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MGM Resorts attackers hit personal data jackpot, but house lost $100M

Racecars and cyber insurance will balance its books in no time, though

MGM Resorts has admitted that the cyberattack it suffered in September will likely cost the company at least $100 million.…

  • October 6th 2023 at 15:30

CDW data to be leaked next week after negotiations with LockBit break down

Ransomware spokesperson scoffs at IT reseller's offer of payment

CDW, one of the largest resellers on the planet, will have its data leaked by LockBit after negotiations over the ransom fee broke down, a spokesperson for the cybercrime gang says.…

  • October 6th 2023 at 13:21

How to stop ransomware thieves WORMing their way into your data

Stay immutable in the face of cyber crime adversity, says Object First

Sponsored Feature Most of us dislike cyber criminals, but not many of us dislike them quite as much as Anthony Cusimano.…

  • October 6th 2023 at 12:41

Google promises Germany to creep on users less after market power probe

Regulation complements EU's Digital Markets Act to cover more services

Google has committed to being a little less creepy with user data in response to proceedings from the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt).…

  • October 6th 2023 at 11:56

GoldDigger Android trojan targets Vietnamese banking apps, code contains hints of wider targets

More malware scum using acessibility features to steal personal info

Singapore-based infosec outfit Group-IB on Thursday released details of a new Android trojan that exploits the operating system's accessibility features to steal info that enables theft of personal information.…

  • October 6th 2023 at 01:06

Cisco warns of critical flaw in Emergency Responder code

Hard-coded credentials strike again

Cisco has issued a security advisory about a vulnerability in its Emergency Responder software that would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to log in to an affected device using the root account.…

  • October 5th 2023 at 19:45

Another security update, Apple? You're really keeping up with your tech rivals

Zero day? More like every day, amirite?

Apple has demonstrated that it can more than hold its own among the tech giants, at least in terms of finding itself on the wrong end of zero-day vulnerabilities.…

  • October 5th 2023 at 18:16

Lorenz ransomware crew bungles blackmail blueprint by leaking two years of contacts

Data leakers become data leakees

The Lorenz ransomware group leaked the details of every person who contacted it via its online contact form over the course of the last two years.…

  • October 5th 2023 at 10:00

South Korea accuses North of Phish and Ships attack

Kim Jong-un looks at industry's progress with green eyes, says South Korea's spy agency

South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) has warned North Korea is attacking its shipbuilding sector.…

  • October 5th 2023 at 05:29

IT networks under attack via critical Confluence zero-day. Patch now

'Handful' of customers hit so far, public-facing instances at risk

Atlassian today said miscreants have exploited a critical bug in on-premises instances of Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center to create and abuse admin accounts within the enterprise colab software.  …

  • October 4th 2023 at 22:19

Make-me-root 'Looney Tunables' security hole on Linux needs your attention

What's up, Doc? Try elevated permissions

Grab security updates for your Linux distributions: there's a security hole that can be fairly easily exploited by rogue users, intruders, and malicious software to gain root access and take over the box.…

  • October 4th 2023 at 21:27

'Gay furry hackers' brag of second NATO break-in, steal and leak more data

'No impact on missions,' military powerhouse insists

NATO is "actively addressing" multiple IT security incidents after a hacktivist group claimed it once again breached some of the military alliance's websites, this time stealing what's claimed to be more than 3,000 files and 9GB of data.…

  • October 4th 2023 at 20:22

Red Cross lays down hacktivism law as Ukraine war rages on

Rules apply to cyber vigilantes and their home nations, but experts cast doubt over potential benefits

New guidelines have been codified to govern the rules of engagement concerning hacktivists involved in ongoing cyber warfare.…

  • October 4th 2023 at 19:03

CISA barred from coordinating with social media sites to police misinformation

The 5th Circuit's re-ruling adds CISA to a list of alleged first-amendment violators. Next stop: Supreme Court

The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has modified a ruling from last month to add the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to a list of US government entities prohibited from working with social media outfits to curtail the spread of misinformation. …

  • October 4th 2023 at 18:15

Trio of TorchServe flaws means PyTorch users need an urgent upgrade

Meta, the project's maintainer, shrugs: We fixed it, let's move on

A trio of now-patched security issues in TorchServe, an open-source tool for scaling PyTorch machine-learning models in production, could lead to server takeover and remote code execution (RCE), according to security researchers.…

  • October 4th 2023 at 01:28

US v Sam Bankman-Fried trial begins ... as imploded crypto-biz boss sues his insurer

After people's funds go up in smoke, ex-CEO seeks cash to foot legal bills

The first of two US government prosecutions of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried commenced in New York on Monday, only a day after the cryptocurrency tycoon sued his own insurance company for failing to cover his legal costs.…

  • October 3rd 2023 at 23:47

CISA adds latest Chrome zero-day to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Chrome’s second zero-day of the month puts fed security at 'significant risk'

The US's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the latest actively exploited zero-day vulnerability affecting Google Chrome to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog.…

  • October 3rd 2023 at 12:00

Co-founder of collapsed crypto biz Three Arrows cuffed at airport

Plus: Philippine state health insurance knocked offline by ransomware, China relaxes data export laws, and more

Asia in brief Zhu Su, co-founder of fallen crypto business Three Arrows Capital (3AC), was arrested last Friday at Changi Airport in Singapore as he attempted to leave the country.…

  • October 3rd 2023 at 01:30

Security researchers believe mass exploitation attempts against WS_FTP have begun

Early signs emerge after Progress Software said there were no active attempts last week

Updated Security researchers have spotted what they believe to be a "possible mass exploitation" of vulnerabilities in Progress Software's WS_FTP Server.…

  • October 2nd 2023 at 13:45

AWS stirs the MadPot – busting bot baddies and eastern espionage

Security exec Mark Ryland spills the tea on hush-hush threat intel tool

Interview AWS has unveiled MadPot, its previously secret threat-intelligence tool that one of the cloud giant's security execs tells us has thwarted Chinese and Russian spies – and millions of bots.…

  • October 2nd 2023 at 10:45

Yes, Singapore immigration plans to scan your face instead of your passport

No, that does not mean you can leave it at home just yet

Last week the internet was abuzz with talk that Singapore's commercial Changi airport was no longer going to require passports for clearance at immigration. Although it is true the paper documentation will be replaced by biometric measures, it's not quite time to pack the document away.…

  • October 2nd 2023 at 01:00

Now MOVEit maker Progress patches holes in WS_FTP

Plus: Johnson Controls hit by IT 'incident', Exim and Chrome security updates, and more

Infosec in brief Progress Software, maker of the mass-exploited MOVEit document transfer tool, is back in the news with more must-apply security patches, this time for another file-handling product: WS_FTP.…

  • October 1st 2023 at 21:51

Microsoft Bing Chat pushes malware via bad ads

From AI to just plain aaaiiiee!

Microsoft introduced its Bing Chat AI search assistant in February and a month later began serving ads alongside it to help cover costs.…

  • September 29th 2023 at 20:54

PhD student guilty of 3D-printing 'kamikaze' drone for Islamic State terrorists

'Research purposes' excuse didn't fly

A PhD student has been found guilty of building a potentially deadly drone for Islamic State terrorists, in part using his home 3D printer.…

  • September 29th 2023 at 19:31

Norway wants Facebook behavioral advertising banned across Europe

But Meta was just about to start asking people for their permission!

Norway has told the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) it believes a countrywide ban on Meta harvesting user data to serve up advertising on Facebook and Instagram should be made permanent and extended across Europe.…

  • September 29th 2023 at 13:45

Chinese snoops stole 60K State Department emails in that Microsoft email heist

No classified systems involved apparently, but internal diplomatic notes, travel details, staff SSNs, etc

Chinese snoops stole about 60,000 State Department emails when they broke into Microsoft-hosted Outlook and Exchange Online accounts belonging to US government officials over the summer.…

  • September 28th 2023 at 23:13

Feds' privacy panel backs renewing Feds' S. 702 spying powers β€”Β but with limits

FBI agents ought to get spy court approval before reviewing US persons' chats, board reckons

A privacy panel within the US government today narrowly recommended that Congress reauthorize the Feds' Section 702 spying powers β€” but with some stronger protections for US citizens only.…

  • September 28th 2023 at 21:15

DARPA takes its long-duration Manta undersea drone for a test-dip

Autonomous sub should recharge and resupply in perfect stealth, hopefully

DARPA's extended-duration unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) is having its first aquatic excursion to test if this naval drone has wings, er, fins.…

  • September 28th 2023 at 18:36

After failing at privacy, again, Google is working to keep Bard chats out of Search

The URLs needed to share chat histories have been indexed. Of course

Google's Bard chatbot is currently being re-educated to better understand privacy.…

  • September 28th 2023 at 07:32

China's national security minister rates fake news among most pressing cyber threats

He's also worried about alliances that freeze out Chinese tech

Chinese minister for national security Chen Yixin has penned an article rating the digital risks his country faces and rated network security incidents as the most realistic source of harm to the Chinternet – both in terms of attacks and the dissemination of fake news.…

  • September 28th 2023 at 03:58

NYC rights groups say no to grocery store spycams and snooping landlords

Letter to City Council supports measures to ban biometric tech from public spaces

"New Yorkers should not be forced to accept biometric surveillance as part of simple activities like buying groceries or taking their kids to a baseball game," more than 30 civil and digital rights organizations said yesterday in a letter backing new privacy laws in the city.…

  • September 27th 2023 at 16:30

ROBOT crypto attack on RSA is back as Marvin arrives

More precise timing tests find many implementations vulnerable

An engineer has identified longstanding undetected flaws in a 25-year-old method for encrypting data using RSA public-key cryptography.…

  • September 26th 2023 at 17:00

MOVEit breach delivers bundle of 3.4 million baby records

Progress Software vulnerability ID'd in enormous burglary at Ontario's BORN

Canada's Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) fears a MOVEit breach allowed cybercriminals to copy 3.4 million people's childcare health records dating back more than a decade.…

  • September 26th 2023 at 14:30

Ukraine accuses Russian spies of hunting for war-crime info on its servers

Russian have shifted tactics in the first half of 2023, with mixed results

The Ukrainian State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) has claimed that Russian cyberspies are targeting its servers looking for data about alleged Kremlin-backed war crimes.…

  • September 26th 2023 at 08:00

Mixin suspends deposits and withdrawals after $200m cryptocurrency heist

Cloud provider blamed for loss of 20% of exchange's capital

Mixin Network confirmd on Monday that it has "temporarily suspended" all deposit and withdrawal services after hackers broke into a database and stole about $200 million in funds from the Hong-Kong based cryptocurrency firm. …

  • September 25th 2023 at 18:34

T-Mobile US exposes some customer data – but don't call it a breach

PLUS: Trojan hidden in PoC; cyber insurance surge; pig butchering's new cuts; and the week's critical vulns

Infosec in brief T-Mobile US has had another bad week on the infosec front – this time stemming from a system glitch that exposed customer account data, followed by allegations of another breach the carrier denied.…

  • September 25th 2023 at 02:31

Apple squashes security bugs after iPhone flaws exploited by Predator spyware

Holes in iOS, macOS and more fixed following tip off from Google, Citizen Lab

Apple emitted patches this week to close security holes that have been exploited in the wild by commercial spyware.…

  • September 22nd 2023 at 19:58

ESA gets the job of building Europe's secure satcomms network

IRIS2 oversight deal signed as constellation’s schedule slips, and Ariane 6 hits another snag

The European Space Agency has signed up to build and launch the European Union's Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite constellation.…

  • September 22nd 2023 at 05:31

US govt IT help desk techie 'leaked top secrets' to foreign nation

National defense files can earn you $55K … and espionage charges

A US government worker has been arrested and charged with spying for Ethiopia, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.…

  • September 21st 2023 at 22:10

TransUnion reckons big dump of stolen customer data came from someone else

Prolific info-thief strikes again

Updated Days after a miscreant boasted leaking a 3GB-plus database from TransUnion containing financial information on 58,505 people, the credit-checking agency has claimed the info was actually swiped from a third party.…

  • September 21st 2023 at 18:58

Cisco spends $28B on data cruncher Splunk in cybersecurity push

$157/share cash deal is the largest acquisition in networking titan's history

Cisco is making its most expensive acquisition ever – by far - with an announcement it's buying data crunching software firm Splunk for $157 per share, or approximately $28 billion (Β£22.8b).…

  • September 21st 2023 at 14:55

Menacing marketeers fined by ICO for 1.9M cold calls

Five businesses facing half a million in collective penalties for illegally phoning folk registered with TPS

The UK data watchdog has penalized five businesses it says collectively made 1.9 million cold calls to members of the public, illegally, as those people had opted out of being menaced at home by marketeers.…

  • September 21st 2023 at 10:17

India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots

Global tech companies' Bharat offices attract the wrong sort of interest

India is grappling with a three-and-a-half year surge in cyber crime, with analysis suggesting cities like Bengaluru and Gurugram – centers of India's tech development – are hubs of this activity.…

  • September 21st 2023 at 06:57

Data breach reveals distressing info: People who order pineapple on pizza

Pizza Hut Australia says 190,000 customers' info – including order history – has been accessed

Pizza Hut's Australian outpost has suffered a data breach.…

  • September 21st 2023 at 06:27

Feds raise alarm over Snatch ransomware as extortion crew brags of Veterans Affairs hit

Invasion of the data snatchers

The Snatch ransomware crew has listed on its dark-web site the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs as one of its latest victims – as the Feds warn organizations to be on the lookout for indicators of compromise linked to the extortionist gang.…

  • September 20th 2023 at 22:32

Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers

X3DH readied for retirement as PQXDH is rolled out

Signal has adopted a new key agreement protocol in an effort to keep encrypted Signal chat messages protected from any future quantum computers.…

  • September 20th 2023 at 20:28

International Criminal Court hit in cyber-attack amid Russia war crimes probe

Right as judges issued warrants against Putin

The International Criminal Court said crooks breached its IT systems last week, and that attack isn't over yet, with the ICC saying the "cybersecurity incident" is still ongoing.…

  • September 20th 2023 at 19:46

Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first

Beijing accuses US of breaking into Huawei servers in 2009

The ongoing face-off between Washington and Beijing over technology and security issues has taken a new twist, with China accusing the US of hacking into the servers of Huawei in 2009 and conducting other cyber-attacks to steal critical data.…

  • September 20th 2023 at 17:06

Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers

Part of network of crims who used 'trickery and threats' to target elderly

Two Indian nationals have each received 41-month prison sentences in the United States for their involvement in a $1.2 million robocall scam targeting the elderly, according to New Jersey prosecutors on Tuesday.…

  • September 20th 2023 at 13:29

Sysadmin and spouse admit to part in 'massive' pirated Avaya licenses scam

Could spend 20 years in prison after selling $88M in ADI software keys

A sysadmin and his partner pleaded guilty this week to being part of a "massive" international ring that sold software licenses worth $88 million for "significantly below the wholesale price."…

  • September 20th 2023 at 12:17

Broaden your cyber security knowhow at CyberThreat 2023

November’s two day conference sees experts from the cyber security community share their insight and knowledge

Sponsored Post Cyber security remains a top three priority for most, if not all, organisations. The risks associated with failure to implement adequate defences were once again highlighted by the ransomware incident which impacted several hospital computer systems across the US last month.…

  • September 20th 2023 at 09:23

Singapore may split liability for phishing losses between banks and victims

Won't someone please think of the banks?

Singapore officials announced on Monday that next month they will deliver a consultation paper detailing a split liability scheme that will mean both consumers and banks are on the hook for financial losses flowing from scams.…

  • September 20th 2023 at 05:45

Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam

Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs

Cavium, a maker of semiconductors acquired in 2018 by Marvell, was allegedly identified in documents leaked in 2013 by Edward Snowden as a vendor of semiconductors backdoored for US intelligence. Marvell denies it or Cavium placed backdoors in products at the behest of the US government.…

  • September 19th 2023 at 20:55

Russian allegedly smuggled US weapons electronics to Moscow

Feds claim sniper scope displays sold in sanctions-busting move

A Russian national helped smuggle, via shell companies in Hong Kong, more than $1.6 million in microelectronics to Moscow potentially to support its war against Ukraine, it is claimed.…

  • September 19th 2023 at 19:55

The Clorox Company admits cyberattack causing 'widescale disruption'

Back to 'manual' order processing for $7B household cleaning biz, financial impact will be 'material'

The Clorox Company, makers of bleach and other household cleaning products, doesn't expect operations to return to normal until near month end as it combs over "widescale disruption to operations" caused by cyber baddies.…

  • September 19th 2023 at 12:15

Australia to build six 'cyber shields' to defend its shores

Local corporate regulator warns boards that cyber is totally a directorial duty

Australia will build "six cyber shields around our nation" declared home affairs minister Clare O'Neill yesterday, as part of a national cyber security strategy.…

  • September 19th 2023 at 03:44

Thousands of Juniper Junos firewalls still open to hijacks, exploit code available to all

Unauthenticated and remote code execution possible without dropping a file on disk

About 79 percent of public-facing Juniper SRX firewalls remain vulnerable to a single security flaw can allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code on the devices, according to threat intelligence platform provider VulnCheck.…

  • September 18th 2023 at 22:30

Former CIO accuses Penn State of faking cybersecurity compliance

Now-NASA boffin not impressed

Last October, Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) was sued by a former chief information officer for allegedly falsifying government security compliance reports.…

  • September 18th 2023 at 20:15

Microsoft worker accidentally exposes 38TB of sensitive data in GitHub blunder

Included secrets, private keys, passwords, 30,000+ internal Teams messages

A Microsoft employee accidentally exposed 38 terabytes of private data while publishing a bucket of open-source AI training data on GitHub, according to Wiz security researchers who spotted the leaky account and reported it to the Windows giant.…

  • September 18th 2023 at 18:03

California passes bill to set up one-stop data deletion shop

Also, LockBit gets a new second stringer, AirTag owners find yet another illicit use, and this week's critical vulns

Infosec in brief Californians may be on their way to the nation's first "do not broker" list with the passage of a bill that would create a one-stop service for residents of the Golden State who want to opt out of being tracked by data brokers. …

  • September 18th 2023 at 12:45
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