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Russian Cyber Adversary BlueCharlie Alters Infrastructure in Response to Disclosures 02/08/2023 at 17:46 By A Russa-nexus adversary has been linked to 94 new domains, suggesting that the group is actively modifying its infrastructure in response to public disclosures about its activities. Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future linked the new infrastructure to a threat actor it tracks […]

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Intel opens chip innovation hub in Nanshan, China 02/08/2023 at 17:18 By Dan Robinson Interesting move against backdrop of US sanctions Intel has opened an innovation hub in China to help local technology startups, despite the Biden administration’s crackdown intended to prevent China from developing advanced technologies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Report finds governments, public services facing 40% more cyberattacks 02/08/2023 at 17:18 By A new report highlights a 40% increase in cyberattacks targeting government agencies and the public services sector. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Phishers Exploit Salesforce’s Email Services Zero-Day in Targeted Facebook Campaign 02/08/2023 at 16:53 By A sophisticated Facebook phishing campaign has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Salesforce’s email services, allowing threat actors to craft targeted phishing messages using the company’s domain and infrastructure. “Those phishing campaigns cleverly evade conventional detection methods by chaining the

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Industrial Control Systems Vulnerabilities Soar: Over One-Third Unpatched in 2023 02/08/2023 at 16:53 By About 34% of security vulnerabilities impacting industrial control systems (ICSs) that were reported in the first half of 2023 have no patch or remediation, registering a significant increase from 13% the previous year. According to data compiled by SynSaber, a total

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Soft-reboot in systemd 254 sounds a lot like Windows’ Fast Startup 02/08/2023 at 16:18 By Liam Proven Where does Agent P work again? Version 254 of systemd marks the 115th release of this ever-growing init system for Linux. Expect to see it in the autumn releases of Ubuntu and Fedora, and in Arch and openSUSE

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Honeypot Recon: New Variant of SkidMap Targeting Redis 02/08/2023 at 16:02 By Since Redis is becoming increasingly popular around the world, we decided to investigate attacks on the Redis instance. We didn’t have to wait long for the first results of the Honeypot. The trap caught an activity about which the Western world does not

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Virgin Media O2 offers plug-in 5G network in a box 02/08/2023 at 15:42 By Dan Robinson Hefty box said to be ‘slightly larger than a carry-on’ – but likely not for budget flyers Virgin Media O2’s business arm has released a plug-and-play private 5G network product, meaning customers should be able to get a 5G

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Researchers Uncover AWS SSM Agent Misuse as a Covert Remote Access Trojan 02/08/2023 at 15:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new post-exploitation technique in Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows the AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) to be run as a remote access trojan on Windows and Linux environments “The SSM agent, a

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Top Industries Significantly Impacted by Illicit Telegram Networks 02/08/2023 at 15:16 By In recent years the rise of illicit activities conducted within online messaging platforms has become a growing concern for countless industries. One of the most notable platforms that has been host to many malicious actors and nefarious activities has been Telegram. Thanks to

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After fears that Europe’s space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine 02/08/2023 at 13:32 By Katyanna Quach Here’s looking at Euclid Astronomers are breathing a sigh of relief that the 600-megapixel Euclid wide-angle space telescope’s instruments appear to be working well, despite discovering a gap in the orbiter’s hull that allowed sunlight

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UK watchdog reopens consultation on Microsoft’s bid for Activision Blizzard 02/08/2023 at 12:47 By Lindsay Clark CMA admits Sony deal might change the battlefield The UK’s markets watchdog has reopened a consultation on the $69 billion tie-up between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft months after it blocked the proposed sale on the back of competition concerns.…

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IBM to build biometrics system for UK cops and immigration services 02/08/2023 at 11:32 By Lindsay Clark Big Blue scores £54.7M project, taking business from Fujitsu as Home Office consolidates work The UK’s Home Office has handed IBM a £54.7 million ($70 million) contract to work on the biometric matcher platform to support its police

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Iranian Company Cloudzy Accused of Aiding Cybercriminals and Nation-State Hackers 02/08/2023 at 11:17 By Services offered by an obscure Iranian company known as Cloudzy are being leveraged by multiple threat actors, including cybercrime groups and nation-state crews. “Although Cloudzy is incorporated in the United States, it almost certainly operates out of Tehran, Iran – in

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Voyager 2 found! Deep Space Network hears it chattering in space 02/08/2023 at 11:03 By Laura Dobberstein Not all heroes wear capes – some are 50-year-old antennas A signal from Voyager 2 has been detected by NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) over a week after communications with the distant probe were lost, the Jet Propulsion

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Japanese boffins slice semiconductors from diamonds – with lasers! 02/08/2023 at 10:49 By Tobias Mann Chips based on the tech could boost efficiency of electric vehicles Scientists at Japan’s Chiba University claim they’ve developed a method that uses lasers to create diamond wafers that could one day power next-gen semiconductors.… This article is an excerpt

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Australian Senate committee recommends further bans on Chinese social media apps 02/08/2023 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood WeChat accused of ‘contempt for Parliament ‘ as transparency rules floated for all social media An Australian Senate Committee has recommended banning Chinese social media apps in the land down under, on grounds the Communist Party of China

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Microsoft India poaches former AWS India boss Puneet Chandok 02/08/2023 at 08:34 By Laura Dobberstein Current boss bails for unspecified non-tech gig Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it had hired Puneet Chandok as its new leader for India and Southeast Asia. Chandok’s previous gig was president of AWS for India and South Asia.… This article

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XenServer teases free VMware migration package 02/08/2023 at 07:35 By Simon Sharwood Citrix’s virtualization spin out goes a bit Musky by revealing its own X-centric logo XenServer, the Citrix spin-out that will offer a hypervisor and associated management tools for x86 systems, has teased a plan to lure VMware customers as well as a little

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Norwegian Entities Targeted in Ongoing Attacks Exploiting Ivanti EPMM Vulnerability 02/08/2023 at 07:34 By Advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exploited a recently disclosed critical flaw impacting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) as a zero-day since at least April 2023 in attacks directed against Norwegian entities, including a government network. The disclosure comes as part of

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