The group has been operating since at least 2017, initially breaching systems belonging to the Kurdistan Regional Government and have expanded their reach to the Central Government of Iraq as well as a telecommunications provider in Uzbekistan.
The Record from Recorded Future News – Read More
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged several popular Google Chrome extensions that have been found to transmit data in HTTP and hard-code secrets in their code, exposing users to privacy and security risks.
“Several widely used extensions […] unintentionally transmit sensitive data over simple HTTP,” Yuanjing Guo, a security researcher in the Symantec’s Security Technology and Response
The Hacker News – Read More
The goal is to steal large amounts of confidential data in an attempt to extort the victims. Here’s how it works.
Latest stories for ZDNET in Security – Read More
ConnectWise issued a patch to stave off attacks on ScreenConnect customers, but the company’s disclosures don’t explain what the vulnerability is and when it was first exploited.
darkreading – Read More
Cybersecurity experts warn of widespread data exposure as a recent investigation reveals a staggering number of internet cookies…
Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto – Read More
The suspect, a native of the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, had been conducting cyberattacks since at least 2018, police said.
The Record from Recorded Future News – Read More
Anthropic says that it has released a new set of AI models tailored for U.S. national security customers. The new models, a custom set of “Claude Gov” models, were “built based on direct feedback from our government customers to address real-world operational needs,” writes Anthropic in a blog post. Compared to Anthropic’s consumer- and enterprise-focused […]
Security News | TechCrunch – Read More
A threat actor has been creating backdoored open source malware repositories to target novice cybercriminals and game cheaters.
The post Backdoored Open Source Malware Repositories Target Novice Cybercriminals appeared first on SecurityWeek.
SecurityWeek – Read More
The US can’t afford to wait for political consensus to catch up to technological change.
darkreading – Read More
Officials from His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, the U.K.’s tax authority, said criminals took over accounts to pilfer £47 million ($63 million) last year.
The Record from Recorded Future News – Read More