14 Aug

Palo Alto Networks execs apologize for ‘hostesses’ dressed as lamps at Black Hat booth

If you attended the Black Hat conference in Vegas last week and found yourself over in Palo Alto Networks’ corner of the event, you may

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14 Aug

Is Lenovo a blind spot in US anti-China security measures?

Opinion Lenovo’s participation in a cybersecurity initiative has reopened old questions over the company’s China origins, especially in light of the growing mistrust between Washington

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14 Aug

Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years

India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) on Tuesday directed telcos to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers – and prevent them from using networks again for up

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14 Aug

NIST finalizes trio of post-quantum encryption standards

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released the long-awaited post-quantum encryption standards, designed to protect electronic information long into the future –

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14 Aug

Patch Tuesday brings 90 new Microsoft CVEs, six already under exploit

Patch Tuesday Microsoft has disclosed 90 flaws in its products – six of which have already been exploited – and four others that are listed

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13 Aug

Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks

Despite a law enforcement takedown six months ago, LockBit 3.0 remains the most prolific encryption and extortion gang, at least so far, this year, according

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13 Aug

US accuses man of being ‘elite’ ransomware pioneer they’ve hunted for years

The US has charged a suspect they claim is a Belarusian-Ukrainian cybercriminal whose offenses date back to 2011. Maksim Silnikau, 38, was recently extradited to

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13 Aug

Feds bust minor league Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang

The Dispossessor ransomware group is the latest to enter the cybercrime graveyard with the Feds proudly laying claim to the takedown. Ransomware groups typically have

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13 Aug

Orion SA says scammers conned company out of $60 million

Luxembourg-based chemicals and manufacturing giant Orion SA is telling US regulators that it will lose out on around $60 million after it was targeted by

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13 Aug

Who uses LLM prompt injection attacks IRL? Mostly unscrupulous job seekers, jokesters and trolls

Despite worries about criminals using prompt injection to trick large language models (LLMs) into leaking sensitive data or performing other destructive actions, most of these

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13 Aug

Why scammers want your phone number

Scams Your phone number is more than just a way to contact you – scammers can use it to target you with malicious messages and

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13 Aug

‘Digital arrest’ scams are big in India and may be spreading

A woman in the Indian city of Delhi last week found herself under “digital arrest” – a form of scam in which victims make payments

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13 Aug

AMD won’t patch Sinkclose security bug on older Zen CPUs

Some AMD processors dating back to 2006 have a security vulnerability that’s a boon for particularly underhand malware and rogue insiders, though the chip designer

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12 Aug

Attacker steals personal data of 200k+ people with links to Arizona tech school

An Arizona tech school will send letters to 208,717 current and former students, staff, and parents whose data was exposed during a January break-in that

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12 Aug

The great location leak: Privacy risks in dating apps

Privacy What if your favorite dating, social media or gaming app revealed your exact coordinates to someone you’d rather keep at a distance? Tony Anscombe

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12 Aug

Mega money, unfathomable violence pervade thriving underground doxxing scene

Black Hat Recently published interviews with known doxxers reveal the incredible finances behind the practice and how their extortion tactics are becoming increasingly violent. Doxxing

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12 Aug

Top 6 Craigslist scams: Don’t fall for these tricks

Scams Here’s how to spot and dodge scams when searching for stuff on the classified ads website that offers almost everything under the sun Phil

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12 Aug

Evolve your cloud security knowledge

Sponsored Post Our reliance on the cloud continues to grow steadily, with a greater variety of services than ever being hosted in it. The unfortunate

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