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China-Linked Cyber Threat Group Hacks US Treasury Department
/in General NewsThreat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks reported throughout the year.
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Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel in Vegas leaves 1 dead, 7 injured
/in General NewsA Tesla Cybertruck that exploded and burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas has left one person dead and seven people injured, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a 37-year-old man who was an active duty U.S. Army Green Beret from Colorado Springs, […]
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Fake 7-Zip Exploit Code Traced to AI-Generated Misinterpretation
/in General NewsA recent claim that a critical zero-day vulnerability existed in the popular open-source file archiver 7-Zip has been met with skepticism from the software’s creator and other security researchers.
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Volkswagen Breach Exposes Data of 800K EV Customers
/in General NewsEthical hacking group Chaos Computer Club uncovered exposed data of electrical vehicle owners across the company’s VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda brands.
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US Arrests Army Soldier Over AT&T, Verizon Hacking
/in General NewsUS soldier Cameron John Wagenius was arrested and charged over his suspected connection to presidential phone records leaks.
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‘Bad Likert Judge’ Jailbreak Bypasses Guardrails of OpenAI, Other Top LLMs
/in General NewsA novel technique to stump artificial intelligence (AI) text-based systems increases the likelihood of a successful cyberattack by 60%.
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Severe Security Flaws Patched in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API
/in General NewsDetails have emerged about three now-patched security vulnerabilities in Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API that could result in data exposure.
The flaws, discovered by Melbourne-based cybersecurity company Stratus Security, have been addressed as of May 2024. Two of the three shortcomings reside in Power Platform’s OData Web API Filter, while the third vulnerability is rooted in the FetchXML
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Cross-Domain Attacks: A Growing Threat to Modern Security and How to Combat Them
/in General NewsIn the past year, cross-domain attacks have gained prominence as an emerging tactic among adversaries. These operations exploit weak points across multiple domains – including endpoints, identity systems and cloud environments – so the adversary can infiltrate organizations, move laterally and evade detection. eCrime groups like SCATTERED SPIDER and North Korea-nexus adversaries such as FAMOUS
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Chinese government hackers reportedly targeted US Treasury’s sanctions office during December cyberattack
/in General NewsChinese government hackers targeted the U.S. Treasury’s highly sensitive sanctions office during a December cyberattack, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, the state-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a government department that imposes economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals, to potentially access information on Chinese organizations that […]
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Three Russian-German Nationals Charged with Espionage for Russian Secret Service
/in General NewsGerman prosecutors have charged three Russian-German nationals for acting as secret service agents for Russia.
The individuals, named Dieter S., Alexander J., and Alex D., have been accused of working for a foreign secret service. Dieter S. is also alleged to have participated in sabotage operations as well as taking pictures of military installations with an aim to endanger national security.
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