20 Feb

Insider steals 79,000 email addresses at work to promote own business

A former council staff member in the district where William Shakespeare was born ransacked databases filled with residents’ information to help drum up new business

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20 Feb

Watching out for the fakes: How to spot online disinformation

How To Why and how are we subjected to so much disinformation nowadays, and is there a way to spot the fakes? Márk Szabó 20

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20 Feb

Two days into the Digital Services Act, EU wields it to deepen TikTok probe

Two days after its Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect, the European Union used it to open an investigation into made-in-China social network TikTok.

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20 Feb

Vietnam to collect biometrics – even DNA – for new ID cards

The Vietnamese government will begin collecting biometric information from its citizens for identification purposes beginning in July this year. Prime minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed

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20 Feb

LockBit ransomware gang disrupted by global operation

Notorious ransomware gang LockBit’s website has been taken over by law enforcement authorities, who claim they have disrupted the group’s operations and will soon reveal

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19 Feb

ALPHV gang claims it’s the attacker that broke into Prudential Financial, LoanDepot

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group is claiming responsibility for attacks on both Prudential Financial and LoanDepot, making a series of follow-on allegations against them. Both US

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19 Feb

Safeguarding cyber-physical systems for a smart future

Sponsored Feature Cyber-physical systems (CPS) have a vital role to play in our increasingly connected world. They are already providing the link that integrates compute

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19 Feb

Feds post $15 million bounty for info on ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware crew

infosec in brief The US government is offering bounties up to $15 million as a reward for anyone willing to help it take out the

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18 Feb

Election security threats in 2024 range from AI to … anthrax?

In time for the long Presidents’ Day weekend in the US there have been multiple warnings about what will undoubtedly be a challenging and potentially

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17 Feb

How to weaponize LLMs to auto-hijack websites

AI models, the subject of ongoing safety concerns about harmful and biased output, pose a risk beyond content emission. When wedded with tools that enable

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17 Feb

Google open sources file-identifying Magika AI for malware hunters and others

Google has open sourced Magika, an in-house machine-learning-powered file identifier, as part of its AI Cyber Defense Initiative, which aims to give IT network defenders

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16 Feb

Zeus, IcedID malware kingpin faces 40 years in slammer

A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the

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16 Feb

Zeus, IcedID malware kingpin faces 40 years in slammer

A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the

Author rabih
16 Feb

Cyber-insurance and vulnerability scanning – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video Here’s how the results of vulnerability scans factor into decisions on cyber-insurance and how human intelligence comes into play in the assessment of such

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16 Feb

Cutting kids off from the dark web – the solution can only ever be social

The murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey has kickstarted a debate around limiting children’s access to the dark web in the UK, with experts highlighting

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16 Feb

Cybercriminals are stealing iOS users’ face scans to break into mobile banking accounts

Cybercriminals are targeting iOS users with malware that steals face scans from the users of Apple devices to break into and pilfer money from bank

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16 Feb

Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste

Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay almost $5 million to settle allegations it illegally dumped protected health information – and hazardous waste – at its

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15 Feb

Feds dismantle Russian GRU botnet built on 1,000-plus home, small biz routers

The US government today said it disrupted a botnet that Russia’s GRU military intelligence unit has been using for phishing expeditions, spying, credential harvesting, and

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