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MSBuild tool used to deliver RATs filelessly

Security Affairs

Hackers abuses Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) to filelessly deliver malware on targeted Windows systems, including RAT and password-stealer. Researchers from Anomali observed threat actors abusing Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) to filelessly deliver remote access trojans and RedLine Stealer password-stealing malware on targeted Windows systems. “Anomali Threat Research discovered a campaign in which threat actors used MSBuild – a tool used for building apps and gives users an XML

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How Apple’s AirTag turns us into unwitting spies in a vast surveillance network

The Guardian Data Protection

The tech giant says it has security safeguards in place. But these tracking devices can be hacked and put to other nefarious purposes Apple has launched the latest version of its operating system, iOS 14.5, which features the much-anticipated app tracking transparency function, bolstering the tech giant’s privacy credentials. But iOS 14.5 also introduced support for the new Apple AirTag , which risks doing the opposite.

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Conti ransomware demanded $20M ransom to Ireland Health Service Executive

Security Affairs

Ireland Health Service Executive (HSE) refuses to pay a $20 million ransom demand after its systems were hit by the Conti ransomware gang. Ireland’s Health Service Executive that was forced to shut down its IT systems on Friday after being targeted with a significant ransomware attack. The Health Service Executive opted to shut down its infrastructure as a precaution to avoid the threat from spreading.

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Volunteering Goes Virtual

Micro Focus

Being able to give back, pay it forward – or simply help others by volunteering – has never been more important, particularly in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many, our physical and mental health as well as the communities where we live and work, have been impacted. Taking the time to volunteer can. View Article.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Avaddon Ransomware gang hacked France-based Acer Finance and AXA Asia

Security Affairs

Avaddon ransomware gang has breached the France-based financial consultancy firm Acer Finance. Avaddon ransomware gang made the headlines again, the cybercrime gang has breached the France-based financial consultancy firm Acer Finance. Acer Finance operates as an investment management company. The Company offers risk management, mutual funds, analysis, financial planning, and advisory services.

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Two flaws could allow bypassing AMD SEV protection system

Security Affairs

The chipmaker AMD published guidance for two new attacks against its SEV ( Secure Encrypted Virtualization ) protection technology. Chipmaker AMD has issued guidance for two attacks ( CVE-2020-12967 , CVE-2021-26311 ) that allow bypassing the SEV ( Secure Encrypted Virtualization ) technology implemented to prevent rogue operating systems on virtual machines.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 314

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. CISA MAR report provides technical details of FiveHands Ransomware SQL injection issue in Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin exposes User Data TsuNAME flaw exposes DNS servers to DDoS attacks City of Tulsa, is the last US city hit by ransomware attack City of Tulsa, is the latest US city hit by ransomware attack FBI confirmed that Darkside ransomware g