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From Progress to Bans: How Close Are Human Microchip Implants?

Lohrman on Security

A lot has happened in the past 12 months regarding human microchip implants. Here’s your roundup of recent developments.

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Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France

Krebs on Security

Julius “Zeekill” Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France. A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest.

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New Dingo crypto token found charging a 99% transaction fee

Bleeping Computer

Researchers at IT security company Check Point security have flagged Dingo Token as a potential scam after finding a function that allows the project's owner to manipulate trading fees up to 99% of the transaction value. [.

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Password Managers Under Attack, Shady Reward Apps on Google Play, Meta Account Center 2FA Bypass

Security Boulevard

The attacks on password managers and their users continue as Bitwarden and 1Password users have reported seeing paid ads for phishing sites in Google search results for the official login page of the password management vendors. Not only that, a new vulnerability in the popular open-source password management software KeePass has also been reported.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

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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Forget the IoT. Meet the IoZ: our Internet of Zombie things

The Security Ledger

A school that never sleeps? Cameras that go dark? A dead company hacked back to life? Welcome to the growing Internet of Zombie devices that threatens the security of the Internet. The post Forget the IoT. Meet the IoZ: our Internet of Zombie things appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Roberts. Related Stories CES Overlooks New Report That Finds Auto Cyber Is A Dumpster Fire The Future of IoT Security Standards IoCs vs.

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Cequence Increases the Lead in Unified API Protection

Security Boulevard

As APIs continue to be a top target for attackers, we’re extending our leadership position in the API security space with the latest update to the Cequence Unified API Protection solution. We’ve added several new capabilities that strengthens customers’ ability to discover, manage risk and protect their API deployments. The Unified API Protection solution combines […] The post Cequence Increases the Lead in Unified API Protection appeared first on Cequence Security.

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Let’s Talk About the Upside of Quantum Computing

Security Boulevard

The promise of quantum computing is tantalizing. Once quantum machines become sufficiently powerful, tasks that would have taken hundreds or thousands of years using traditional binary computers might instead be completed in days or even hours. The post Let’s Talk About the Upside of Quantum Computing appeared first on Keyfactor. The post Let’s Talk About the Upside of Quantum Computing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Dashlane password manager open-sourced its Android and iOS apps

Bleeping Computer

Dashlane announced it had made the source code for its Android and iOS apps available on GitHub under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license. [.

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From Progress to Bans: How Close Are Human Microchip Implants?

Security Boulevard

A lot has happened in the past 12 months regarding human microchip implants. Here’s your roundup of recent developments. The post From Progress to Bans: How Close Are Human Microchip Implants? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Microsoft attributes Charlie Hebdo data leak to Iran-linked NEPTUNIUM APT

Security Affairs

Microsoft attributes a recent cyber attack against the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo to an Iran-linked NEPTUNIUM APT group. Microsoft’s Digital Threat Analysis Center (DTAC) attributes a recent cyberattacks against the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo to an Iran-linked threat actor tracked as NEPTUNIUM (aka Emennet Pasargad , Holy Souls).

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Beware of Pixels & Trackers on U.S. Healthcare Websites

The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.

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A week in security (January 30 - February 5)

Malwarebytes

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: A private moment, caught by a Roomba, ended up on Facebook. Eileen Guo explains how: Lock and Code S04E03 New data wipers deployed against Ukraine Update your LearnPress plugins now! Riot Games refuses to pay ransom to avoid League of Legends leak Analyzing and remediating a malware infested T95 TV box from Amazon Google sponsored ads malvertising targets password manager 40% of online shops tricking users with "dark patterns" How to protect your business from sup

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Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2023

Spinone

About 25% of all data breaches are caused by human error. Phishing attacks are one of the main cyber threats involving mistakes by workers. Arranging training for your employees is a great way to protect your company against phishing and its expensive and time-consuming consequences. So, let’s take a look at notable phishing awareness training […] The post Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2023 first appeared on SpinOne.

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Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi

Malwarebytes

On Friday and over the weekend, several Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) sounded the alarm about an ongoing large scale ransomware attack on VMware ESXi virtual machines. With some discrepancies between Shodan queries from various researchers, most agree that an estimated 500 entities were affected by the attack over the weekend. Old vulnerability The suspected vulnerability, which is listed as CVE-2021-21974 was patched by VMware almost two years ago.

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Why is Aadhaar Masking important?

Security Boulevard

The masked Aadhaar is a variant form of Aadhaar that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) developed after taking into account the issue of data privacy for individuals. Read through to know more about what it is. What is a Masked Aadhaar? You can hide your Aadhaar number in your downloaded e-Aadhaar by selecting […] The post Why is Aadhaar Masking important?

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

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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Comprehensive Backup Comparison Checklist for SMBs 2023

Spinone

This article provides a detailed backup comparison checklist to help SMBs choose a backup tool that will meet their needs. Why are cloud SaaS backups essential? The business continuity of present-day SMBs is extremely dependent on cloud data security now that a significant portion of it is housed in SaaS environments. Today, some businesses run […] The post Comprehensive Backup Comparison Checklist for SMBs 2023 first appeared on SpinOne.

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USENIX Security ’22 – Huiying Li, Shawn Shan, Emily Wenger, Jiayun Zhang, Haitao Zheng, Ben Y. Zhao – ‘Blacklight: Scalable Defense for Neural Networks against Query-Based Black-Box Attacks’

Security Boulevard

Our thanks to USENIX for publishing their Presenter’s outstanding USENIX Security ’22 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post USENIX Security ’22 – Huiying Li, Shawn Shan, Emily Wenger, Jiayun Zhang, Haitao Zheng, Ben Y. Zhao – ‘Blacklight: Scalable Defense for Neural Networks against Query-Based Black-Box Attacks’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 405 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. CISA adds Oracle, SugarCRM bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog GoAnywhere MFT zero-day flaw actively exploited CERT-FR warns of a new wave of ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Florida,

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Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France

Security Boulevard

Julius "Zeekill" Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France. A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

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.

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What Are the Security Concerns for Businesses Using ChatGPT?

SecureWorld News

As early as 1950, visionary computer scientists like Alan Turing speculated about the possibility of machines that could interpret instructions and learn new skills like the human mind. Now, a few cheesy sci-fi movies later, functional examples of artificial intelligence are becoming an increasingly common part of our day to day lives. One of the biggest developments in mainstream artificial intelligence (AI) to happen in recent years has been the launch of ChatGPT , a language-learning model th