Sat.Nov 18, 2023 - Fri.Nov 24, 2023

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Using Generative AI for Surveillance

Schneier on Security

Generative AI is going to be a powerful tool for data analysis and summarization. Here’s an example of it being used for sentiment analysis. My guess is that it isn’t very good yet, but that it will get better.

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GUEST ESSAY: How the ‘Scattered Spiders’ youthful ring defeated MFA to plunder Vegas

The Last Watchdog

A hacking gang known as Scattered Spiders soundly defeated the cybersecurity defenses of MGM and Caesars casinos. Related: Russia puts the squeeze on US supply chain This cost the Las Vegas gambling meccas more than $100 million while damaging their reputations. As the companies face nine federal lawsuits for failing to protect customer data, it’s abundantly clear hackers have checkmated multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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How to Protect Your Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopping

Lohrman on Security

Don’t let the most wonderful time of the year turn into a holiday crisis. Here’s help to shop securely online this holiday season.

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Sekoia: Latest in the Financial Sector Cyber Threat Landscape

Tech Republic Security

Phishing, infostealer malware, ransomware, supply chain attacks, data breaches and crypto-related attacks are among the top evolving threats in the financial sector, says Sekoia.

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Apple to Add Manual Authentication to iMessage

Schneier on Security

Signal has had the ability to manually authenticate another account for years. iMessage is getting it : The feature is called Contact Key Verification, and it does just what its name says: it lets you add a manual verification step in an iMessage conversation to confirm that the other person is who their device says they are. (SMS conversations lack any reliable method for verification­—sorry, green-bubble friends.

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It's Time to Log Off

WIRED Threat Level

There’s a devastating amount of heavy news these days. Psychology experts say you need to know your limits—and when to put down the phone.

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Kaspersky’s Advanced Persistent Threats Predictions for 2024

Tech Republic Security

New botnets, more AI in spearphishing and increases in hack-for-hire business are some of Kaspersky's security predictions. Get extensive APT mitigation tips, too.

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Email Security Flaw Found in the Wild

Schneier on Security

Google’s Threat Analysis Group announced a zero-day against the Zimbra Collaboration email server that has been used against governments around the world. TAG has observed four different groups exploiting the same bug to steal email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. Most of this activity occurred after the initial fix became public on Github.

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New Flaws in Fingerprint Sensors Let Attackers Bypass Windows Hello Login

The Hacker News

A new research has uncovered multiple vulnerabilities that could be exploited to bypass Windows Hello authentication on Dell Inspiron 15, Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops.

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Inside the Operation to Bring Down Trump’s Truth Social

WIRED Threat Level

The North Atlantic Fellas Organization is trying to shut down Trump’s flailing social media platform before the 2024 election—by shitposting.

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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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Microsoft Improves Windows Security with a Path to Move Off NTLM

Tech Republic Security

It’s time to stop relying on the insecure authentication protocol built into Windows. Microsoft is making it easier to switch to secure modern options.

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LitterDrifter USB Worm

Schneier on Security

A new worm that spreads via USB sticks is infecting computers in Ukraine and beyond. The group­—known by many names, including Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Armageddon, and Shuckworm—has been active since at least 2014 and has been attributed to Russia’s Federal Security Service by the Security Service of Ukraine. Most Kremlin-backed groups take pains to fly under the radar; Gamaredon doesn’t care to.

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DarkCasino joins the list of APT groups exploiting WinRAR zero-day

Security Affairs

The DarkCasino APT group leveraged a recently disclosed WinRAR zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38831. Researchers at cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS analyzed DarkCasino attack pattern exploiting the WinRAR zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38831. The economically motivated APT group used specially crafted archives in phishing attacks against forum users through online trading forum posts. “DarkCasino is an APT threat actor with strong technical and learning ability, who is g

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Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records

WIRED Threat Level

A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

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Atomic Stealer Distributes Malware to Macs Through False Browser Downloads

Tech Republic Security

Atomic Stealer malware advertises itself through ClearFake browser updates disguised as Google's Chrome and Apple’s Safari.

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Chocolate Swiss Army Knife

Schneier on Security

It’s realistic looking. If I drop it in a bin with my keys and wallet, will the TSA confiscate it?

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ClearFake Campaign Expands to Deliver Atomic Stealer on Macs Systems

The Hacker News

The macOS information stealer known as Atomic is now being delivered to target via a bogus web browser update chain tracked as ClearFake. "This may very well be the first time we see one of the main social engineering campaigns, previously reserved for Windows, branch out not only in terms of geolocation but also operating system," Malwarebytes' Jérôme Segura said in a Tuesday analysis.

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Exploit for Critical Windows Defender Bypass Goes Public

Dark Reading

Threat actors were actively exploiting CVE-2023-36025 in Windows SmartScreen as a zero-day vulnerability before Microsoft patched it in November.

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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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Microsoft Azure Confidential VMs Will Roll Out This December

Tech Republic Security

The partnership with Intel allows for hardware-enforced security and confidentiality on 4th Gen Xeon processors.

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Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future

Malwarebytes

Google has announced it will shut down Manifest V2 in June 2024 and move on to Manifest V3, the latest version of its Chrome extension specification that has faced criticism for putting limits on ad blockers. Roughly said, Manifest V2 and V3 are the rules that browser extension developers have to follow if they want their extensions to get accepted into the Google Play Store.

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New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Using ZPAQ Compression in Email Attacks

The Hacker News

A new variant of the Agent Tesla malware has been observed delivered via a lure file with the ZPAQ compression format to harvest data from several email clients and nearly 40 web browsers. "ZPAQ is a file compression format that offers a better compression ratio and journaling function compared to widely used formats like ZIP and RAR," G Data malware analyst Anna Lvova said in a Monday analysis.

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App used by hundreds of schools leaking children’s data

Security Affairs

Almost a million files with minors’ data, including home addresses and photos were left open to anyone on the internet, posing a threat to children. During a recent investigation, the Cybernews research team discovered that IT company Appscook – which develops applications used by more than 600 schools in India and Sri Lanka for education management – leaked a staggering amount of sensitive data, including photos of minors, home addresses, and birth certificates, due to a misconfiguration

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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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Password Manager Cheat Sheet: What Is a Password Manager?

Tech Republic Security

This cheat sheet provides an overview of what a password manager is and what it does, helping you keep your online accounts safe and secure.

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The dark side of Black Friday: decoding cyberthreats around the year’s biggest shopping season

SecureList

As the annual Black Friday approaches, the digital landscape experiences an unprecedented surge in e-commerce and online shopping activity. Major sales aside, e-commerce is still a huge market. In 2022, global e-commerce retail revenue was estimated to reach $5.7 trillion worldwide, marking nearly a 10% increase compared to the previous year. The annual Black Friday rise in online transactions sets the stage for a cyber-battleground, where malicious actors exploit users’ interest in online

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Randstorm Exploit: Bitcoin Wallets Created b/w 2011-2015 Vulnerable to Hacking

The Hacker News

Bitcoin wallets created between 2011 and 2015 are susceptible to a new kind of exploit called Randstorm that makes it possible to recover passwords and gain unauthorized access to a multitude of wallets spanning several blockchain platforms.

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Amid Military Buildup, China Deploys Mustang Panda in the Philippines

Dark Reading

China pairs cyber and kinetic attacks in the South Pacific as it continues to wrangle control of the South China Sea.

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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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6 Best Password Recovery Software for 2023

Tech Republic Security

Looking for a trustworthy password recovery tool? Use our guide to review our editorial picks and compare pricing, features, pros and cons.

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Crimeware and financial cyberthreats in 2024

SecureList

At Kaspersky, we constantly monitor the financial cyberthreat landscape, which includes threats to financial institutions, such as banks, and financially motivated threats, such as ransomware, that target a broader range of industries. As part of our Kaspersky Security Bulletin, we try to predict how these cyberthreats will evolve in the coming year to help individuals and businesses to be prepared to face them.

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How Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks Exploit QRs, CAPTCHAs, and Steganography

The Hacker News

Phishing attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated, with cybercriminals investing in new ways of deceiving victims into revealing sensitive information or installing malicious software. One of the latest trends in phishing is the use of QR codes, CAPTCHAs, and steganography. See how they are carried out and learn to detect them.

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8Base ransomware operators use a new variant of the Phobos ransomware

Security Affairs

8Base ransomware operators were observed using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in a recent wave of attacks. Cisco Talos researchers observed 8Base ransomware operators using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in recent attacks. Phobos variants are usually distributed by the SmokeLoader , but in 8Base campaigns, it has the ransomware component embedded in its encrypted payloads.

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Bringing the Cybersecurity Imperative Into Focus

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