2024

National Public Data tells officials ‘only’ 1.3M people affected by intrusion 2024-08-19 at 16:32 By Connor Jones Investigators previously said the number was much, much higher The data broker at the center of what may become one of the more significant breaches of the year is telling officials that just 1.3 million people were affected.… […]

New UULoader Malware Distributes Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz in East Asia 2024-08-19 at 16:16 By A new type of malware called UULoader is being used by threat actors to deliver next-stage payloads like Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz. The Cyberint Research Team, which discovered the malware, said it’s distributed in the form of malicious installers for

Cybercriminals Exploit Popular Software Searches to Spread FakeBat Malware 2024-08-19 at 16:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a surge in malware infections stemming from malvertising campaigns distributing a loader called FakeBat. “These attacks are opportunistic in nature, targeting users seeking popular business software,” the Mandiant Managed Defense team said in a technical report. “The infection

The Bug Stops Here: Using DevSecOps Workflows for Pest-Free Applications 2024-08-19 at 16:02 By David Broggy Developers and cybersecurity have an interesting relationship. Developers have no problem with security operations just as long as they’re not involved or adding security doesn’t slow down their development cycle. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source

Virgina’s datacenters guzzle water like there’s no tomorrow, says FOI-based report 2024-08-19 at 15:46 By Dan Robinson AI’s thirst for power is only making things worse Concerns over the environmental impact of datacenters in the US state of Virginia are being raised again amid claims their water consumption has stepped up by almost two-thirds since

ESA’s Juice probe dances with Earth and Moon before shooting off to Jupiter 2024-08-19 at 15:01 By Richard Speed Gravity assist flybys planned for tonight and tomorrow The European Space Agency’s Juice probe is to thread the needle this week with a first for a space mission – swings around the Moon and Earth that

How to Automate the Hardest Parts of Employee Offboarding 2024-08-19 at 14:46 By According to recent research on employee offboarding, 70% of IT professionals say they’ve experienced the negative effects of incomplete IT offboarding, whether in the form of a security incident tied to an account that wasn’t deprovisioned, a surprise bill for resources that aren’t

CockroachDB scuttles away from open source Core offering 2024-08-19 at 14:17 By Lindsay Clark Distributed database biz doesn’t like bigger customers using the free version of its software CockroachDB, the distributed transactional system with a mostly PostgreSQL compatible front end, plans to retire its free open source “Core” product in favor of a new Enterprise

Nashville man charged with aiding North Korean “laptop farms” 2024-08-19 at 14:17 By A Nashville man has been charged with aiding North Korean “laptop farms.” This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Xeon Sender Tool Exploits Cloud APIs for Large-Scale SMS Phishing Attacks 2024-08-19 at 13:46 By Malicious actors are using a cloud attack tool named Xeon Sender to conduct SMS phishing and spam campaigns on a large scale by abusing legitimate services. “Attackers can use Xeon to send messages through multiple software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers using valid

B2B ISP Fastnet staggers back to feet after VMware incident 2024-08-19 at 13:01 By Connor Jones Company continues to investigate root cause Brighton-based ISP and hosting provider Fastnet has emerged from a trying week which involved battling VMware/Broadcom tech issues that have downed a number of its customers’ websites.… This article is an excerpt from

Sorry, Moxie. Blaming Agile for software stagnation puts the wrong villain in the wrong play 2024-08-19 at 12:16 By Rupert Goodwins Innovation dead for twenty years? Tell that to 2004 Opinion  Want a good time on stage, but you’re not a performance artist? Surprisingly easy. Fill a hall with an audience of your peers, tell