25 Jun

Computer vision research feeds surveillance tech as patent links spike 5×

A new study shows academic computer vision papers feeding surveillance-enabling patents jumped more than fivefold from the 1990s to the 2010s. The researchers, including Stanford

Author rabih
25 Jun

Supply chain attacks surge with orgs ‘flying blind’ about dependencies

The vast majority of global businesses are handling at least one material supply chain attack per year, but very few are doing enough to counter

Author rabih
25 Jun

French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins

The Paris police force’s cybercrime brigade (BL2C) has arrested a further four men as part of a long-running investigation into the criminals behind BreachForums. The

Author rabih
25 Jun

UK govt dept website that campaigns against encryption hijacked to advertise … payday loans

A website developed for the UK Home Office’s 2022 “flop” anti-encryption campaign has seemingly been hijacked to push a payday loan scheme. The pwn on

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24 Jun

Don’t panic, but it’s only a matter of time before critical ‘CitrixBleed 2’ is under attack

Citrix patched a critical vulnerability in its NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway products that is already being compared to the infamous CitrixBleed flaw exploited by

Author rabih
24 Jun

Beware of fake SonicWall VPN app that steals users’ credentials

Unknown miscreants are distributing a fake SonicWall app to steal users’ VPN credentials. In a Monday threat intel alert, the firewall and VPN slinger said

Author rabih
24 Jun

The vulnerability management gap no one talks about

Partner content Recently, I’ve been diving deep into security control data across dozens of organizations, and what I’ve found has been both fascinating and alarming.

Author rabih
24 Jun

Four REvil ransomware crooks walk free, escape gulag fate, after admitting guilt

Four convicted members of the once-supreme ransomware operation REvil are leaving captivity after completing most of their five-year sentences. The quartet were arrested in 2022

Author rabih
24 Jun

‘Psylo’ browser tries to obscure digital fingerprints by giving every tab its own IP address

Psylo, which bills itself as a new kind of private web browser, debuted last Tuesday in Apple’s App Store, one day ahead of a report

Author rabih
24 Jun

‘Psylo’ browser tries to obscure digital fingerprints by giving very tab its own IP address

Psylo, which bills itself as a new kind of private web browser, debuted last Tuesday in Apple’s App Store, one day ahead of a report

Author rabih
23 Jun

Typhoon-like gang slinging TLS certificate ‘signed’ by the Los Angeles Police Department

A stealthy, ongoing campaign to gain long-term access to networks bears all the markings of intrusions conducted by China’s ‘Typhoon’ crews and has infected at

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23 Jun

Iran cyberattacks against US biz more likely following air strikes

The US Department of Homeland Security has warned American businesses to guard their networks against Iranian government-sponsored cyberattacks along with “low-level” digital intrusions by pro-Iran

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23 Jun

Second attack on McLaren Health Care in a year affects 743k people

McLaren Health Care is in the process of writing to 743,131 individuals now that it fully understands the impact of its July 2024 cyberattack. The

Author rabih
23 Jun

Experts count staggering costs incurred by UK retail amid cyberattack hell

Britain’s Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) estimates the total cost of the cyberattacks that crippled major UK retail organizations recently could be in the region of

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23 Jun

Former US Army Sergeant pleads guilty after amateurish attempt at selling secrets to China

Infosec in brief A former US Army sergeant has admitted he attempted to sell classified data to China. Joseph Daniel Schmidt last Friday pled guilty

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20 Jun

Netflix, Apple, BofA websites hijacked with fake help-desk numbers

Scammers are hijacking the search results of people needing 24/7 support from Apple, Bank of America, Facebook, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, and PayPal in an attempt

Author rabih
20 Jun

Looks like Aflac is the latest insurance giant snagged in Scattered Spider’s web

Aflac is the latest insurance company to disclose a security breach following a string of others earlier this week, all of which appear to be

Author rabih
20 Jun

Qilin ransomware top dogs treat their minions to on-call lawyers for fierier negotiations

The latest marketing ploy from the ransomware crooks behind the Qilin operation involves offering affiliates access to a crack team of lawyers to ramp up

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