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The Myth of Dark Web Anonymity & Invincibility: How Law Enforcement is Catching Up to Cybercriminals
/in General NewsDark web markets such as Silk Road and Sipulitie have relied on Tor’s anonymity features for years. Despite the robust technology, human errors frequently leave traces. These traces can range from cryptocurrency transactions and communication metadata to actual data seized from servers. Recent takedowns of these markets have exposed vulnerabilities in the dark web’s perceived anonymity.
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Critical Kubernetes Image Builder Vulnerability Exposes Nodes to Root Access Risk
/in General NewsA critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Kubernetes Image Builder that, if successfully exploited, could be abused to gain root access under certain circumstances.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9486 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been addressed in version 0.1.38. The project maintainers acknowledged Nicolai Rybnikar for discovering and reporting the vulnerability.
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Iran’s APT34 Abuses MS Exchange to Spy on Gulf Gov’ts
/in General NewsA MOIS-aligned threat group has been using Microsoft Exchange servers to exfiltrate sensitive data from Gulf-state government agencies.
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Nvidia just dropped a new AI model that crushes OpenAI’s GPT-4—no big launch, just big results
/in General NewsNvidia quietly launched a groundbreaking AI model that surpasses OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5, signaling a major shift in the competitive landscape of artificial intelligence.Read More
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Anthropic flags AI’s potential to ‘automate sophisticated destructive cyber attacks’
/in General NewsThe maker of Claude LLMs revises its safety guidelines to manage escalating risks.
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Hacker allegedly behind attacks on FBI, Airbus, National Public Data arrested in Brazil
/in General NewsPolice did not name the suspect, but a threat actor known as USDoD has long boasted of being behind the attacks that were highlighted by Brazilian law enforcement following the arrest.
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Brazil arrests USDoD hacker tied to FBI, National Public Data breaches
/in General NewsBrazilian police have arrested the hacker known as USDoD, responsible for high-profile breaches including the FBI’s InfraGard and…
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71% of Hackers Believe AI Technologies Increase the Value of Hacking
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Port Raises $35M for its End-to-End Internal Developer Portal
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Chinese Researchers Tap Quantum to Break Encryption
/in General NewsBut the time when quantum computers pose a tangible threat to modern encryption is likely still several years away.
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