11 Sep

Hijacker helper VoidProxy boosts Google, Microsoft accounts on demand

Multiple attackers using a new phishing service dubbed VoidProxy to target organizations’ Microsoft and Google accounts have successfully stolen users’ credentials, multi-factor authentication codes, and

Author rabih
11 Sep

AI-powered penetration tool, an attacker’s dream, downloaded 10K times in 2 months

Villager, a new penetration-testing tool linked to a suspicious China-based company and described by researchers as “Cobalt Strike’s AI successor,” has been downloaded about 10,000

Author rabih
11 Sep

Anti-DDoS outfit walloped by record packet flood

A DDoS mitigation provider was given a taste of the poison it tries to prevent, after being smacked by one of the largest packet-rate attacks

Author rabih
11 Sep

Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets

If you thought the world was done with side-channel CPU attacks, think again. ETH Zurich has identified yet another Spectre-based transient execution vulnerability that affects

Author rabih
11 Sep

Senator blasts Microsoft for ‘dangerous, insecure software’ that helped pwn US hospitals

Microsoft is back in the firing line after US Senator Ron Wyden accused Redmond of shipping “dangerous, insecure software” that helped cybercrooks cripple one of

Author rabih
11 Sep

Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors

Europe, long seen as a bastion of privacy and digital rights, will debate this week whether to enforce surveillance on citizens’ devices. Representatives from member

Author rabih
11 Sep

Attacker steals customer data from Brit rail operator LNER during break-in at supplier

One of the UK’s largest rail operators, LNER, is the latest organization to spill user data via a third-party data breach. It confirmed the incident

Author rabih
11 Sep

Experts scrutinized Ofcom’s Online Safety Act governance. They’re concerned

Industry experts expressed both concern and sympathy for Ofcom, the Brit regulator that is overseeing the Online Safety Act, as questions mount over the effectiveness

Author rabih
11 Sep

Are cybercriminals hacking your systems – or just logging in?

Business Security As bad actors often simply waltz through companies’ digital front doors with a key, here’s how to keep your own door firmly locked

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11 Sep

BAE Systems surfaces autonomous submarine for military use

Following a series of trials, defense biz BAE Systems says it is readying an autonomous military submarine for the end of next year. The uncrewed

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11 Sep

NASA bars Chinese citizens from its facilities, networks, even Zoom calls

NASA has barred Chinese nationals from accessing its premises and assets, even those who hold visas that permit them to reside in the USA. The

Author rabih
11 Sep

Beijing went to ‘EggStreme’ lengths to attack Philippines military, researchers say

‘EggStreme’ framework looks like the sort of thing Beijing would find handy in its ongoing territorial beefs Infosec outfit Bitdefender says it’s spotted a strain

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10 Sep

Akira ransomware crims abusing trifecta of SonicWall security holes for extortion attacks

Affiliates of the Akira ransomware gang are again exploiting a critical SonicWall vulnerability abused last summer, after a suspected zero-day flaw actually turned out to

Author rabih
10 Sep

Apple slips up on ChillyHell macOS malware, lets it past security . . . for 4 years

ChillyHell, a modular macOS backdoor believed to be long dormant, has likely been infecting computers for years while flying under the radar, according to security

Author rabih
10 Sep

Jaguar Land Rover U-turns to confirm ‘some data’ affected after cyber prang

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says “some data” was affected after the luxury car maker suffered a digital break-in early last week. Cybercrooks ripped the wheels

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10 Sep

Jagar Land Rover U-turns to confirm ‘some data’ affected after cyber prang

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says “some data” was affected after the luxury car maker suffered a digital break-in early last week. Cybercrooks ripped the wheels

Author rabih
10 Sep

Uncle Sam indicts alleged ransomware kingpin tied to $18B in damages

A Ukrainian national faces serious federal charges and an $11 million bounty after allegedly orchestrating ransomware operations that caused an estimated $18 billion in damages

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10 Sep

Flu jab email mishap exposes hundreds of students’ personal data

A clumsy data breach has affected hundreds of children at a Birmingham secondary school. The school said in an email to parents that students in

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