16 Jul

Scattered Spider’s fave new ransomware tools are RansomHub and Qilin

The Scattered Spider cybercrime group is now using RansomHub and Qilin ransomware variants in its attacks, illustrating a possible power shift among hacking groups. This

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16 Jul

Don’t be complacent on cybersecurity resilience

Sponsored Post Protecting sensitive data and mission-critical applications, systems and services from the unwanted attention of hackers and cyber criminals is never easy. And it’s

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16 Jul

Privacy group complains to UK regulator about Meta scraping user data to train AI

A UK data rights campaign group has launched a complaint with the data law regulator against Meta’s change of privacy policy which allows it to

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16 Jul

Small but mighty: Top 5 pocket-sized gadgets to boost your ethical hacking skills

While blue teams defend, red teams attack. They share a common goal, however – help identify and address gaps in organizations’ defenses before these weaknesses

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16 Jul

FBI gains access to Trump rally shooter’s phone

The FBI on Monday revealed it has gained access to a phone it says was used by Thomas Matthew Crooks – the man who shot

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16 Jul

DarkGate, the Swiss Army knife of malware, sees boom after rival Qbot crushed

The DarkGate malware family has become more prevalent in recent months, after one of its main competitors was taken down by the FBI. The malware

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15 Jul

Kaspersky culls staff, closes doors in US amid Biden’s ban

Kaspersky has confirmed it will shutter its American operations and cut US-based jobs following President Biden’s ban on the Russian business last month. A spokesperson

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15 Jul

ZDI shames Microsoft for – yet another – coordinated vulnerability disclosure snafu

Exclusive A Microsoft zero-day exploit that Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative team claims it found and reported to Redmond in May was disclosed and patched

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15 Jul

Infoseccers claim Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijackings at Web3 firms

Security researchers are claiming a spate of DNS hijackings at web3 businesses is linked to Squarespace’s acquisition of Google Domains last year. The theory is

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15 Jul

Protecting Trained Models in Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning

This post is part of a series on privacy-preserving federated learning. The series is a collaboration between NIST and the UK government’s Responsible Technology Adoption

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15 Jul

Hello, is it me you’re looking for? How scammers get your phone number

Scams Your humble phone number is more valuable than you may think. Here’s how it could fall into the wrong hands – and how you

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15 Jul

Google reportedly in talks to buy infosec outfit Wiz for $23 billion

Ask any techie to name who leads the market for OSes, databases, networks or ERP and the answers are clear: Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, and SAP.

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15 Jul

I spy another mSpy breach: Millions more stalkerware buyers exposed

Infosec in brief Commercial spyware maker mSpy has been breached – again – and millions of purchasers can be identified from the spilled records. mSpy

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15 Jul

UK cyber-boss slams China’s bug-hoarding laws

ASIA IN BRIEF The interim CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has criticized China’s approach to bug reporting. In a (paywalled) interview

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13 Jul

Three words to send a chill down your spine: Snowflake. Intrusion. Alert

Kettle For this week’s Kettle episode, in which our journos as usual get together for an end-of-week chat about the news, it’s security, security, security.

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13 Jul

Call, text logs for 110M AT&T customers stolen from compromised cloud storage

AT&T has admitted that cyberattackers grabbed a load of its data for the second time this year, and if you think the first haul was

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13 Jul

Car dealer software slinger CDK Global said to have paid $25M ransom after cyberattack

CDK Global reportedly paid a $25 million ransom in Bitcoin after its servers were knocked offline by crippling ransomware. Last week, CDK restored services to

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12 Jul

White House urged to double check Microsoft isn’t funneling AI to China via G42 deal

Two House committee chairs have sent a public letter to the White House asking it to look into a deal between AI R&D outfit G42

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