October 2024

Research observes threat activity targeting 2024 Presidential Election

Research observes threat activity targeting 2024 Presidential Election 2024-10-17 at 15:18 By New research shows the current threats associated with the 2024 Presidential Election.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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TSMC revenue up 36% as world+dog demands AI and smartphone chips

TSMC revenue up 36% as world+dog demands AI and smartphone chips 2024-10-17 at 15:01 By Dan Robinson Biggest semi contract manufacturer – and Nvidia supplier – building out capacity in US and Europe Taiwan’s semiconductor giant TSMC has reported a good third quarter with revenue up 36 percent over a year ago, due to strong demand

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Fake Google Meet pages deliver infostealers

Fake Google Meet pages deliver infostealers 2024-10-17 at 14:47 By Zeljka Zorz Users of the Google Meet video communication service have been targeted by cyber crooks using the ClickFix tactic to infect them with information-stealing malware. Fake Google Meet video conference page with malicious ClickFix pop-up (Source: Sekoia) “The ClickFix tactic deceives users into downloading

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GitHub Releases Security Advisory on Critical Vulnerability in Self-Hosted Environments

GitHub Releases Security Advisory on Critical Vulnerability in Self-Hosted Environments 2024-10-17 at 14:31 By daksh sharma Overview GitHub has issued a security advisory regarding critical vulnerabilities that require immediate attention from users of the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES). This advisory highlights a specific vulnerability that could severely compromise organizations’ security relying on this self-hosted version

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Post Office CTO had ‘nagging doubts’ about Horizon system despite reliability assurances

Post Office CTO had ‘nagging doubts’ about Horizon system despite reliability assurances 2024-10-17 at 14:17 By Lindsay Clark As ‘heat’ built from campaigners, tech boss kept telling MPs everything was fine The former CTO of the Post Office had “nagging doubts” about the Horizon system at the center of one of the most far-reaching miscarriages

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Elon Musk’s disaster relief promises: Should we believe the hype?

Elon Musk’s disaster relief promises: Should we believe the hype? 2024-10-17 at 13:41 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols When you look behind the headlines, you’ll find unfulfilled commitments Opinion  I live in Asheville, North Carolina. You may have seen my hometown in the news over the last few weeks after Hurricane Helene wrecked the place.… This

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SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack

SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack 2024-10-17 at 13:41 By An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor with suspected ties to India has sprung forth with a flurry of attacks against high-profile entities and strategic infrastructures in the Middle East and Africa. The activity has been attributed to a group tracked

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UK electronics firms want government to stop taxing trash and let them fix it instead

UK electronics firms want government to stop taxing trash and let them fix it instead 2024-10-17 at 12:31 By Dan Robinson CLEAR group calls for VAT to be dropped on spare parts, repairs, labor A newly formed group of UK electronics companies is advocating for the removal of VAT on electronic spare parts, repairs, and

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U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks

U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks 2024-10-17 at 12:19 By Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged two Sudanese brothers with running a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet for hire that conducted a record 35,000 DDoS attacks in a single year, including those that targeted Microsoft’s services in June 2023. The attacks,

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WeChat devs introduced security flaws when they modded TLS, say researchers

WeChat devs introduced security flaws when they modded TLS, say researchers 2024-10-17 at 11:46 By Connor Jones No attacks possible, but enough issues to cause concern Messaging giant WeChat uses a network protocol that the app’s developers modified – and by doing so introduced security weaknesses, researchers claim.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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The role of compromised cyber-physical devices in modern cyberattacks

The role of compromised cyber-physical devices in modern cyberattacks 2024-10-17 at 11:46 By Zeljka Zorz Cyber-physical devices are increasingly getting compromised and leveraged by criminal groups and state-sponsored threat actors. Fyodor Yarochkin, Senior Threat Solution Architect with Trend Micro, believes that getting a better understanding of attackers’ infrastructure leads to a better understanding of the

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Cognizant Neuro Cybersecurity enhances threat detection and response

Cognizant Neuro Cybersecurity enhances threat detection and response 2024-10-17 at 11:02 By Industry News Cognizant announced the debut of Cognizant Neuro Cybersecurity, a new addition to Cognizant’s Neuro suite of platforms, designed to amplify cybersecurity resilience by integrating and orchestrating point cybersecurity solutions across the enterprise. Sophisticated threat actors, hybrid workforces, and the complexity of

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Report: 200+ Malicious Apps on Google Play Downloaded Millions of Times

Report: 200+ Malicious Apps on Google Play Downloaded Millions of Times 2024-10-17 at 10:59 View original post at Safety Detectives More than 200 malicious apps have been detected in the Google Play Store over the past year, and all of the apps collectively have been downloaded close to eight million times, according to a recently

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Anonymous Sudan isn’t any more: two alleged operators named, charged

Anonymous Sudan isn’t any more: two alleged operators named, charged 2024-10-17 at 10:31 By Simon Sharwood Gang said to have developed its evilware on GitHub – then DDoSed GitHub Hacktivist gang Anonymous Sudan appears to have lost its anonymity after the US Attorney’s Office on Wednesday unsealed an indictment identifying two of its alleged operators.…

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MongoDB Queryable Encryption now supports range queries on encrypted data

MongoDB Queryable Encryption now supports range queries on encrypted data 2024-10-17 at 10:01 By Mirko Zorz MongoDB Queryable Encryption allows customers to securely encrypt sensitive application data and store it in an encrypted format within the MongoDB database. It also enables direct equality and range queries on the encrypted data without the need for cryptographic

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