that's mostly to do with planning for the NDC Oslo talk I plan to do with Elle, my 11-year old daughter. I'm all for getting the kids exposure not just to tech, but also to being able to talk to others about tech and involving them in conference talks since a young age has been a big part of that.

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Technology 234

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2023

WeMystic, a website on astrology, numerology, tarot, and spiritual orientation, left an open database exposing 34GB of sensitive data about the platforms’ users. Telling the future is a tricky business, and failure to foretell your own mishaps doesn’t help. The content platform WeMystic is a good example of this, with the Cybernews research team discovering that it exposed its users’ sensitive data.

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Data collection Risk Hacking Information Security 141

Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange email servers in Europe, the U.S., and Asia exposed on the public internet are vulnerable to remote code execution flaws. [.

Internet 122

Internet Internet 122

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Researchers devised an attack technique that could have been used to trick ChatGPT into disclosing training data. A team of researchers from several universities and Google have demonstrated an attack technique against ChetGPT that allowed them to extract several megabytes of ChatGPT’s training data. The researchers were able to query the model at a cost of a couple of hundred dollars. “By matching against this dataset, we recover over ten thousand examples from ChatGPT’s training dataset

Hacking 142

Hacking Information Security 142

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Google is introducing a significant change to Chrome's Back/Forward Cache (BFCache) behavior, allowing web pages to be stored in the cache, even if a webmaster specifies not to store a page in the browser's cache. [.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2023

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Ransomware 125

Ransomware Hacking Spyware Cybercrime 125

Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned hospitals this week to patch the critical 'Citrix Bleed' Netscaler vulnerability actively exploited in attacks. [.

Healthcare 89

Healthcare 89

The Hacker News

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S. have been targeted by an unknown threat actor to distribute a new backdoor called Agent Racoon. "This malware family is written using the.

DNS 94

DNS Malware 94

Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 2, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, vigilance is paramount. Recently, a cunning phishing scam has emerged, targeting unsuspecting WordPress users with a fabricated security flaw, CVE-2023-45124. This sophisticated ruse, uncovered by the Wordfence Threat... The post WordPress Phishing Scam Exploits Fake CVE-2023-45124 Vulnerability appeared first on Penetration Testing.

Scams 91

Scams Phishing Penetration Testing Cybersecurity 91

WIRED Threat Level

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Plus: A major ransomware crackdown, the arrest of Ukraine’s cybersecurity chief, and a hack-for-hire entrepreneur charged with attempted murder.

Hacking 89

Hacking Ransomware Cybersecurity 89

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Many thanks to DEF CON 31 for publishing their terrific DefCon Conference 31 presenters content. Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 31 – War Stories – Taiiwo’s, Artorias’, Puck’s, TheClockworkBird’s ‘Cracking Cicada 3301’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Architecture Education Information Security Cybersecurity 52

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2023

One of my techniques for keeping current on Cybercrime trends is having an "interesting" collection of international news ticklers. This story came to me via X:CyberScamMonitor via a QQ account called "onCambodia." @CyberScamMonitor is a Twitter/X account and Substack account dedicated to tracking online scam and gambling operations in Southeast Asia and documenting human trafficking and human rights abuses.

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Accountability Cybercrime Mobile Surveillance 59