The US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has unveiled its inaugural roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI). The initiative aligns with President Biden’s recent Executive Order, which directed DHS to globally promote AI safety standards, safeguard US networks and critical infrastructure, and address the potential weaponization of AI. The roadmap
We Live Progress Discover six games that will provide valuable knowledge while turning learning about digital security into an enjoyable and rewarding adventure Luiza Pires 14 Nov 2023 • , 4 min. read In this day and age, knowing your way around the digital world is not merely a valuable asset – it is a
Nov 16, 2023NewsroomCyber Warfare / Threat Intelligence Russian threat actors have been possibly linked to what’s been described as the “largest cyber attack against Danish critical infrastructure,” in which 22 companies associated with the operation of the country’s energy sector were targeted in May 2023. “22 simultaneous, successful cyberattacks against Danish critical infrastructure are not
Security researchers have discovered a total of 3938 unique secrets on PyPI, the official third-party package management system for the Python community, across all projects, with 768 of them validated as authentic. Notably, 2922 projects contained at least one unique secret. Among the leaked secrets were various credentials, including AWS Keys, Redis credentials, Google API
Secure Coding Through engaging hacking challenges and competitions, CTFs offer an excellent opportunity to test and enhance your security and problem-solving skills Christian Ali Bravo 13 Nov 2023 • , 3 min. read Cybersecurity is not only an ever-evolving and increasingly important concern in our digital age, but it can also be a lot of
Nov 15, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Hardware Security Intel has released fixes to close out a high-severity flaw codenamed Reptar that impacts its desktop, mobile, and server CPUs. Tracked as CVE-2023-23583 (CVSS score: 8.8), the issue has the potential to “allow escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.” Successful exploitation of
The global online gaming community is facing a rising threat from cyber-criminals exploiting vulnerabilities inherent in gamers’ interactions with digital content. A recent report by Sekoia.io has shed light on a targeted campaign using Discord messages and fake download websites to distribute information-stealing malware within the gaming sphere. According to the post, gamers, in their quest for
Nov 14, 2023NewsroomChatGPT / Malware The Vietnamese threat actors behind the Ducktail stealer malware have been linked to a new campaign that ran between March and early October 2023, targeting marketing professionals in India with an aim to hijack Facebook business accounts. “An important feature that sets it apart is that, unlike previous campaigns, which
Two giants of the banking and legal sectors have been breached by suspected ransomware actors, according to reports. Allen & Overy is one of the UK’s “Magic Circle” law firms. It released a statement yesterday revealing a “data incident” impacting a “small number of storage servers.” Although the firm did not name ransomware as the
Business Security By collecting, analyzing and contextualizing information about possible cyberthreats, including the most advanced ones, threat intelligence offers a critical method to identify, assess and mitigate cyber risk Phil Muncaster 10 Nov 2023 • , 4 min. read When it comes to mitigating an organization’s cyber risk, knowledge and expertise are power. That alone
Nov 13, 2023NewsroomNational Security / Cyber Attack Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is malicious cyber activity orchestrated by two prominent Chinese nation-state hacking groups targeting 24 Cambodian government organizations. “This activity is believed to be part of a long-term espionage campaign,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers said in a report last week.
Microsoft has revealed a new threat campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the popular SysAid IT helpdesk software. Posting to X (formerly Twitter) yesterday, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence account said the group is the same one responsible for the MOVEit data theft and extortion campaign – a threat actor known as Lace Tempest (aka DEV-0950,
The Urdu version of the Hunza News website offers readers the option to download an Android app – little do they know that the app is actually spyware 10 Nov 2023 This week, ESET researchers have described the ins and outs of a so-called watering-hole attack against a news website that delivers news about Gilgit-Baltistan,
Nov 11, 2023NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cybercrime A sub-cluster within the infamous Lazarus Group has established new infrastructure that impersonates skills assessment portals as part of its social engineering campaigns. Microsoft attributed the activity to a threat actor it calls Sapphire Sleet, describing it as a “shift in the persistent actor’s tactics.” Sapphire Sleet, also called
Most British lawmakers are unaware or misinformed about how and where facial recognition technology (FRT) is being used, and the privacy threats it poses, according to a new Privacy International study. The rights group commissioned YouGov to poll 114 UK MPs about the technology, which uses AI to extract biometric data from facial images captured
ESET researchers have identified what appears to be a watering-hole attack on a regional news website that delivers news about Gilgit-Baltistan, a disputed region administered by Pakistan. When opened on a mobile device, the Urdu version of the Hunza News website offers readers the possibility to download the Hunza News Android app directly from the
Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Warfare / Network Security The notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical substation in Ukraine last year, causing a brief power outage in October 2022. The findings come from Google’s Mandiant, which described the hack as a “multi-event cyber attack” leveraging a novel technique for impacting industrial control systems (ICS).
The Kaspersky Cyber Threat Intelligence team has unveiled crucial insights into the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) employed by Asian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups. The 370-page report, Modern Asian APT groups: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures, published today, is based on an examination of around one hundred cybersecurity incidents that unfolded across different regions globally, commencing
Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Cyber Threat A group with links to Iran targeted transportation, logistics, and technology sectors in the Middle East, including Israel, in October 2023 amid a surge in Iranian cyber activity since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war. The attacks have been attributed by CrowdStrike to a threat actor it tracks
Google-owned Mandiant has revealed that Sandowrm, a Russia-backed hacking group, conducted a disruptive cyber-attack targeting a Ukrainian critical infrastructure organization in late 2022. Mandiant, which was involved in responding to the attack, shared some of the findings of its post-mortem analysis in a report published on November 9, 2023. The intrusion began on, or before,
Nov 09, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-29552 (CVSS score: 7.5), the issue relates to a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that could be
The Singapore-based luxury complex Marina Bay Sands revealed it was hit by a security incident that exposed the personal data of 665,000 customers. According to a statement published by the resort, the incident occurred on October 19-20 and involved unauthorized third-party access to its non-casino customers’ loyalty program membership data. The leaked data included personally
Business Security Organizations that intend to tap the potential of LLMs must also be able to manage the risks that could otherwise erode the technology’s business value Phil Muncaster 06 Nov 2023 • , 5 min. read Everyone’s talking about ChatGPT, Bard and generative AI as such. But after the hype inevitably comes the reality
Nov 08, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Endpoint Security Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a prolific threat actor known as farnetwork, who has been linked to five different ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) programs over the past four years in various capacities. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which attempted to infiltrate a private RaaS program that uses the Nokoyawa ransomware strain, said it underwent
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned a Russian national for her involvement in laundering and transferring funds using virtual currency on behalf of Russian elites. Ekaterina Zhdanova reportedly played a pivotal role in assisting Russian elites and illicit actors in evading US and international sanctions, particularly by
Nov 07, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Malware Multiple ransomware groups have begun to actively exploit recently disclosed flaws in Atlassian Confluence and Apache ActiveMQ. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said it observed the exploitation of CVE-2023-22518 and CVE-2023-22515 in multiple customer environments, some of which have been leveraged for the deployment of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. Both vulnerabilities
Microsoft has announced a major new cybersecurity initiative designed to help the company better respond to the increasing speed, scale and sophistication of today’s cyber-threats. The Secure Future Initiative has been driven in part by the growing sophistication of state-sponsored actors, in particular the Volt Typhoon campaign targeting US critical infrastructure and the more recent
ESET Research How ESET Research found a kill switch that had been used to take down one of the most prolific botnets out there 01 Nov 2023 • , 3 min. read In August 2023, the notorious Mozi botnet, infamous for exploiting vulnerabilities in hundreds of thousands of IoT devices each year, experienced a sudden
Nov 06, 2023Newsroom The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions against a Russian woman for taking part in the laundering of virtual currency for the country’s elites and cybercriminal crews, including the Ryuk ransomware group. Ekaterina Zhdanova, per the department, is said to have facilitated large cross border transactions to assist Russian individuals to
The UK Frontier AI Taskforce, a government-funded initiative launched in April 2023 as the Foundation Model Taskforce, is evolving to become the UK AI Safety Institute. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the creation of the Institute during his closing speech at the AI Safety Summit, held in Bletchley Park, England, on November 2, 2023.
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