July 22, 2024

Global cops power down world’s ‘most prolific’ DDoS dealership

Global cops power down world’s ‘most prolific’ DDoS dealership 2024-07-22 at 23:31 By Connor Jones One arrest was made weeks ago but no word on the suspect’s identity yet A DDoS-for-hire site described by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) as the world’s most prolific operator in the field is out-of-action following a law enforcement

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Meta’s mass layoff severance agreements illegal, says judge

Meta’s mass layoff severance agreements illegal, says judge 2024-07-22 at 23:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo You can’t offer a better deal in exchange for silence, argues NLRB Separation agreements Meta gave to employees during mass 2022 layoffs are illegal, a US judge has decided, and the reasoning could have implications far beyond Zuckercorp.… This article is

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What does Google Gemini do with your data? Well, it’s complicated…

What does Google Gemini do with your data? Well, it’s complicated… 2024-07-22 at 22:16 By Jessica Lyons Big misconception is that data ingestion is occurring, we’re told Google, after facing accusations about its AI model ingesting private files, says Gemini can read and summarize this type of sensitive data in real time – but only with

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Nvidia said to be prepping Blackwell GPUs for Chinese market

Nvidia said to be prepping Blackwell GPUs for Chinese market 2024-07-22 at 21:46 By Tobias Mann But will they ship before the Biden administration tightens export controls? Comment  US trade restrictions on the sale of AI accelerators to China haven’t detered Nvidia from bringing its latest Blackwell architecture to the Middle Kingdom.… This article is

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Linx Security Raises $33M to Tackle Digital Identity Threats

Linx Security Raises $33M to Tackle Digital Identity Threats 2024-07-22 at 21:16 By Ryan Naraine New York startup with roots in Israel banks a hefty $33 million early stage funding round. The post Linx Security Raises $33M to Tackle Digital Identity Threats appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed

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LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack

LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack 2024-07-22 at 20:17 By Jessica Lyons Some rest for the wicked? Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in America, closed all 36 of its courthouses today following an “unprecedented” ransomware attack on Friday.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns

Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns 2024-07-22 at 19:47 By Connor Jones More baddies go it alone as trust in big gangs withers, claims Europol A fresh report from Europol suggests that the recent disruption of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups is fragmenting the threat landscape, making it more difficult to track.… This article

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Engineers fix ESA’s Gaia observatory from 1.5 million kilometers away

Engineers fix ESA’s Gaia observatory from 1.5 million kilometers away 2024-07-22 at 18:46 By Richard Speed And you thought rolling back a borked update on a server down the hall was hard? The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared the story of how engineers brought a mission back from the brink after a micrometeoroid strike,

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Safety Equipment Giant Cadre Holdings Hit by Cyberattack

Safety Equipment Giant Cadre Holdings Hit by Cyberattack 2024-07-22 at 18:46 By Eduard Kovacs Safety equipment product maker Cadre Holdings was hit by a cyberattack that has impacted some of the company’s operations. The post Safety Equipment Giant Cadre Holdings Hit by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Two Members of LockBit Ransomware Group Plead Guilty in US Court

Two Members of LockBit Ransomware Group Plead Guilty in US Court 2024-07-22 at 18:46 By Ionut Arghire A Russian national and a dual Canadian and Russian national pleaded guilty in the US for roles in LockBit ransomware attacks. The post Two Members of LockBit Ransomware Group Plead Guilty in US Court appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Hackers: Protecting Critical Cloud Workloads

Cloudy with a Chance of Hackers: Protecting Critical Cloud Workloads 2024-07-22 at 18:16 By David Broggy If you’ve been following along with David’s posts, you’ll have noticed a structure to the topics: Part I: The Plan, Part II: The Execution and now we move into Part III: Security Operations. Things get a bit more exciting

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Websites clamp down as creepy AI crawlers sneak around for snippets

Websites clamp down as creepy AI crawlers sneak around for snippets 2024-07-22 at 17:31 By Matthew Connatser Shrinks training pool, but hurts services like the Internet Archive The internet is becoming significantly more hostile to webpage crawlers, especially those operated for the sake of generative AI, researchers say.… This article is an excerpt from The

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US Sanctions Russian Hacktivists for Targeting Critical Infrastructure

US Sanctions Russian Hacktivists for Targeting Critical Infrastructure 2024-07-22 at 17:31 By Ionut Arghire US has announced sanctions against two CARR hacktivists for roles in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. The post US Sanctions Russian Hacktivists for Targeting Critical Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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Experts Uncover Chinese Cybercrime Network Behind Gambling and Human Trafficking

Experts Uncover Chinese Cybercrime Network Behind Gambling and Human Trafficking 2024-07-22 at 17:16 By The relationship between various TDSs and DNS associated with Vigorish Viper and the final landing experience for the user A Chinese organized crime syndicate with links to money laundering and human trafficking across Southeast Asia has been using an advanced “technology

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EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft

EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft 2024-07-22 at 16:01 By Richard Speed Was a 2009 directive on interoperability to blame? Did the EU force Microsoft to let third parties like CrowdStrike run riot in the Windows kernel as a result of a 2009 undertaking? This is the implication being peddled

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De-Risk Technology Transitions and Save Money with Trustwave

De-Risk Technology Transitions and Save Money with Trustwave 2024-07-22 at 16:01 By With all the issues happening in cybersecurity technology lately, such as CrowdStrike’s software update that caused massive outages worldwide last week, it behooves all organizations to take a serious look at their security stack with an eye toward paring it down to help reduce your

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PINEAPPLE and FLUXROOT Hacker Groups Abuse Google Cloud for Credential Phishing

PINEAPPLE and FLUXROOT Hacker Groups Abuse Google Cloud for Credential Phishing 2024-07-22 at 16:01 By A Latin America (LATAM)-based financially motivated actor codenamed FLUXROOT has been observed leveraging Google Cloud serverless projects to orchestrate credential phishing activity, highlighting the abuse of the cloud computing model for malicious purposes. “Serverless architectures are attractive to developers and

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