November 2024

German Police Disrupt DDoS-for-Hire Platform dstat[.]cc; Suspects Arrested 2024-11-04 at 14:33 By German law enforcement authorities have announced the disruption of a criminal service called dstat[.]cc that made it possible for other threat actors to easily mount distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. “The platform made such DDoS attacks accessible to a wide range of users, even

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THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Oct 28 – Nov 03) 2024-11-04 at 14:33 By This week was a total digital dumpster fire! Hackers were like, “Let’s cause some chaos!” and went after everything from our browsers to those fancy cameras that zoom and spin. (You know, the ones they use in spy

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Why the long name? Okta discloses auth bypass bug affecting 52-character usernames 2024-11-04 at 13:33 By Connor Jones Mondays are for checking months of logs, apparently, if MFA’s not enabled In potentially bad news for those with long names and/or employers with verbose domain names, Okta spotted a security hole that could have allowed crims

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Cyber Threats That Could Impact the Retail Industry This Holiday Season (and What to Do About It) 2024-11-04 at 13:33 By As the holiday season approaches, retail businesses are gearing up for their annual surge in online (and in-store) traffic. Unfortunately, this increase in activity also attracts cybercriminals looking to exploit vulnerabilities for their gain. 

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Google’s AI Tool Big Sleep Finds Zero-Day Vulnerability in SQLite Database Engine 2024-11-04 at 13:33 By Google said it discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the SQLite open-source database engine using its large language model (LLM) assisted framework called Big Sleep (formerly Project Naptime). The tech giant described the development as the “first real-world vulnerability” uncovered

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Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know 2024-11-04 at 12:33 By Rupert Goodwins Is that a walrus in your server logs, or aren’t you pleased to see me? Opinion  At the start of September, Transport for London was hit by a major cyber attack. TfL is the public body that

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GlobalFoundries fined $500,000 for violating US sanctions 2024-11-04 at 11:48 By Laura Dobberstein Company fessed up, got off light, says US Commerce Department The US Department of Commerce is issuing a half a million dollar penalty against US-based semiconductor wafer manufacturer GlobalFoundries for violating sanctions and sending chips to SJ Semiconductor (SJS), an affiliate of

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New FakeCall Malware Variant Hijacks Android Devices for Fraudulent Banking Calls 2024-11-04 at 08:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of a well-known Android malware family dubbed FakeCall that employs voice phishing (aka vishing) techniques to trick users into parting with their personal information. “FakeCall is an extremely sophisticated Vishing attack that leverages

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Use technology to maintain assets and reduce shrink in retail 2024-11-04 at 07:18 By Retailers are taking extraordinary measures to protect their shelves from theft. How can technology help mitigate risk? This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Singapore to increase road capacity by tracking all vehicles with GPS 2024-11-04 at 02:03 By Laura Dobberstein Plus: China Unicom auctions off old cables; Japan’s My Number Card also soon a driver’s license; and Hong Kong chief executive warns US investment ban will backfire ASIA IN BRIEF  Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) estimated last week

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6 IT contractors arrested for defrauding Uncle Sam out of millions 2024-11-03 at 20:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, ecommerce fraud ring disrupted, another Operation Power Off victory, Sino SOHO botnet spotted, and more in brief  The US Department of Justice has charged six people with two separate schemes to defraud Uncle Sam out of millions

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