A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting business operations and financial gain.
“The group under review has a toolkit that includes utilities such as Mimikatz, XenAllPasswordPro, PingCastle, Localtonet, resocks, AnyDesk, PsExec, and others,”
Moldova is facing a tide of disinformation unprecedented in complexity and aggression, the head of a new center meant to combat it tells WIRED. And platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Telegram and YouTube could do more.
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Adoption of the email authentication and policy specification remains low, and only about a tenth of DMARC-enabled domains enforce policies. Everyone is waiting for major email providers to get strict.
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A survey shows three-quarters of CISOs are drowning in threat detections put out by a sprawling stack of tools, yet still lack the basic visibility necessary to identify breaches.
The security firm is denying an assessment that its systems were compromised in Israel by pro-Palestinian cyberattackers, but acknowledged an attack on one of its partners.
This year, the majority of developers have adopted AI assistants to help with coding and improve code output, but most are also creating more vulnerabilities that take longer to remediate.
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Crypt Ghouls Targets Russian Firms with LockBit 3.0 and Babuk Ransomware Attacks
/in General NewsA nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting business operations and financial gain.
“The group under review has a toolkit that includes utilities such as Mimikatz, XenAllPasswordPro, PingCastle, Localtonet, resocks, AnyDesk, PsExec, and others,”
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/in General NewsMoldova is facing a tide of disinformation unprecedented in complexity and aggression, the head of a new center meant to combat it tells WIRED. And platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Telegram and YouTube could do more.
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/in General NewsASEAN member states now have a physical CERT facility located in Singapore to exchange threat intel and best practices.
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MacOS Safari ‘HM Surf’ Exploit Exposes Camera, Mic, Browser Data
/in General NewsMicrosoft researchers toyed with app permissions to uncover CVE-2024-44133, using it to access sensitive user data. Adware merchants may have as well.
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/in General NewsAdoption of the email authentication and policy specification remains low, and only about a tenth of DMARC-enabled domains enforce policies. Everyone is waiting for major email providers to get strict.
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/in General NewsA survey shows three-quarters of CISOs are drowning in threat detections put out by a sprawling stack of tools, yet still lack the basic visibility necessary to identify breaches.
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ESET-Branded Wiper Attack Targets Israel; Firm Denies Compromise
/in General NewsThe security firm is denying an assessment that its systems were compromised in Israel by pro-Palestinian cyberattackers, but acknowledged an attack on one of its partners.
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Vulnerabilities, AI Compete for Software Developers’ Attention
/in General NewsThis year, the majority of developers have adopted AI assistants to help with coding and improve code output, but most are also creating more vulnerabilities that take longer to remediate.
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Iranian Hackers Target Microsoft 365, Citrix Systems with MFA Push Bombing
/in General NewsIranian hackers are targeting critical infrastructure organizations with brute force tactics. This article explores their techniques, including MFA…
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Are your Venmo transactions still public? Here’s why – and how – to change that ASAP
/in General NewsYou’re probably revealing more information than you realize when you use Venmo.
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