2023

Decoy Dog: New Breed of Malware Posing Serious Threats to Enterprise Networks 26/07/2023 at 17:02 By A deeper analysis of a recently discovered malware called Decoy Dog has revealed that it’s a significant upgrade over the Pupy RAT, an open-source remote access trojan it’s modeled on. “Decoy Dog has a full suite of powerful, previously unknown capabilities –

TSMC thinks it’s got exactly what Taiwan needs – another multibillion-dollar chip plant 26/07/2023 at 16:21 By Laura Dobberstein Talk about all your eggs in one China-coveting basket TSMC confirmed on Tuesday that it is investing $2.87 billion in a chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) advanced packaging fab for AI chips in northern Taiwan.… This article is an

To infinity and beyond, with a swarm of tiny computers costing under $1K each 26/07/2023 at 15:03 By Thomas Claburn BLISS this: Berkeley Low-cost Interplanetary Solar Sail project wants to head into space on the cheap Boffins believe the future of space exploration may belong to small, affordable probes sailing away under the Sun’s power.…

The Alarming Rise of Infostealers: How to Detect this Silent Threat 26/07/2023 at 14:16 By A new study conducted by Uptycs has uncovered a stark increase in the distribution of information stealing (a.k.a. infostealer or stealer) malware. Incidents have more than doubled in Q1 2023, indicating an alarming trend that threatens global organizations. According to

Fenix Cybercrime Group Poses as Tax Authorities to Target Latin American Users 26/07/2023 at 14:16 By Tax-paying individuals in Mexico and Chile have been targeted by a Mexico-based cybercrime group that goes by the name Fenix to breach targeted networks and steal valuable data. A key hallmark of the operation entails cloning official portals of the Servicio

ESA sees satellite-based air traffic monitoring on near horizon 26/07/2023 at 13:32 By Dan Robinson EURIALO project aims to prove flights can be tracked in real time through multilateration The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to a US company to create a technology demonstrator for a proposed aircraft monitoring system using low

New AI Tool ‘FraudGPT’ Emerges, Tailored for Sophisticated Attacks 26/07/2023 at 13:31 By Following the footsteps of WormGPT, threat actors are advertising yet another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool dubbed FraudGPT on various dark web marketplaces and Telegram channels. “This is an AI bot, exclusively targeted for offensive purposes, such as crafting spear phishing emails, creating cracking

Ambulance patient records system hauled offline for cyber-attack probe 26/07/2023 at 12:17 By Lindsay Clark UK trusts serving 12 million people affected as vendor awaits results of forensic investigation Several UK NHS ambulance organizations have been struggling to record patient data and pass it to other providers following a cyber-attack aimed at health software company

Rust-based Realst Infostealer Targeting Apple macOS Users’ Cryptocurrency Wallets 26/07/2023 at 10:46 By A new malware family called Realst has become the latest to target Apple macOS systems, with a third of the samples already designed to infect macOS 14 Sonoma, the upcoming major release of the operating system. Written in the Rust programming language, the malware

Sneaky Python package security fixes help no one – except miscreants 26/07/2023 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn Good thing these eggheads have created a database of patches Python security fixes often happen through “silent” code commits, without an associated Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier, according to a group of computer security researchers.… This article

Australian court orders Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million over data use 26/07/2023 at 10:03 By Laura Dobberstein Adverts said Onavo Protect user data would be kept a secret – just didn’t say from whom On Wednesday, Australia’s Federal Court ordered two Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million after an over two and a half

Ivanti plugs critical bug – but not before it was used against Norwegian government 26/07/2023 at 09:33 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Uncle Sam warns sysadmins to get patching as soon as possible A critical security flaw in Ivanti’s mobile endpoint management code was exploited and used to compromise 12 Norwegian government agencies before the vendor plugged