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Face search engine PimEyes stops searches of children’s faces

Malwarebytes

In what may come as a surprise, subscription-based face search engine PimEyes seems to have realized that their service can be used for nefarious purposes. PimEyes’ CEO Giorgi Gobronidze told the New York Times that it has taken technical measures to block such searches as part of a “no harm policy.”

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Watch out for tech support scams lurking in sponsored search results

Malwarebytes

This blog post was written based on research carried out by Jérôme Segura. A campaign using sponsored search results is targeting home users and taking them to tech support scams. In the case of malicious sponsored ads, scammers tend to outbid the brands in order to be listed as the first search result.

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GUEST ESSAY: NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework update extends best practices to supply chain, AI

The Last Watchdog

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated their widely used Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) — a free respected landmark guidance document for reducing cybersecurity risk. It seeks to establish and monitor your company’s cybersecurity risk management strategy, expectations, and policy. The CSF 2.0

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New Mimic Ransomware Uses Windows Search Engine to Find and Encrypt Files

Heimadal Security

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a new strain of ransomware named Mimic. Mimic uses Everything API, a file search tool for Windows, to search for files to encrypt. Some of the code in Mimic is similar to that found in Conti, whose source code was leaked to a Ukrainian researcher in March 2022.

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR): Streamlining Cybersecurity in the Modern Age

Security Boulevard

In a digital realm characterized by rapidly evolving threats, organizations are in constant search of effective defense mechanisms. This blog aims to explore the depths of MDR, its importance, and its limitations. Managed Detection and Response, commonly referred to as MDR, has emerged as a pivotal solution in this context.

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Threat Actors Use Search Engine Ads for Ransomware and Phishing Attacks

Heimadal Security

Threat actors use search engines to advertise websites that spread ransomware or steal login credentials. The ads for various impersonated businesses and services appear at the top of search results and guide the victim to websites that spoof almost perfectly the real ones.

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Search Engine Advertising Used to Impersonate Brands and Defraud Users

Heimadal Security

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert about cyber criminals using a new methodology to defraud users – brand impersonation via search engine advertisement services. The post Search Engine Advertising Used to Impersonate Brands and Defraud Users appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.