Sat.May 18, 2024 - Fri.May 24, 2024

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Have I Been Pwned Employee 1.0: Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson

Troy Hunt

We often do that in this industry, the whole "1.0" thing, but it seems apt here. I started Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) in 2013 as a pet project that scratched an itch, so I never really thought of myself as an "employee" Over time, it grew (and I tell you what, nobody is more surprised by that than me!) and over the last few years, my wife Charlotte got more and more involved.

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions. Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. An investigation into Stark Industries reveals it is being used as a global proxy network that conceals the true source of cyberattacks and disinformation c

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RSAC Fireside Chat: IRONSCALES utilizes LLM, superior intel to stay a step ahead of Deep Fakes

The Last Watchdog

There was a lot of buzz at RSAC 2024 about how GenAI and Large Language Models (LLM) are getting leveraged — by both attackers and defenders. Related: Is your company moving too slow or too fast on GenAI? One promising example of the latter comes from messaging security vendor IRONSCALES. I had the chance to sit down with Eyal Benishti , IRONSCALES founder and CEO, to get a breakdown of how their new Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) technology utilizes a specialized LLM to reinforce an

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On the Zero-Day Market

Schneier on Security

New paper: “ Zero Progress on Zero Days: How the Last Ten Years Created the Modern Spyware Market “: Abstract: Spyware makes surveillance simple. The last ten years have seen a global market emerge for ready-made software that lets governments surveil their citizens and foreign adversaries alike and to do so more easily than when such work required tradecraft.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

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Newsweek Op-Ed: Oversight of the Management of Cybersecurity Risks: The Skill Corporate Boards Need, But, So Often, Do Not Have

Joseph Steinberg

Despite both a decades-long barrage of media reports of cyberattacks wreaking havoc on the public sector and private sector alike, and despite clear indications from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that corporate boards must be able to oversee the management of cyber-risk by their respective organizations, when to comes to actually delivering on their fiduciary duty as related to cybersecurity, today’s corporate boards often fail to perform as needed and as intended.

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Weekly Update 400

Troy Hunt

This is the 400th time I've sat down in front of the camera and done one of these videos. Every single week since the 23rd of September in 2016 regardless of location, health, stress and all sorts of other crazy things that have gone on in my life for nearly the last 8 years now, I've done a video. As with so many of the things I create, these are as much for me as they are for you; doing these videos every week has given me a regular cadence amidst some pretty crazy times.

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Unredacting Pixelated Text

Schneier on Security

Experiments in unredacting text that has been pixelated.

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AI's Energy Appetite: Challenges for Our Future Electricity Supply

Lohrman on Security

The dramatic growth in GenAI and AI adoption is bringing increased demand for energy to power data centers. Where is this heading? How can we navigate a sustainable energy future with exploding technology usage?

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Anthropic’s Generative AI Research Reveals More About How LLMs Affect Security and Bias

Tech Republic Security

Anthropic opened a window into the ‘black box’ where ‘features’ steer a large language model’s output.

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News alert: Memcyco report reveals only 6% of brands can stop digital impersonation fraud

The Last Watchdog

New York, NY, May 21, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Memcyco Inc., provider of digital trust technology designed to protect companies and their customers from digital impersonation fraud, released its inaugural 2024 State of Website Impersonation Scams report. Notably, Memcyco’s research indicates that the majority of companies do not have adequate solutions to counter digital impersonation fraud, and that most only learn about attacks from their customers.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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Detecting Malicious Trackers

Schneier on Security

From Slashdot : Apple and Google have launched a new industry standard called “ Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers ” to combat the misuse of Bluetooth trackers for stalking. Starting Monday, iPhone and Android users will receive alerts when an unknown Bluetooth device is detected moving with them. The move comes after numerous cases of trackers like Apple’s AirTags being used for malicious purposes.

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Google Detects 4th Chrome Zero-Day in May Actively Under Attack - Update ASAP

The Hacker News

Google on Thursday rolled out fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser that it said has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-5274, the vulnerability relates to a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine.

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Microsoft Build 2024: Copilot AI Will Gain ‘Personal Assistant’ and Custom Agent Capabilities

Tech Republic Security

Other announcements included a Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows, GitHub Copilot Extensions and the general availability of Azure AI Studio.

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RSAC Fireside Chat: SquareX introduces security-infused browser extension to stop threats in real time

The Last Watchdog

The open-source Chromium project seeded by Google more than a decade ago has triggered something of a web browser renaissance. Related: Browser attacks mount Browsers based on Chromium include Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, which dominate in corporate settings – as well as popular upstarts Brave, Opera and Vivaldi. Together these browsers have given rise to a vast ecosystem of extensions – one that happens to align perfectly with a highly distributed work force and global supply chain.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

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Personal AI Assistants and Privacy

Schneier on Security

Microsoft is trying to create a personal digital assistant: At a Build conference event on Monday, Microsoft revealed a new AI-powered feature called “Recall” for Copilot+ PCs that will allow Windows 11 users to search and retrieve their past activities on their PC. To make it work, Recall records everything users do on their PC, including activities in apps, communications in live meetings, and websites visited for research.

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DNSBomb: New DDoS Attack Explodes DNS Traffic, Threatening Critical Internet Infrastructure

Penetration Testing

Researchers from Tsinghua University have unveiled a potent new method for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, dubbed DNSBomb (CVE-2024-33655). This innovative attack weaponizes DNS (Domain Name System) traffic to overwhelm and disrupt online services,... The post DNSBomb: New DDoS Attack Explodes DNS Traffic, Threatening Critical Internet Infrastructure appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Get a Lifetime of 1TB Cloud Storage for Only $80 With FolderFort

Tech Republic Security

Fast, affordable cloud storage isn’t always easy to find for businesses, but now you can have a massive amount with maximum security.

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Criminal record database of millions of Americans dumped online

Malwarebytes

A cybercriminal going by the names of EquationCorp and USDoD have released an enormous database containing the criminal records of millions of Americans. The database is said to contain 70 million rows of data. Post by USDoD on a breach forum The leaked database is said to include full names, dates of birth, known aliases, addresses, arrest and conviction dates, sentences, and much more.

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The Importance of User Roles and Permissions in Cybersecurity Software

How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

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IBM Sells Cybersecurity Group

Schneier on Security

IBM is selling its QRadar product suite to Palo Alto Networks, for an undisclosed—but probably surprisingly small—sum. I have a personal connection to this. In 2016, IBM bought Resilient Systems, the startup I was a part of. It became part if IBM’s cybersecurity offerings, mostly and weirdly subservient to QRadar. That was what seemed to be the problem at IBM.

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Teslas Can Still Be Stolen With a Cheap Radio Hack—Despite New Keyless Tech

WIRED Threat Level

Ultra-wideband radio has been heralded as the solution for “relay attacks” that are used to steal cars in seconds. But researchers found Teslas equipped with it are as vulnerable as ever.

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AI Seoul Summit: 4 Key Takeaways on AI Safety Standards and Regulations

Tech Republic Security

Major breakthroughs were made in global nations’ AI safety commitments, AI safety institutes, research grants and AI risk thresholds at this month’s AI Seoul Summit.

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Hackers Created Rogue VMs to Evade Detection in Recent MITRE Cyber Attack

The Hacker News

The MITRE Corporation has revealed that the cyber attack targeting the not-for-profit company towards late December 2023 by exploiting zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) involved the actor creating rogue virtual machines (VMs) within its VMware environment.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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CVE-2024-29849 (CVSS 9.8): Veeam’s Backup Nightmare, Full System Access Exposed

Penetration Testing

Veeam Software, a leading provider of backup and recovery solutions, has issued urgent security advisories regarding multiple critical vulnerabilities in its Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager (Enterprise Manager) component. These vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized access,... The post CVE-2024-29849 (CVSS 9.8): Veeam’s Backup Nightmare, Full System Access Exposed appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Blackbasta group claims to have hacked Atlas, one of the largest US oil distributors

Security Affairs

The Blackbasta extortion group claims to have hacked Atlas, one of the largest national distributors of fuel in the United States. Atlas is one of the largest national fuel distributors to 49 continental US States with over 1 billion gallons per year. The Blackbasta extortion group added the company to the list of victims on its Tor leak site, as the researcher Dominic Alvieri reported.

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IBM X-Force Report: Grandoreiro Malware Targets More Than 1,500 Banks in 60 Countries

Tech Republic Security

Find out how Grandoreiro banking trojan campaigns work and the countries targeted, as well as how to mitigate this malware threat.

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Fake Antivirus Websites Deliver Malware to Android and Windows Devices

The Hacker News

Threat actors have been observed making use of fake websites masquerading as legitimate antivirus solutions from Avast, Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes to propagate malware capable of stealing sensitive information from Android and Windows devices.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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Keylogger in Microsoft Exchange Server Breaches Government Agencies Worldwide

Penetration Testing

A recent report from Positive Technologies Expert Security Center (PT ESC) reveals a concerning security breach impacting Microsoft Exchange Servers. The incident response team discovered a sophisticated keylogger embedded in the main page of... The post Keylogger in Microsoft Exchange Server Breaches Government Agencies Worldwide appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Two students uncovered a flaw that allows to use laundry machines for free

Security Affairs

Two students discovered a security flaw in over a million internet-connected laundry machines that could allow laundry for free. CSC ServiceWorks is a company that provides laundry services and air vending solutions for multifamily housing, academic institutions, hospitality, and other commercial sectors. They manage and operate many internet-connected laundry machines and systems, offering services such as coin and card-operated laundry machines, mobile payment solutions, and maintenance suppor

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CISOs in Australia Urged to Take a Closer Look at Data Breach Risks

Tech Republic Security

A leading cyber lawyer in Australia has warned CISOs and other IT leaders their organisations and careers could be at stake if they do not understand data risk and data governance practices.

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Foxit PDF Reader Flaw Exploited by Hackers to Deliver Diverse Malware Arsenal

The Hacker News

Multiple threat actors are weaponizing a design flaw in Foxit PDF Reader to deliver a variety of malware such as Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, DCRat, NanoCore RAT, NjRAT, Pony, Remcos RAT, and XWorm. "This exploit triggers security warnings that could deceive unsuspecting users into executing harmful commands," Check Point said in a technical report.

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Bringing the Cybersecurity Imperative Into Focus

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