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Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war
/in General NewsOf the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which top U.S. officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.” In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials said Chinese government-backed hackers have been burrowing deep into the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure, including water, energy […]
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OilRig Exploits Windows Kernel Flaw in Espionage Campaign Targeting UAE and Gulf
/in General NewsThe Iranian threat actor known as OilRig has been observed exploiting a now-patched privilege escalation flaw impacting the Windows Kernel as part of a cyber espionage campaign targeting the U.A.E. and the broader Gulf region.
“The group utilizes sophisticated tactics that include deploying a backdoor that leverages Microsoft Exchange servers for credentials theft, and exploiting vulnerabilities
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‘Chat control’: The EU’s controversial CSAM-scanning legal proposal explained
/in General NewsThe European Union has a longstanding reputation for strong privacy laws. But a legislative plan to combat child abuse — which the bloc formally presented back in May 2022 — is threatening to downgrade the privacy and security of hundreds of millions of regional messaging app users. The European Commission, the EU legislative body that […]
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The FBI Made a Crypto Coin Just to Catch Fraudsters
/in General NewsPlus: New details emerge in the National Public Data breach, Discord gets blocked in Russia and Turkey over alleged illegal activity on the platform, and more.
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A Mysterious Hacking Group Has 2 New Tools to Steal Data From Air-Gapped Machines
/in General NewsIt’s hard enough creating one air-gap-jumping tool. Researchers say the group GoldenJackal did it twice in five years.
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Pig Butchering Scams Are Going High Tech
/in General NewsScammers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to AI, deepfakes, and dangerous malware in a way that makes their pig butchering operations even more convincing.
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FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation
/in General NewsThe U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced arrests and charges against several individuals and entities in connection with allegedly manipulating digital asset markets as part of a widespread fraud operation.
The law enforcement action – codenamed Operation Token Mirrors – is the result of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) taking the “unprecedented step” of creating its own
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AI Hype Drives Demand For ML SecOps Skills
/in General NewsCompanies are putting “AI” in just about all of their products, which opens up new security holes. LLM SecOps and ML SecOps are becoming must-have skills.
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SOC Teams: Threat Detection Tools Are Stifling Us
/in General NewsThreat detection tools yield too many false positives, security pros say, leading to burnout and resentment.
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Certificate Authority Market Size to Surpass $485M by 2033
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