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Data exfiltration is now the go-to cyber extortion strategy

Data exfiltration is now the go-to cyber extortion strategy 09/08/2023 at 06:32 By Help Net Security The abuse of zero-day and one-day vulnerabilities in the past six months led to a 143% increase in victims when comparing Q1 2022 with Q1 2023, according to Akamai. Ransomware groups target the exfiltration of files The report also […]

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INTERPOL shutters ’16shop’ phishing-as-a-service outfit

INTERPOL shutters ’16shop’ phishing-as-a-service outfit 09/08/2023 at 06:17 By Simon Sharwood Alleged administrator cuffed in Indonesia, associate arrested in Japan, accused of selling fake Amazons for $60 INTERPOL has revealed a successful investigation into a phishing-as-a-service operation named “16shop” with arrests of alleged operators made in Indonesia and Japan and the platform shut down.… This

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The ransomware rollercoaster continues as criminals advance their business models

The ransomware rollercoaster continues as criminals advance their business models 09/08/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Ransomware shows no signs of slowing, with ransomware activity ending 13 times higher than at the start of 2023 as a proportion of all malware detections, according to Fortinet. Ransomware detections 1H 2023 FortiGuard Labs has documented substantial

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SandboxAQ launches open-source meta-library of cryptographic algorithms

SandboxAQ launches open-source meta-library of cryptographic algorithms 09/08/2023 at 05:32 By Help Net Security SandboxAQ launched Sandwich, an open-source framework that simplifies modern cryptography management and enables developers to steer their organizations towards cryptographic agility. With a unified API, Sandwich empowers developers to embed the cryptographic algorithms of their choice directly into their applications and

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Nvidia gives Grace Hopper superchip an HBM3e upgrade – sometime next year

Nvidia gives Grace Hopper superchip an HBM3e upgrade – sometime next year 09/08/2023 at 03:47 By Tobias Mann 641GB of total memory ought to be enough for anybody (and their LLM) Less than three months after Nvidia’s Grace Hopper superchips went into full production, CEO and leather jacket aficionado Jensen Huang this week took to

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Microsoft, Intel lead this month’s security fix emissions

Microsoft, Intel lead this month’s security fix emissions 09/08/2023 at 02:35 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Downfall processor leaks, Teams holes, VPN clients at risk, and more Patch Tuesday  Microsoft’s August patch party seems almost boring compared to the other security fires it’s been putting out lately.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Google, you’re not unleashing ‘unproven’ AI medical bots on hospital patients, yeah?

Google, you’re not unleashing ‘unproven’ AI medical bots on hospital patients, yeah? 09/08/2023 at 01:02 By Katyanna Quach Senator won’t be PaLMed off as web giant eyes up healthcare industry Google is under pressure from a US lawmaker to explain how it trains and deploys its medical chatbot Med-PaLM 2 in hospitals.… This article is

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Financial sector saw an 80% increase in interactive intrusions

Financial sector saw an 80% increase in interactive intrusions 09/08/2023 at 00:01 By Cyberattack trends were analyzed in a recent report by CrowdStrike. The report revealed a massive increase in identity-based intrusions. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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How to identify OpenAI’s crawler bot to stop it slurping websites for training data

How to identify OpenAI’s crawler bot to stop it slurping websites for training data 08/08/2023 at 23:48 By Thomas Claburn Aww, c’mon, let us scrape your pages, we’ve got billions at stake OpenAI, the maker of machine learning models trained on public web data, has published the specifications for its web crawler so that publishers

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft (Finally) Patches Exploited Office Zero-Days

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft (Finally) Patches Exploited Office Zero-Days 08/08/2023 at 23:17 By Ryan Naraine Patch Tuesday: A month after confirming active exploitation of Office code execution flaws, Microsoft has shipped patches for multiple affected products. The post Patch Tuesday: Microsoft (Finally) Patches Exploited Office Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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August 2023 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Teams, MSMQ

August 2023 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Teams, MSMQ 08/08/2023 at 22:46 By Zeljka Zorz August 2023 Patch Tuesday is here; among the 76 CVE-numbered issues fixed by Microsoft this time around is a DoS vulnerability in .NET and Visual Studio (CVE-2023-38180) for which proof-of-exploit code exists. Other than the fact that a

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Cyber-extortionists pillage Colorado education dept

Cyber-extortionists pillage Colorado education dept 08/08/2023 at 22:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Hey, breacher, leave those kids alone Data going back as far as nearly 20 years may have been stolen from the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) after ransomware extortionists breached the government body’s IT systems.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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The Risks and Rewards of ChatGPT in the Modern Business Environment

The Risks and Rewards of ChatGPT in the Modern Business Environment 08/08/2023 at 22:31 By ChatGPT continues to lead the news cycle and increase in popularity, with new applications and uses seemingly uncovered each day for this innovative platform. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Boeing abandons plans for crewed Starliner flight in 2023

Boeing abandons plans for crewed Starliner flight in 2023 08/08/2023 at 22:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo The calamity capsule won’t be ready to fly until March 2024, and even then a launch date hasn’t been ironed out Boeing has thrown in the towel on trying to launch Starliner to the International Space Station this year, and

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Tom Gorup hired as Edigo Vice President of Security Services

Tom Gorup hired as Edigo Vice President of Security Services 08/08/2023 at 21:32 By Tom Gorup has been hired as the Vice President of Security Services at Edigo. Gorup has 15 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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Patch Tuesday: Adobe Patches 30 Acrobat, Reader Vulns

Patch Tuesday: Adobe Patches 30 Acrobat, Reader Vulns 08/08/2023 at 21:19 By Ryan Naraine Adobe rolls out a big batch of security updates to fix at least 30 Acrobat and Reader vulnerabilities affecting Windows and macOS users. The post Patch Tuesday: Adobe Patches 30 Acrobat, Reader Vulns appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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White House Holds First-Ever Summit on the Ransomware Crisis Plaguing the Nation’s Public Schools

White House Holds First-Ever Summit on the Ransomware Crisis Plaguing the Nation’s Public Schools 08/08/2023 at 21:19 By Associated Press CISA will step up training for the K-12 sector and technology providers, including Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare, will offer grants and free software. The post White House Holds First-Ever Summit on the Ransomware Crisis

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4 in 5 Chromebooks sold to US students in Q2 as demand rises

4 in 5 Chromebooks sold to US students in Q2 as demand rises 08/08/2023 at 20:47 By Paul Kunert Education buyers ignore campaign group’s intense criticism of device’s lifespan, ‘expect expiration dates for milk, not tech’ Chromebook shipments are back in the black – just – and makers of the hardware have the US education

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The Wiretap: How A ProtonMail FBI Search Led To A Suspect Threatening A 2020 Election Official

The Wiretap: How A ProtonMail FBI Search Led To A Suspect Threatening A 2020 Election Official 08/08/2023 at 20:33 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff After a Wisconsin official was harassed via an anonymous Protonmail user, the FBI began investigating, grabbing data from the encrypted email provider and other tech giants. This article is an excerpt

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