US Government Agencies Call for Closing the Software Understanding Gap

CISA and other agencies call to action for the US government to take steps to close the software understanding gap.

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Treasury sanctions Salt Typhoon hacking group behind breaches of major US telecom firms

The US government has also sanctioned the hacker responsible for December’s US Treasury hack

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In Other News: Lawsuits and Settlements, CrowdStrike Phish, MITRE’s D3FEND 1.0 

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: several multi-million dollar settlements, CrowdStrike-themed phishing emails, and MITRE launches D3FEND 1.0.

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Malware stole internal PowerSchool passwords from engineer’s hacked computer

The theft of a PowerSchool engineer’s passwords prior to the breach raises further doubts about the company’s security practices.

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Leveraging Behavioral Insights to Counter LLM-Enabled Hacking

As LLMs broaden access to hacking and diversify attack strategies, understanding the thought processes behind these innovations will be vital for bolstering IT defenses.

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Critical Flaws in WGS-804HPT Switches Enable RCE and Network Exploitation

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security flaws in Planet Technology’s WGS-804HPT industrial switches that could be chained to achieve pre-authentication remote code execution on susceptible devices.
“These switches are widely used in building and home automation systems for a variety of networking applications,” Claroty’s Tomer Goldschmidt said in a Thursday report. “An attacker

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Python-Based Bots Exploiting PHP Servers Fuel Gambling Platform Proliferation

Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a new campaign that targets web servers running PHP-based applications to promote gambling platforms in Indonesia.
“Over the past two months, a significant volume of attacks from Python-based bots has been observed, suggesting a coordinated effort to exploit thousands of web apps,” Imperva researcher Daniel Johnston said in an analysis. “These attacks

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Why Many New AI Tools Aren’t Available In Europe – And How To Access Them

Explore how AI tools like OpenAI’s Sora face restrictions in Europe due to GDPR, with insights on bypassing…

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Google Releases Open Source Library for Software Composition Analysis

Google releases OSV-SCALIBR, an open source library for software composition analysis and file system scanning.

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US Announces Sanctions Against North Korean Fake IT Worker Network

The US Treasury has sanctioned two individuals and four entities involved in the North Korean fake IT worker scheme.

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