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Indonesia Says a Cyberattack Has Compromised Its Data Center but It Won’t Pay the $8 Million Ransom
/in General NewsIndonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government won’t pay.
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Hackers Create Rogue Admin Accounts via Backdoored WordPress Plugins
/in General NewsMultiple WordPress plugins have been found to contain a backdoor that injects malicious code. This code allows attackers to create unauthorized administrator accounts, enabling them to perform malicious actions.
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Meta’s Virtual Reality Headset Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks: Researcher
/in General NewsResearcher shows how hackers could use social engineering to deliver ransomware and other malware to Meta’s Quest 3 VR headset.
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New Attack Technique Exploits Microsoft Management Console Files
/in General NewsThreat actors are exploiting a novel attack technique in the wild that leverages specially crafted management saved console (MSC) files to gain full code execution using Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and evade security defenses.
Elastic Security Labs has codenamed the approach GrimResource after identifying an artifact (“sccm-updater.msc”) that was uploaded to the VirusTotal malware
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Several Plugins Compromised in WordPress Supply Chain Attack
/in General NewsFive WordPress plugins were injected with malicious code that creates a new administrative account.
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How adversarial AI is creating shallow trust in deepfake world
/in General NewsDeepfakes and misinformation are driving a wedge of distrust between companies and the customers they serve.Read More
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How to Cut Costs with a Browser Security Platform
/in General NewsBrowser security is becoming increasingly popular, as organizations understand the need to protect at the point of risk – the browser. Network and endpoint solutions are limited in their ability to protect from web-borne threats like phishing websites or malicious browser extensions. They also do not protect from internal data exfiltration, like employees pasting sensitive data to ChatGPT. As it
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The Mystery of AI Gunshot-Detection Accuracy Is Finally Unraveling
/in General NewsHow accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it’s been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their advertised accuracy rates.
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Car Dealerships in North America Revert to Pens and Paper After Cyberattacks on Software Provider
/in General NewsCar dealerships in North America are still wrestling with major disruptions that started last week with cyberattacks on a company whose software is used widely in the auto retail sales sector.
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‘P2PInfect’ Worm Grows Teeth With Miner, Ransomware & Rootkit
/in General NewsFor a while, the botnet spread but did essentially nothing. All the malicious payloads came well after.
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