In Other News: Palo Alto Loses Patent Lawsuit, Identity Firms Get Funding, Government Hackers

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Palo Alto Networks ordered to pay $150 million in patent lawsuit, identity solutions firms get big funding, government hacker techniques. 

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Iran-Linked Hackers Claim Attack on Albania’s Institute of Statistics

The hackers claimed to have accessed over 100 terabytes of Albania’s geographic information system and population data, although the institute denied that recent census data was compromised.

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South African Railways Lost Over $1M in Phishing Scam

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) reported a loss of 30.6 million rand due to a phishing scam, with only half of the stolen money recovered. Insider threats, such as ghost email accounts, are suspected.

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Fake Voicemail as Credential Harvesting Lure

The attackers disguise the email to appear as if it’s from a legitimate brand, using social engineering techniques to lure recipients into clicking on what seems to be an embedded voicemail but is actually a credential harvesting page.

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Myanmar Hands Over Mob Bosses in Cyber-Fraud Bust

Heads of top crime syndicates extradited to China are implicated in pig-butchering “fraud dens,” but four individuals on China’s most-wanted list still remain at large.

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Taylor Swift is not the first victim of AI: Decoding the deepfake dilemma

As governments continue to do their part to prevent and combat deepfake content, one thing’s pretty clear: what we’re seeing now is soon going to grow multifold – because the development of AI is not going to slow down.Read More

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AnyDesk Hacked: Popular Remote Desktop Software Mandates Password Reset

Remote desktop software maker AnyDesk disclosed on Friday that it suffered a cyber attack that led to a compromise of its production systems.
The German company said the incident, which it discovered following a security audit, is not a ransomware attack and that it has notified relevant authorities.
“We have revoked all security-related certificates and systems have been remediated or replaced

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Forget Deepfakes or Phishing: Prompt Injection is GenAI’s Biggest Problem

With prompt injection, AI puts new spin on an old security problem

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CISO Corner: Gen Z Challenges, CISO Liability & Cathay Pacific Case Study

Dark Reading’s roundup of strategic cyber-operations insights for chief information security officers.

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Botnet Attack Targeted Routers: A Wake-Up Call for Securing Remote Employees’ Hardware

The FBI spotted this state-sponsored attack that highlights how home office setups can be overlooked when it comes to employees’ cybersecurity.

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