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Election security threats in 2024 range from AI to … anthrax?
In time for the long Presidents' Day weekend in the US there have been multiple warnings about what will undoubtedly be a challenging and potentially dangerous year for voting processes and government workers.…
How to weaponize LLMs to auto-hijack websites
AI models, the subject of ongoing safety concerns about harmful and biased output, pose a risk beyond content emission. When wedded with tools that enable automated interaction with other systems, they can act on their own as malicious agents.…
Google open sources file-identifying Magika AI for malware hunters and others
Google has open sourced Magika, an in-house machine-learning-powered file identifier, as part of its AI Cyber Defense Initiative, which aims to give IT network defenders and others better automated tools.…
Zeus, IcedID malware kingpin faces 40 years in slammer
A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI's Cyber Most Wanted List.…
Cutting kids off from the dark web – the solution can only ever be social
The murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey has kickstarted a debate around limiting children's access to the dark web in the UK, with experts highlighting the difficulty in achieving this.…
Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste
Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay almost $5 million to settle allegations it illegally dumped protected health information – and hazardous waste – at its facilities across California.…
Feds dismantle Russian GRU botnet built on 1,000-plus home, small biz routers
The US government today said it disrupted a botnet that Russia's GRU military intelligence unit used for phishing expeditions, spying, credential harvesting, and data theft against American and foreign governments and other strategic targets.…
Pentagon launches nuke-spotting satellites amid Russian space bomb rumors
Last night's launch of six Pentagon missile-detection satellites was well timed as fears mount that Russia is considering putting nuclear weapons into space.…
Mitigating AI security risks
Webinar It has become possible to swiftly and inexpensively train, validate and deploy AI models and applications, yet while we embrace innovation, are we aware of the security risks?…
Zoom stomps critical privilege escalation bug plus 6 other flaws
Video conferencing giant Zoom today opened up about a fresh batch of security vulnerabilities affecting its products, including a critical privilege escalation flaw.…
Cybercriminals are stealing Face ID scans to break into mobile banking accounts
Cybercriminals are targeting iOS users with malware that steals Face ID scans to break into and pilfer money from bank accounts – thought to be a world first.…
Miscreants turn to ad tech to measure malware metrics
Cyber baddies have turned to ad networks to measure malware deployment and to avoid detection, according to HP Wolf Security.…
European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that laws requiring crippled encryption and extensive data retention violate the European Convention on Human Rights – a decision that may derail European data surveillance legislation known as Chat Control.…
North Korea running malware-laden gambling websites as-a-service
North Korea's latest money-making venture is the production and sale of gambling websites that come pre-infected with malware, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS).…
OpenAI shuts down China, Russia, Iran, N Korea accounts caught doing naughty things
OpenAI has shut down five accounts it asserts were used by government agents to generate phishing emails and malicious software scripts as well as research ways to evade malware detection.…
China's Volt Typhoon spies broke into emergency network of 'large' US city
The Chinese government's Volt Typhoon spy team has apparently already compromised a large US city's emergency services network and has been spotted snooping around America's telecommunications' providers as well.…
US Air Force's new cyber, IT skill recruitment plan: Bring back warrant officer ranks
Skilled IT professionals considering a career change have a new option, as the US Air Force is reintroducing warrant officer ranks exclusively "within the cyber and information technology professions." …
Prudential Financial finds cybercrims lurking inside its IT systems
Prudential Financial, the second largest life insurance company in the US and eight largest worldwide, is dealing with a digital break-in that exposed some internal company and customer records to a criminal group.…
Romanian hospital ransomware crisis attributed to third-party breach
The Romanian national cybersecurity agency (DNSC) has pinned the outbreak of ransomware cases across the country's hospitals to an incident at a service provider.…
Southern Water cyberattack expected to hit hundreds of thousands of customers
UK utilities giant Southern Water admits between 5 and 10 percent of its customers have had their data stolen during a January cyberattack.…