August 2024

Why insider attacks are indicative of a need for security convergence 2024-08-13 at 15:16 By In order to use security convergence to combat the growing threat of insider attacks, one must first understand key facts about the issue.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to […]

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Why Hardsec Matters: From Protecting Critical Services to Enhancing Resilience 2024-08-13 at 14:47 By Traditionally, the focus has been on defending against digital threats such as malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks by detecting them and responding. However, as cyber threats become more sophisticated. There is a growing recognition of the importance of measures that stop

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Orion SA says scammers conned company out of $60 million 2024-08-13 at 14:31 By Connor Jones Incident sounds like a BEC fraud targeting an unwitting staffer Luxembourg-based chemicals and manufacturing giant Orion SA is telling US regulators that it will lose out on around $60 million after it was targeted by a criminal wire fraud

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Who uses LLM prompt injection attacks IRL? Mostly unscrupulous job seekers, jokesters and trolls 2024-08-13 at 14:01 By Jessica Lyons Because apps talking like pirates and creating ASCII art never gets old Despite worries about criminals using prompt injection to trick large language models (LLMs) into leaking sensitive data or performing other destructive actions, most

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Getting up close and personal with Concorde, Concordski, and Buran 2024-08-13 at 12:46 By Richard Speed The Reg flies to Germany to visit the Speyer and Sinsheim palaces of engineering marvels Geek’s Guide  The Register‘s Geek’s Guide series for explorers who love feats of tech and engineering prowess, took a trip to the European mainland

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FBI Shuts Down Dispossessor Ransomware Group’s Servers Across U.S., U.K., and Germany 2024-08-13 at 12:46 By The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware group called Dispossessor (aka Radar). The effort saw the dismantling of three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18

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UK semi industry exposed to supply chain risk, China state ownership 2024-08-13 at 11:46 By Dan Robinson Report suggests govt get cracking on a proper ownership structure survey and … hang on, did they forget the Midlands? UK government may need to revisit the National Semiconductor Strategy to guard against potential supply chain disruptions and

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AI chatbots amplify creation of false memories, boffins reckon – or do they? 2024-08-13 at 10:47 By Thomas Claburn We can misremember it for you wholesale AI chatbots, known for their habit of hallucinating, can induce people to hallucinate too, researchers claim.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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DEF CON badge disagreement gets physical as firmware dev removed from event stage 2024-08-13 at 09:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? def con  The electronic badges at DEF CON have long been a hot commodity for attendees,

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‘Digital arrest’ scams are big in India and may be spreading 2024-08-13 at 08:47 By Laura Dobberstein Bad guys claim they’re cops, keep you on hold for hours until you pay to make loved ones’ crimes go away A woman in the Indian city of Delhi last week found herself under “digital arrest” – a

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Ukraine Warns of New Phishing Campaign Targeting Government Computers 2024-08-13 at 08:47 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign that masquerades as the Security Service of Ukraine to distribute malware capable of remote desktop access. The agency is tracking the activity under the name UAC-0198. More

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Elon Musk claims live Trump interview on X derailed by DDoS 2024-08-13 at 07:18 By Simon Sharwood Once-great platform tanks another major political livestream, bigly Elon Musk has blamed a “DDoS” attack for a forty-minute delay in the start of his live-streamed interview, hosted on X, with presidential candidate Donald Trump.… This article is an

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