April 2024

China-Linked ‘Muddling Meerkat’ Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale 2024-04-29 at 17:01 By A previously undocumented cyber threat dubbed Muddling Meerkat has been observed undertaking sophisticated domain name system (DNS) activities in a likely effort to evade security measures and conduct reconnaissance of networks across the world since October 2019. Cloud security firm Infoblox described the threat actor as likely affiliated

OpenAI slapped with GDPR complaint: How do you correct your work? 2024-04-29 at 16:46 By Richard Speed Irresistible magical tech runs headlong into immovable personal data regulations Privacy activist group noyb (None of Your Business) has filed a complaint against OpenAI, alleging that the ChatGPT service violates GDPR rules since its information cannot be corrected

France willing to buy key Atos assets to keep them French 2024-04-29 at 16:18 By Dan Robinson Finance minister says government has interests in IT giant’s ‘sovereign activities’ The French government has tabled an offer to buy key assets of ailing IT giant Atos after the company late last week almost doubled its estimate of

Protecting Zion: InfoSec Encryption Concepts and Tips 2024-04-29 at 16:17 By David Broggy This is Part 9 in my ongoing project to cover 30 cybersecurity topics in 30 weekly blog posts. The full series can be found here. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source

Emerging national security threats 2024-04-29 at 16:17 By Felipe Fernandez, Chief Technology Officer at Fortinet Federal, discusses the challenges and opportunities for enterprise security professionals in the scope of national security.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Hubble Space Telescope has gyro problems again 2024-04-29 at 15:33 By Richard Speed At 34, things don’t seem to work how they used to The Hubble Space Telescope has celebrated the 34th anniversary of its launch in the traditional way: by entering safe mode due to an ongoing gyroscope issue.… This article is an excerpt

Experts weigh in on Omni Hotel ransomware incident 2024-04-29 at 15:32 By Omni Hotels & Resorts was the recent target of a ransomware attack by the Daixin Team ransomware group. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security leaders respond to disruption of LabHost, a fraud website 2024-04-29 at 15:16 By LabHost, a notable phishing-as-a-service platform, was disrupted by international investigations. Security leaders respond.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

72% of CISOs believe AI solutions may lead to security breaches 2024-04-29 at 15:16 By A new report surveyed more than 400 CISOs from the United States and the United Kingdom to gauge their challenges, priorities and initiatives.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

UK lays down fresh legislation banning crummy default device passwords 2024-04-29 at 15:01 By Connor Jones New laws mean vendors need to make clear how long you’ll get updates too Smart device manufacturers will have to play by new rules in the UK as of today, with laws coming into force to make it more

Navigating the Threat Landscape: Understanding Exposure Management, Pentesting, Red Teaming and RBVM 2024-04-29 at 14:48 By It comes as no surprise that today’s cyber threats are orders of magnitude more complex than those of the past. And the ever-evolving tactics that attackers use demand the adoption of better, more holistic and consolidated ways to meet this non-stop challenge. Security teams constantly

Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 40, EndeavourOS, and TrueNAS 24.04 all arrive at once 2024-04-29 at 14:17 By Liam Proven Sometimes Linux releases are like buses… frequently clustered together, and rarely as reliable as you might ideally want FOSS round-up  Last week was a busy one for the open source community: EndeavourOS and TrueNAS Scale arrived on