Dark Reading News Desk Live From Black Hat USA 2024
The Dark Reading team once again welcomes the world’s top cybersecurity experts to the Dark Reading News Desk live from Black Hat USA 2024. Tune into the livestream.
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The Prevalence of DarkComet in Dynamic DNS
A recent analysis using HYAS Insight threat intelligence revealed a trend in dynamic DNS registrations originating from Turkey in 2024, with DarkComet malware representing over 50% of the malicious domains identified.
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CrowdStrike Reveals Root Cause of Global System Outages
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has published its root cause analysis detailing the Falcon Sensor software update crash that crippled millions of Windows devices globally.
The “Channel File 291” incident, as originally highlighted in its Preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR), has been traced back to a content validation issue that arose after it introduced a new Template Type to enable
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Replacement for Action Fraud, UK’s Cybercrime Reporting Service, Delayed Again Until 2025
The new service, known as the Fraud and Cyber Crime Reporting and Analysis System (FCCRAS), will enhance the reporting process by allowing users to upload additional information like metadata, screenshots, and images.
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Florida Firm Sued Over Theft of 2.9B Personal Records
A class-action lawsuit is brewing over the cyber-heist of 2.9 billion personal records that were stolen from a Florida data broker, Jerico Pictures, doing business as National Public Data, and sold on the dark web.
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CISA Adds Microsoft COM for Windows Bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-0824, arises from the deserialization of untrusted data. Microsoft warns that this flaw could lead to remote code execution if exploited by a specially crafted file or script.
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Police Recover Over $40m Headed to BEC Scammers
A Singaporean commodity firm has had a narrow escape after police managed to intervene to recover nearly all of the $42.3m lost to fraudsters in a business email compromise (BEC) scam.
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Ransomware Attack Cost LoanDepot $27 Million
LoanDepot reported expenses totaling nearly $27 million related to the ransomware attack that came to light in January 2024.
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Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Serious Vulnerabilities
A Chrome 127 update patches five vulnerabilities, and Firefox 129 addresses over a dozen security holes.
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Chameleon Android Banking Trojan Targets Users Through Fake CRM App
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a new technique adopted by threat actors behind the Chameleon Android banking trojan targeting users in Canada by masquerading as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) app.
“Chameleon was seen masquerading as a CRM app, targeting a Canadian restaurant chain operating internationally,” Dutch security outfit ThreatFabric said in a technical
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