Data Breach Today
JUNE 3, 2024
ShinyHunters Advertises Data Set of '30 Million Customers' for $2 Million A hacker is selling the purported data of 30 million customers of Spanish multinational bank Santander for $2 million on a criminal online forum the FBI recently attempted to shut down. Sample data posted online suggests the data set is genuine.
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 3, 2024
When Log4J came to light in 2021, Kinnaird McQuade , then a security engineer at Square , drew the assignment of testing endpoints at some 5,000 users of the popular mobile payments service. Related: The big lesson from Log4J “It took us eight hours to run the scan and I was sweating it because these were all small family businesses that depended on Square, and if any of them got popped, it would be real people that were affected,” McQuade told me.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 29, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today said they arrested the alleged operator of 911 S5 , a ten-year-old online anonymity service that was powered by what the director of the FBI called “likely the world’s largest botnet ever.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars i
Data Breach Today
MAY 30, 2024
Also: Okta Alert on Credential Stuffing; Data Breaches in Spain This week, Google AI search provided wrong answers, Internet Archive suffered DDos attack, Okta warned of credential stuffing, Canada shut down two tech firms, attackers delivered malware with Stack Overflow, Telefónica is probing breach, Iberdrola was breached and RansomHub said it hit Christie's.
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WIRED Threat Level
MAY 28, 2024
Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 30, 2024
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware.
Data Breach Today
MAY 29, 2024
US-Led Operation Disrupts 911 S5 Botnet in Global Crackdown FBI Director Christopher Wray said the U.S. led an internationally coordinated effort to disrupt and dismantle what may be one of the world's largest malicious botnet services, which had accrued 19 million IP addresses by the time it was taken down and its primary administrator was arrested in May.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 29, 2024
The capacity to withstand network breaches, and minimize damage, is a key characteristic of digital resiliency. Related: Selecting a Protective DNS One smart way to do this is by keeping an eagle eye out for rogue command and control (C2) server communications. Inevitably, compromised devices will try to connect with a C2 server for instructions. And this beaconing must intersect with the Domain Name System (DNS.
Security Affairs
MAY 30, 2024
Researchers spotted a macOS version of the LightSpy surveillance framework that has been active in the wild since at least January 2024. Researchers from ThreatFabric discovered a macOS version of the LightSpy spyware that has been active in the wild since at least January 2024. ThreatFabric observed threat actors using two publicly available exploits (CVE-2018-4233, CVE-2018-4404) to deliver macOS implants.
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Schneier on Security
MAY 30, 2024
No word on how this backdoor was installed: A software maker serving more than 10,000 courtrooms throughout the world hosted an application update containing a hidden backdoor that maintained persistent communication with a malicious website, researchers reported Thursday, in the latest episode of a supply-chain attack. The software, known as the JAVS Viewer 8, is a component of the JAVS Suite 8 , an application package courtrooms use to record, play back, and manage audio and video from proceed
Krebs on Security
MAY 28, 2024
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today unveiled sanctions against three Chinese nationals for allegedly operating 911 S5 , an online anonymity service that for many years was the easiest and cheapest way to route one’s Web traffic through malware-infected computers around the globe. KrebsOnSecurity identified one of the three men in a July 2022 investigation into 911 S5, which was massively hacked and then closed ten days later.
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2024
Pyongyang Threat Actor Is After Money and Information A North Korean hacking group wants to make money for the cash-starved Pyongyang regime and conduct bread-and-butter cyberespionage, say Microsoft researchers in a profile of a group they track as "Moonstone Sleet." North Korea has a well-established history of hacking for profit.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 30, 2024
From MFA to biometrics, a lot has been done to reinforce user ID and password authentication — for human users. Related: How weak service accounts factored into SolarWinds hack By comparison, almost nothing has been done to strengthen service accounts – the user IDs and passwords set up to authenticate all the backend, machine-to-machine connections of our digital world.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2024
Dutch bank ABN Amro discloses data breach following a ransomware attack hit the third-party services provider AddComm. Dutch bank ABN Amro disclosed a data breach after third-party services provider AddComm suffered a ransomware attack. AddComm distributes documents and tokens physically and digitally to clients and employees. The ransomware attack occurred last week and unauthorized parties may have obtained access to data of a limited number of ABN AMRO clients.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 30, 2024
In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines.
KnowBe4
MAY 29, 2024
Threat actors are abusing cloud storage platforms to host phishing sites that can more easily evade detection by security scanners, according to researchers at Enea. Criminals are exploiting numerous cloud services, including Google Cloud, AWS, IBM Cloud, and others.
Data Breach Today
MAY 30, 2024
'Operation Endgame' Disrupted 5 Botnets Including IcedID and SmokeLoader An international law enforcement operation resulted in the arrests of four botnet operators and the seizure of more than 100 servers used as infrastructure for malware dropper botnets. Armenian police arrested one person and Ukrainian police arrested three. German police are seeking eight suspects.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 28, 2024
Spread spectrum technology helped prevent the jamming of WWII radio-controlled torpedoes and subsequently became a cornerstone of modern-day telecom infrastructure. For its next act, could spread spectrum undergird digital resiliency? I had an evocative discussion about this at RSAC 2024 with Dispersive CEO Rajiv Plimplaskar. For a full drill down, please give the accompanying podcast a listen.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2024
Threat actors are exploiting a WordPress plugin to insert malicious PHP code in e-commerce sites and steal credit card data. Sucuri researchers observed threat actors using a PHP snippet WordPress plugin to install malicious code in WooCommerce e-stores and harvest credit card details. In the campaign spotted by the experts, attackers use a very obscure WordPress plugin called Dessky Snippets , which has only a few hundred active installations at the time of writing.
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 31, 2024
The new era of generative AI has spurred the exploration of AI use cases to enhance productivity, improve customer service, increase efficiency and scale IT modernization. Recent research commissioned by IBM® indicates that as many as 42% of surveyed enterprise-scale businesses have actively deployed AI, while an additional 40% are actively exploring the use of AI technology.
Data Matters
MAY 28, 2024
On May 23, 2024, the UK finally passed its Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA), introducing a new “pro-competition” regime for digital markets and marking the biggest reform to UK competition and consumer laws in a decade. The DMCCA is the latest piece of legislation aiming to tackle the power of Big Tech, as regulators around the world debate new ways to oversee competition in the digital sector.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 31, 2024
AI has the potential to revolutionize industries and improve lives, but only if we can trust it to operate securely and ethically. Related: The key to the GenAI revolution By prioritizing security and responsibility in AI development, we can harness its power for good and create a safer, more unbiased future. Developing a secured AI system is essential because artificial intelligence is a transformative technology, expanding its capabilities and societal influence.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2024
Researchers released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for remote code execution flaw CVE-2024-23108 in Fortinet SIEM solution. Security researchers at Horizon3’s Attack Team released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a remote code execution issue, tracked as CVE-2024-23108 , in Fortinet’s SIEM solution. The PoC exploit allows executing commands as root on Internet-facing FortiSIEM appliances.
KnowBe4
MAY 29, 2024
Criminals are launching a variety of scams targeting Muslims around the world who are planning on making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, according to researchers at Resecurity.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 3, 2024
A piece I coauthored with Fredrik Heiding and Arun Vishwanath in the Harvard Business Review : Summary. Gen AI tools are rapidly making these emails more advanced, harder to spot, and significantly more dangerous. Recent research showed that 60% of participants fell victim to artificial intelligence (AI)-automated phishing, which is comparable to the success rates of non-AI-phishing messages created by human experts.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 3, 2024
SIEM Provider Focuses on Acquisitions, Partner Channels, European Union Compliance New Logpoint CEO Mikkel Drucker is leading the charge for profitable growth with a strategy centered on acquisitions, expanding partner channels and adhering to strict European Union compliance standards. The focus is on enhancing platform capabilities to serve the midmarket.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 30, 2024
Drought-stricken hydro dams have led to daily electricity cuts in Ecuador. As weather becomes less predictable die to climate change, experts say other countries need to take notice.
Security Affairs
MAY 30, 2024
CISA adds Check Point Quantum Security Gateways and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog : CVE-2024-24919 Check Point Quantum Security Gateways Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2024-1086 Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability The vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 is a Quantum Gateway information disclosure
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