Schneier on Security

MAY 13, 2024

Back in the 1960s, if you played a 2,600Hz tone into an AT&T pay phone, you could make calls without paying. A phone hacker named John Draper noticed that the plastic whistle that came free in a box of Captain Crunch cereal worked to make the right sound. That became his hacker name, and everyone who knew the trick made free pay-phone calls. There were all sorts of related hacks, such as faking the tones that signaled coins dropping into a pay phone and faking tones used by repair equipment.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 11, 2024

The Post Millennial breach in this week's video is an interesting one, most notably because of the presence of the mailing lists. Now, as I've said in every piece of communication I've put out on this incident, the lists are what whoever defaced the site said TPM had and they certainly posted that data in the defacement message, but we're yet to hear a statement from the company itself.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 7, 2024

This attack has been feasible for over two decades: Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering. TunnelVision, as the researchers have named their attack, largely negates the entire purpose and selling point of VPNs, which is to encapsulate incoming and outgoing Internet traffic in an encrypted tunnel and to cloa

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Lohrman on Security

MAY 12, 2024

As another RSA Conference in San Francisco ended on May 10, 2024, the global impact that cybersecurity and artificial intelligence bring to every area of life has become much more apparent.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

Torrance, Calif., May 13, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Criminal IP, a renowned Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine developed by AI SPERA, has recently signed a technology partnership to exchange threat intelligence data based on domains and potentially on the IP address to protect users by blocking threats to end users. Criminal IP underwent rigorous data evaluation to integrate with Quad9’s threat-blocking service, demonstrating high data uniqueness and accuracy.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 8, 2024

The production of deepfakes is accelerating at more than 1,500% in Australia, forcing organisations to create and adopt standards like Content Credentials.

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The Hacker News

MAY 10, 2024

Google on Thursday released security updates to address a zero-day flaw in Chrome that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-4671, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a case of use-after-free in the Visuals component. It was reported by an anonymous researcher on May 7, 2024.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 8, 2024

The Go programming language, known for its simplicity and efficiency in software development, has recently issued a crucial security advisory addressing two severe vulnerabilities. These flaws, identified in the Go environment, could potentially allow... The post CVE-2024-24787 (CVSS 9.8): Go Vulnerability Could Lead to Code Execution appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 13, 2024

AI PCs could soon see organisations invest in whole fleets of new managed devices, but Absolute Security data shows they are failing to maintain endpoint protection and patching the devices they have.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 9, 2024

There’s a new report on how criminals are using generative AI tools: Key Takeaways: Adoption rates of AI technologies among criminals lag behind the rates of their industry counterparts because of the evolving nature of cybercrime. Compared to last year, criminals seem to have abandoned any attempt at training real criminal large language models (LLMs).

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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 10, 2024

The threat actor behind the recent Dell data breach revealed they scraped information of 49 million customer records using an partner portal API they accessed as a fake company. [.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 8, 2024

An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program's database that investigators have repeatedly misused.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 11, 2024

In a shocking incident that has raised serious questions about the reliability of public cloud services, Google Cloud accidentally deleted the entire online account of UniSuper. This unprecedented misconfiguration left over half a million... The post Google Cloud Mishap: Accidental Deletion of $125 Billion Pension Fund’s Account Raises Concerns appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 7, 2024

VPNs are popular due to the fact they add security and privacy to what are otherwise daily open Wi-Fi and public internet channels. But can VPNs be tracked by the police?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 13, 2024

Just like enterprises, cybercriminals are embracing generative AI to shape their attacks, from creating more convincing phishing emails and spreading disinformation to model poisoning, prompt injections, and deepfakes. Now comes LLMjacking. Threat researchers with cybersecurity firm Sysdig recently detected bad actors using stolen credentials to target large language models (LLMs) – which are foundational to.

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 8, 2024

Microsoft has confirmed that last month's Windows Server security updates may also cause domain controller reboots after the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) process crashes. [.

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The Hacker News

MAY 12, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a malicious Python package that purports to be an offshoot of the popular requests library and has been found concealing a Golang-version of the Sliver command-and-control (C2) framework within a PNG image of the project's logo.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 9, 2024

Google has rushed out an emergency security update for its Chrome browser to address a critical vulnerability already being exploited by threat actors. The flaw, designated CVE-2024-4671, is a “use after free” bug located... The post Google Rushes to Patch Chrome Zero-Day Exploit: CVE-2024-4671 appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 10, 2024

TechRepublic consolidated expert advice on how businesses can defend themselves against the most common cyberthreats, including zero-days, ransomware and deepfakes.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 9, 2024

Stagnating security budgets and mounting job pressures are weighing on CISOs, a quarter of whom expressed discontent with their salary and overall compensation. Show me the money: The average total compensation for tech CISOs stands at $710,000. The post One in Four Tech CISOs Unhappy with Compensation appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Black Basta ransomware affiliates have breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024, FBI and CISA reported. The FBI, CISA, HHS, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) regarding the Black Basta ransomware activity as part of the StopRansomware initiative. Black Basta has targeted at least 12 critical infrastructure sectors, including Healthcare and Public Health.

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 9, 2024

Dell is warning customers of a data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen information for approximately 49 million customers. [.

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Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

Penetration Testing

MAY 7, 2024

A significant security flaw has been identified in PDF.js, a widely-used, Mozilla-supported PDF viewer developed with HTML5, and React-PDF, a popular npm package for displaying PDFs within React applications. This vulnerability, which allows for... The post CVE-2024-4367 & CVE-2024-34342: JavaScript Flaws Threaten Millions of PDF.js and React-PDF Users appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Elie

MAY 8, 2024

This talk discuss through concrete examples how to use the Google Security AI Framework (SAIF) to protect AI systems and workflows

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2024

The tech giant says the information stolen doesn't represent a significant risk to users, but cybersecurity experts disagree. The post Dell Data Breach Could Affect 49 Million Customers appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 7, 2024

The intent of the Future Made in Australia Act is to build manufacturing capabilities across all sectors, which will likely lead to more demand for IT skills and services.

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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2024

Citrix urges customers to manually address a PuTTY SSH client flaw that could allow attackers to steal a XenCenter admin’s private SSH key. Versions of XenCenter for Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 LTSR used PuTTY, a third-party component, for SSH connections to guest VMs. However, PuTTY inclusion was deprecated with XenCenter version 8.2.6, and any versions after 8.2.7 will not include PuTTY.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 9, 2024

Researchers at eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU) have uncovered a disturbing trend in FIN7 attacks demonstrating the notorious cybercrime group’s evolving tactics for infiltrating systems. FIN7’s campaign targets users with malicious websites disguised as... The post FIN7 Hackers Using Signed Malware and Fake Google Ads to Evade Defenses appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 8, 2024

A massive network of 75,000 fake online shops called 'BogusBazaar' tricked over 850,000 people in the US and Europe into making purchases, allowing the criminals to steal credit card information and attempt to process an estimated $50 million in fake orders. [.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 8, 2024

PAFACA SueTok: U.S. Courts “likely” to rule whether new law is constitutional—or even practical. The post TikTok Ban — ByteDance Sues US to Kill Bill appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.

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