21 Aug

A Bard’s Tale – how fake AI bots try to install malware

The AI race is on! It’s easy to lose track of the latest developments and possibilities, and yet everyone wants to see firsthand what the

Author rabih
21 Aug

Last rites for the UK’s Online Safety Bill, an idea too stupid to notice it’s dead

Opinion Information wants to be free. This usefully ambiguous battle cry has been the mischievous slogan of hackers since early networking thinker Stuart Brand coined

Author rabih
21 Aug

Microsoft DNS boo-boo breaks Hotmail for users around the globe

Infosec in brief Someone at Microsoft has some explaining to do after a messed up DNS record caused emails sent from Hotmail accounts Microsoft Outlook

Author rabih
20 Aug

Interpol arrests 14 who allegedly scammed $40m from victims in ‘cyber surge’

An Interpol-led operation arrested 14 suspects and identified 20,674 “suspicious” networks spanning 25 African countries that international cops have linked to more than $40 million

Author rabih
18 Aug

FYI: There’s another BlackCat ransomware variant on the prowl

Here’s a heads up. Another version of BlackCat ransomware has been spotted extorting victims. This variant embeds two tools, we’re told: the network toolkit Impacket

Author rabih
18 Aug

Be on the Lookout for Scam Tech Support Calls

Instead of getting you out of a jam, tech support scams get you into one. And they can get costly. Tech support scammers had a

Author rabih
18 Aug

Evacuation of 30,000 hackers – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

DEF CON, the annual hacker’s convention in Las Vegas, was interrupted on Saturday evening when authorities evacuated the convention due to a bomb threat. Source

Author rabih
18 Aug

DEF CON 31: US DoD urges hackers to go and hack ‘AI’

The limits of current AI need to be tested before we can rely on their output Source

Author rabih
18 Aug

Add ‘writing malware’ to the list of things generative AI is not very good at doing

Analysis Despite the hype around criminals using ChatGPT and various other large language models to ease the chore of writing malware, it seems this generative

Author rabih
17 Aug

Don’t just patch your Citrix gear, check for intrusion: Two bugs exploited in wild

Miscreants are actively exploiting critical bugs in two of Citrix’s products, both of which the business IT player fixed earlier this summer. Uncle Sam’s Cybersecurity

Author rabih
17 Aug

Man arrested in Northern Ireland police data leak as more incidents come to light

A man was arrested in Northern Ireland for suspected Collection of Terrorist Information following an incident where police mistakenly leaked details that identified 10,000 serving

Author rabih
17 Aug

Mass-spreading campaign targeting Zimbra users

ESET researchers have observed a new phishing campaign targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server. Source

Author rabih
17 Aug

Japan’s digital minister surrenders salary to say sorry for data leaks

Japan’s digital minister has doubled down on a June promise to penalize himself for the poor rollout of the country’s digital ID, My Number Card,

Author rabih
17 Aug

Vietnam admits it has just ten percent of the infosec pros it needs

Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has admitted the nation has a vast shortfall of infosec pros. The Ministry on Wednesday cited statistics indicating “approximately

Author rabih
16 Aug

Discord.io pulls the cord after crooks steal 760K users’ info

Discord.io has shut down “for the foreseeable future,” after crooks stole, and then put up for sale, data belonging to all 760,000 of the service’s

Author rabih
16 Aug

How to Spot Fake News in Your Social Media Feed

Spotting fake news in your feed has always been tough. Now it just got tougher, thanks to AI.  Fake news crops up in plenty of

Author rabih
16 Aug

DEF CON 31: Robot vacuums may be doing more than they claim

When it comes to privacy, it remains complicated and near impossible for a consumer to make an informed decision. Source

Author rabih
15 Aug

Clorox cleans up IT security breach that soaked its biz ops

The Clorox Company has some cleaning up to do as some of its IT systems remain offline and operations “temporarily impaired” following a security breach.

Author rabih
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