As the US faces “the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history,” by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if it’s the last thing she does.
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Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: several multi-million dollar settlements, CrowdStrike-themed phishing emails, and MITRE launches D3FEND 1.0.
As LLMs broaden access to hacking and diversify attack strategies, understanding the thought processes behind these innovations will be vital for bolstering IT defenses.
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
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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The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
/in General NewsAs the US faces “the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history,” by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if it’s the last thing she does.
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US Government Agencies Call for Closing the Software Understanding Gap
/in General NewsCISA 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
/in General NewsThe 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
/in General NewsNoteworthy 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
/in General NewsThe 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
/in General NewsAs 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
/in General NewsCybersecurity 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
/in General NewsCybersecurity 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
/in General NewsExplore 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
/in General NewsGoogle releases OSV-SCALIBR, an open source library for software composition analysis and file system scanning.
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