December 2024

Another NetWalker affiliate sentenced to 20 years in prison

Another NetWalker affiliate sentenced to 20 years in prison 2024-12-20 at 13:07 By Zeljka Zorz A 30-year old Romanian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for leveraging the Netwalker ransomware to extort money from victims, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Daniel Christian Hulea, of Jucu de Mijloc, Cluj, Romania, was […]

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Rspack npm Packages Compromised with Crypto Mining Malware in Supply Chain Attack

Rspack npm Packages Compromised with Crypto Mining Malware in Supply Chain Attack 2024-12-20 at 11:39 By The developers of Rspack have revealed that two of their npm packages, @rspack/core and @rspack/cli, were compromised in a software supply chain attack that allowed a malicious actor to publish malicious versions to the official package registry with cryptocurrency

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Sophos Issues Hotfixes for Critical Firewall Flaws: Update to Prevent Exploitation

Sophos Issues Hotfixes for Critical Firewall Flaws: Update to Prevent Exploitation 2024-12-20 at 11:39 By Sophos has released hotfixes to address three security flaws in Sophos Firewall products that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and allow privileged system access under certain conditions. Of the three, two are rated Critical in severity. There

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Survey: Parking lot safety influences holiday shopping habits

Survey: Parking lot safety influences holiday shopping habits 2024-12-20 at 11:15 By Perceptions of safety influence holiday shopping habits, with parking lot security being a major factor.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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CISA Recommends Encrypted Messaging Apps as Telecom Security Questioned 

CISA Recommends Encrypted Messaging Apps as Telecom Security Questioned  2024-12-20 at 08:34 By Ashish Khaitan The security of U.S. telecom networks has come under fresh scrutiny in recent months, with the latest example coming this week when the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommended that individuals in need of high security use encrypted messaging

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Hackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet EMS Vulnerability to Deploy Remote Access Tools

Hackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet EMS Vulnerability to Deploy Remote Access Tools 2024-12-20 at 08:34 By A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiClient EMS is being exploited by malicious actors as part of a cyber campaign that installed remote desktop software such as AnyDesk and ScreenConnect.  The vulnerability in question is CVE-2023-48788 (CVSS score: 9.3),

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Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna’s history needs revision

Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna’s history needs revision 2024-12-20 at 07:53 By Simon Sharwood Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade Chinese scientists think it’s time to rewrite the Moon’s history after analyzing samples from returned to Earth by the Chang’e 6 mission.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Why cybersecurity is critical to energy modernization

Why cybersecurity is critical to energy modernization 2024-12-20 at 07:53 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Anjos Nijk, Managing Director of the European Network for Cyber security (ENCS), discusses cybersecurity in the energy sector as it modernizes with renewable sources and smart grid technologies. Nijk also addresses the need for international collaboration,

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CISA Adds Critical Flaw in BeyondTrust Software to Exploited Vulnerabilities List

CISA Adds Critical Flaw in BeyondTrust Software to Exploited Vulnerabilities List 2024-12-20 at 07:53 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the

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AI is becoming the weapon of choice for cybercriminals

AI is becoming the weapon of choice for cybercriminals 2024-12-20 at 07:03 By Help Net Security AI changes how organizations look at cybersecurity GenAI is compromising security while promising efficiency This article highlights key findings from 2024 reports on AI and GenAI technologies, focusing on their potential and major challenges. Overreliance on GenAI to develop

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46% of financial institutions had a data breach in the past 24 months

46% of financial institutions had a data breach in the past 24 months 2024-12-20 at 06:34 By Help Net Security As the financial industry is the most targeted sector for data breaches in 2024, it’s now more important than ever to strengthen the industry moving into 2025, according to SailPoint. Financial institutions face growing cyber

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New infosec products of the week: December 20, 2024

New infosec products of the week: December 20, 2024 2024-12-20 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Appdome, GitGuardian, RunSafe Security, Stairwell, and Netwrix. GitGuardian launches multi-vault integration to combat secrets sprawl GitGuardian unveiled a comprehensive Non-Human Identity (NHI) security strategy

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Infosec experts divided on AI’s potential to assist red teams

Infosec experts divided on AI’s potential to assist red teams 2024-12-20 at 05:32 By Laura Dobberstein Yes, LLMs can do the heavy lifting. But good luck getting one to give evidence CANALYS FORUMS APAC  Generative AI is being enthusiastically adopted in almost every field, but infosec experts are divided on whether it is truly helpful

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Massive data breach at federal credit union exposes 240K members

Massive data breach at federal credit union exposes 240K members 2024-12-20 at 04:34 By Fox News SRP Federal Credit Union had a major data breach impacting more than 240,000 people. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

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ChatGPT CEO talks Elon Musk feud, criticizes Biden admin AI regulation

ChatGPT CEO talks Elon Musk feud, criticizes Biden admin AI regulation 2024-12-20 at 01:48 By Fox Business ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman said he thinks Musk’s feud with OpenAI is based on competitive concerns. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this

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Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches

Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches 2024-12-20 at 01:33 By Richard Speed Users report the sound of silence from operating system update Microsoft has logged some new known issues with Windows 11 24H2 and thrown up more safeguard holds until the problems are resolved.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Rydox Cybercrime Marketplace Seized in Global Operation, Suspected Admins Arrested

Rydox Cybercrime Marketplace Seized in Global Operation, Suspected Admins Arrested 2024-12-20 at 00:08 View original post at Safety Detectives In a major international law enforcement operation, the infamous Rydox cybercrime marketplace has been seized, and its suspected administrators have been arrested. Rydox, active since early 2016, served as a hub for cybercriminals to buy and

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Axiom Space shuffles space station assembly sequence – to get it standalone sooner

Axiom Space shuffles space station assembly sequence – to get it standalone sooner 2024-12-19 at 23:33 By Richard Speed Aiming to be freeflying by 2028. Handy if anything should happen to the ISS Axiom Space has shuffled the assembly sequence of its space station to remove any dependence it would have on the International Space

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