August 2024

Google Will Head to Court Over Alleged Data Harvesting in Chrome

Google Will Head to Court Over Alleged Data Harvesting in Chrome 2024-08-23 at 17:59 View original post at Safety Detectives Google will have to face a lawsuit over allegations that it collected users’ private information through its Chrome browser without their knowledge and consent, a US federal court has ruled. The bad news for the

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US sues Georgia Tech over alleged cybersecurity failings as a Pentagon contractor

US sues Georgia Tech over alleged cybersecurity failings as a Pentagon contractor 2024-08-23 at 17:32 By Connor Jones Rap sheet spells out major no-nos after disgruntled staff blow whistle The US is suing one of its leading research universities over a litany of alleged failures to meet cybersecurity standards set by the Department of Defense

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In Other News: FAA Improving Cyber Rules, Android Malware Enables ATM Withdrawals, Data Theft via Slack AI

In Other News: FAA Improving Cyber Rules, Android Malware Enables ATM Withdrawals, Data Theft via Slack AI 2024-08-23 at 17:01 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: FAA improving cyber rules for airplanes, NGate Android malware used to steal cash from ATMs, abusing Slack AI to steal data. The post

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China AI devs using cloud services to game US chip sanctions

China AI devs using cloud services to game US chip sanctions 2024-08-23 at 16:31 By Dan Robinson Organizations are acessing restricted tech, raising concerns about more potential loopholes More claims are emerging that developers in China are using US-based cloud services to bypass measures intended to block its access to advanced chips and other technologies

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Protect the entire campus: Security incidents outside of the classroom

Protect the entire campus: Security incidents outside of the classroom 2024-08-23 at 16:16 By To protect K-12 students and staff, school safety planning committees have to consider the incidents that occur outside of the traditional classroom. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Webinar: Experience the Power of a Must-Have All-in-One Cybersecurity Platform

Webinar: Experience the Power of a Must-Have All-in-One Cybersecurity Platform 2024-08-23 at 15:16 By Let’s be honest. The world of cybersecurity feels like a constant war zone. You’re bombarded by threats, scrambling to keep up with patches, and drowning in an endless flood of alerts. It’s exhausting, isn’t it? But what if there was a

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Hacker Tried to Dodge Child Support by Breaking Into Registry to Fake His Death, Prosecutors Say

Hacker Tried to Dodge Child Support by Breaking Into Registry to Fake His Death, Prosecutors Say 2024-08-23 at 15:01 By Associated Press Kentucky man attempted to fake his death to avoid paying child support obligations by hacking into state registries and falsifying official records. The post Hacker Tried to Dodge Child Support by Breaking Into

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US, Allies Release Guidance on Event Logging and Threat Detection

US, Allies Release Guidance on Event Logging and Threat Detection 2024-08-23 at 15:01 By Ionut Arghire Government agencies in the US and allied countries have released guidance on how organizations can define a baseline for event logging best practices. The post US, Allies Release Guidance on Event Logging and Threat Detection appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Degraded Performance Issue Sparks Concern Among CrowdStrike Customers

Degraded Performance Issue Sparks Concern Among CrowdStrike Customers 2024-08-23 at 15:01 By Eduard Kovacs CrowdStrike has addressed a cloud service issue causing degraded performance and boot times for some of its customers.  The post Degraded Performance Issue Sparks Concern Among CrowdStrike Customers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed

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CockroachDB scurries off to proprietary software land

CockroachDB scurries off to proprietary software land 2024-08-23 at 14:46 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols As VC-owned fauxpen source biz yells ‘show me the money,’ more may follow to the peril of the community Opinion  Repeat after me: Open source is not a business model. It is a programming model. Still businesses keep trying to make

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Focus on What Matters Most: Exposure Management and Your Attack Surface

Focus on What Matters Most: Exposure Management and Your Attack Surface 2024-08-23 at 14:31 By Read the full article for key points from Intruder’s VP of Product, Andy Hornegold’s recent talk on exposure management. If you’d like to hear Andy’s insights first-hand, watch Intruder’s on-demand webinar. To learn more about reducing your attack surface, reach out

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First of ESA’s Cluster satellites prepares for fiery finale over South Pacific

First of ESA’s Cluster satellites prepares for fiery finale over South Pacific 2024-08-23 at 13:31 By Richard Speed Over 20 years into a 2-year mission, but all good things come to an end The first of the European Space Agency’s Cluster satellites is set to return to Earth next month after an extraordinarily long mission.

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Another critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug fixed (CVE-2024-28987)

Another critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug fixed (CVE-2024-28987) 2024-08-23 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz A week after SolarWinds released a fix for a critical code-injection-to-RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-28986) in Web Help Desk (WHD), another patch for another critical flaw (CVE-2024-28987) in the company’s IT help desk solution has been pushed out. CVE-2024-28987 CVE-2024-28987 stems from

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New Qilin Ransomware Attack Uses VPN Credentials, Steals Chrome Data

New Qilin Ransomware Attack Uses VPN Credentials, Steals Chrome Data 2024-08-23 at 13:31 By The threat actors behind a recently observed Qilin ransomware attack have stolen credentials stored in Google Chrome browsers on a small set of compromised endpoints. The use of credential harvesting in connection with a ransomware infection marks an unusual twist, and

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FBI Exposing Sensitive Data via Improper Handling of Storage Devices: Audit

FBI Exposing Sensitive Data via Improper Handling of Storage Devices: Audit 2024-08-23 at 13:02 By Ionut Arghire Audit finds weaknesses in FBI’s inventory management and disposition procedures for drives containing sensitive information. The post FBI Exposing Sensitive Data via Improper Handling of Storage Devices: Audit appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Russian Member of Karakurt Cyber Extortion Gang Charged in US

Russian Member of Karakurt Cyber Extortion Gang Charged in US 2024-08-23 at 13:02 By Ionut Arghire Deniss Zolotarjovs was charged in a US court for extorting victims and laundering cryptocurrency as part of the Karakurt cyber extortion group. The post Russian Member of Karakurt Cyber Extortion Gang Charged in US appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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LibreOffice 24.8: Handy even if you’re happy with Microsoft

LibreOffice 24.8: Handy even if you’re happy with Microsoft 2024-08-23 at 11:31 By Liam Proven Mature, stable – and can rescue rescue corrupt files The second LibreOffice release of 2024 is here, with additional spreadsheet functions, improved presentation layouts, better searching, and more.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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