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JetBrains keeps mum on 26 'security problems' fixed after Rapid7 spat
JetBrains TeamCity users are urged to apply the latest version upgrade this week after the vendor disclosed 26 new security issues in the CI/CD web application.…
FTX crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison
Fallen crypto-king Sam Bankman-Fried has been jailed for 25 years after New York federal judge Lewis Kaplan expressed disbelief at almost every argument from his legal team.…
Nvidia's newborn ChatRTX bot patched for security bugs
Nvidia's AI-powered ChatRTX app launched just six week ago but already has received patches for two security vulnerabilities that enabled attack vectors, including privilege escalation and remote code execution.…
US critical infrastructure cyberattack reporting rules inch closer to reality
America's long-awaited cyber attack reporting rules for critical infrastructure operators are inching closer to implementation, after the Feds posted a notice of proposed rulemaking for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA).…
Canonical cracks down on crypto cons following Snap Store scam spree
After multiple waves of cryptocurrency credential-stealing apps were uploaded to the Snap store, Canonical is changing its policies.…
INC Ransom claims responsibility for attack on NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland says it managed to contain a ransomware group's malware to a regional branch, preventing the spread of infection across the entire institution.…
These 17,000 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers are a ticking time bomb
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BIS) has issued an urgent alert about the poor state of Microsoft Exchange Server patching in the country.…
AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware
In-depth Several big businesses have published source code that incorporates a software package previously hallucinated by generative AI.…
Execs in Japan busted for winning dev bids then outsourcing to North Koreans
Two executives were issued arrest warrants in Japan on Wednesday, reportedly for charges related to establishing a business that outsourced work to North Korean IT engineers.…
China encouraged armed offensive against Myanmar government to protest proliferation of online scams
The military junta controlling Myanmar has struggled to control all of its territory thanks in part to China backing rebel forces as a way of expressing its displeasure about cyberscam centers operating from the country.…
Apple fans flooded with phony password reset requests
Apple device owners, consider yourselves warned: A targeted multi-factor authentication bombing campaign is going around with the goal of exhausting iUsers into accidentally allowing a password reset.…
Majority of Americans now use ad blockers
More than half of Americans are using ad blocking software, and among advertising, programming, and security professionals that fraction is more like two-thirds to three-quarters.…
'Thousands' of businesses at mercy of miscreants thanks to unpatched Ray AI flaw
Thousands of companies remain vulnerable to a remote-code-execution bug in Ray, an open-source AI framework used by Amazon, OpenAI, and others, that is being abused by miscreants in the wild to steal sensitive data and illicitly mine for cryptocurrency.…
Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption
To spy on rival Snapchat and get data on how the app was being used, Meta – when it was operating as Facebook – allegedly initiated a program called Project Ghostbusters, which intercepted data traffic from mobile apps. And it used that data to harm its competitors' ad business.…
Google reveals zero-day exploits in enterprise tech surged 64% last year
Zero-day exploits targeting enterprise-specific software and appliances are now outpacing zero-day bugs overall, according to Google's threat hunting teams.…
Street newspaper appears to have Big Issue with Qilin ransomware gang
The parent company of The Big Issue, a street newspaper and social enterprise for homeless people, is wrestling with a cybersecurity incident claimed by the Qilin ransomware gang.…
The easy road to pervasive DLP
Sponsored Post The coronavirus pandemic appears to have changed the employment landscape forever, with estimates suggesting that up to a quarter of staff still spend some of their working week outside of the office compared to just 6 percent prior to 2020.…
Uncle Sam's had it up to here with 'unforgivable' SQL injection flaws
The US has clearly had enough of software vendors shipping products with "unforgivable" vulnerabilities, and is now urging them to launch formal code reviews to stamp out SQL injection flaws.…
Ransomware can mean life or death at hospitals, but DEF CON hackers have a plan
Interview As ransomware gangs target critical infrastructure – especially hospitals and other healthcare organizations – DARPA has added another government agency partner to its Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC).…
FreeBSD Foundation hands out Beacon gongs for safer software
The inaugural Beacon Awards has handed three prizes to projects working on safer software for CHERI-enabled hardware running on the CheriBSD operating system.…