17 Jun

Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 attacks vSphere and Azure to run VMs inside victims’ infrastructure

Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 – the crew suspected of involvement in the recent attacks on Snowflake and MGM Entertainment, and plenty more besides – has

Author rabih
17 Jun

That didn’t take long: replacement for SORBS spam blacklist arises … sort of

In Brief A popular spam blocklist service that went offline earlier this month has advised users it is down permanently – but at least one

Author rabih
17 Jun

Japan’s space junk cleaner hunts down major target

The space junk cleaning mission launched by Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully hunted down one of its targets. The Commercial Removal of Debris

Author rabih
15 Jun

Microsoft answered Congress’ questions on security. Now the White House needs to act

Feature Microsoft president Brad Smith struck a conciliatory tone regarding his IT giant’s repeated computer security failings during a congressional hearing on Thursday – while

Author rabih
14 Jun

Stanford Internet Observatory wilts under legal pressure during election year

The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO), which for the past five years has been studying and reporting on social media disinformation, is being reimagined with new

Author rabih
14 Jun

Meta won’t train AI on Euro posts after all as watchdogs put their paws down

Meta has caved to European regulators, and agreed to pause its plans to train AI models on EU users’ Facebook and Instagram users’ posts —

Author rabih
14 Jun

Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam

The US Department of Justice has convicted a Nigerian national of participating in a business email compromise (BEC) scam worth $1.5 million. The Feds say

Author rabih
14 Jun

Ukraine busts SIM farms targeting soldiers with spyware

Infrastructure that enabled two pro-Russia Ukraine residents to break into soldiers’ devices and deploy spyware has been dismantled by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

Author rabih
14 Jun

How Arid Viper spies on Android users in the Middle East – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video The spyware, called AridSpy by ESET, is distributed through websites that pose as various messaging apps, a job search app, and a Palestinian Civil

Author rabih
14 Jun

French state bidding for piece of Atos, offers €700M

The French government has confirmed an offer of €700 million ($748 million) for key assets of ailing IT services giant Atos, following the company’s acceptance

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14 Jun

ESET Research Podcast: APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024

ESET Research The I-SOON data leak confirms that this contractor is involved in cyberespionage for China, while Iran-aligned groups step up aggressive tactics following the

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14 Jun

Microsoft bigwig says the Feds catching Chinese spies in Exchange Online is the cloud working as intended

Lawmakers on Thursday grilled Microsoft president Brad Smith about the Windows giant’s businesses dealing in China — and the super-corp’s repeated security failings — at

Author rabih
13 Jun

US Space Force wanted $77M to reinforce GPS – and Congress shot it down

A plan by America’s Space Force to harden GPS against spoofing attacks may be going nowhere: A request by the service branch for $77 million

Author rabih
13 Jun

Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M

Analysis Oracle Advertising is shutting down, CEO Safra Catz said during the database goliath’s fiscal 2024 Q4 earnings call with Wall Street this week. “…in

Author rabih
13 Jun

Ukrainian cops collar Kyiv programmer believed to be Conti, LockBit linchpin

An alleged cog in the Conti and LockBit ransomware machines is now in handcuffs after Ukrainian police raided his home this week. The 28-year-old Kyivan’s

Author rabih
13 Jun

Google’s Privacy Sandbox more like a privacy mirage, campaigners claim

Privacy campaigner noyb has filed a GDPR complaint regarding Google’s Privacy Sandbox, alleging that turning on a “Privacy Feature” in the Chrome browser resulted in

Author rabih
13 Jun

Student’s flimsy bin bags blamed for latest NHS data breach

A data protection gaffe affecting the UK’s NHS is being pinned on a medical student who placed too much trust in their bin bags. An

Author rabih
13 Jun

Arid Viper poisons Android apps with AridSpy

ESET researchers have identified five campaigns targeting Android users with trojanized apps. Most probably carried out by the Arid Viper APT group, these campaigns started

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