May 2024

WordPress Plugin Exploited to Steal Credit Card Data from E-commerce Sites 2024-05-28 at 09:46 By Unknown threat actors are abusing lesser-known code snippet plugins for WordPress to insert malicious PHP code in victim sites that are capable of harvesting credit card data. The campaign, observed by Sucuri on May 11, 2024, entails the abuse of a WordPress plugin called Dessky […]

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TP-Link Gaming Router Vulnerability Exposes Users to Remote Code Attacks 2024-05-28 at 09:46 By A maximum-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the TP-Link Archer C5400X gaming router that could lead to remote code execution on susceptible devices by sending specially crafted requests. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-5035, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It impacts all versions

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Indonesia’s president orders government to stop developing new applications 2024-05-28 at 08:04 By Laura Dobberstein Nation of 17,000 islands operates 27,000 bits of software Indonesian president Joko Widodo on Monday ordered government officials to stop developing new applications.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Security leaders respond to ransomware attack on the City of Wichita 2024-05-28 at 07:20 By Security leaders respond to the announcement that the City of Wichita, Kansas, was targeted by a ransomware attack.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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China creates $47 billion chiptech investment fund 2024-05-28 at 04:31 By Simon Sharwood Third ‘Big Fund’ is close to the level of US and EU subsidy programs China has allocated a big pool of money, hoping to spur domestic semiconductor development.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this

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South Korea targets Moon and Mars landings after launching unified space agency 2024-05-28 at 03:32 By Laura Dobberstein Meanwhile, North Korea’s latest rocket fails South Korea launched its first unified space agency on Monday, when the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) took flight in the city of Sacheon.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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How’s Uncle Sam getting on with Biden’s AI exec order? Pretty good, we’re told 2024-05-27 at 20:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Former Pentagon deputy CIO Rob Carey tells us guardrails should steer Feds away from bad ML Interview  President Biden’s October executive order encouraging the safe use of AI included a ton of requirements for federal

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Thriving in 2030: The future of compliance and risk management 2024-05-27 at 19:16 By In 2030, organizations of all sizes must expect the technology landscape to be dramatically different — but preparation must happen now.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Moroccan Cybercrime Group Steals Up to $100K Daily Through Gift Card Fraud 2024-05-27 at 16:02 By Microsoft is calling attention to a Morocco-based cybercrime group dubbed Storm-0539 that’s behind gift card fraud and theft through highly sophisticated email and SMS phishing attacks. “Their primary motivation is to steal gift cards and profit by selling them online at

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Challenges with mobile apps as a safety solution in K-12 schools 2024-05-27 at 15:17 By Little Rock School District historically faced challenges accessing advanced safety technology tools and software. Then, the district adopted wearable panic buttons.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Report: The Dark Side of Phishing Protection 2024-05-27 at 15:01 By The transition to the cloud, poor password hygiene and the evolution in webpage technologies have all enabled the rise in phishing attacks. But despite sincere efforts by security stakeholders to mitigate them – through email protection, firewall rules and employee education – phishing attacks are still a very

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Venerable ICQ messaging service to end operations in June 2024-05-27 at 14:46 By Simon Sharwood Suggested heir is Putin-approved and hard to download outside Russia Venerable instant messaging service ICQ has announced it will shut down for good in June.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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New Tricks in the Phishing Playbook: Cloudflare Workers, HTML Smuggling, GenAI 2024-05-27 at 13:01 By Cybersecurity researchers are alerting of phishing campaigns that abuse Cloudflare Workers to serve phishing sites that are used to harvest users’ credentials associated with Microsoft, Gmail, Yahoo!, and cPanel Webmail. The attack method, called transparent phishing or adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing, “uses Cloudflare Workers to

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Pakistan-linked Hackers Deploy Python, Golang, and Rust Malware on Indian Targets 2024-05-27 at 11:01 By The Pakistan-nexus Transparent Tribe actor has been linked to a new set of attacks targeting Indian government, defense, and aerospace sectors using cross-platform malware written in Python, Golang, and Rust. “This cluster of activity spanned from late 2023 to April 2024 and

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