Security Affairs
APRIL 18, 2024
Cisco has addressed a high-severity vulnerability in its Integrated Management Controller (IMC) for which publicly available exploit code exists. Cisco has addressed a high-severity Integrated Management Controller (IMC) vulnerability and is aware of a public exploit code for this issue. The PoC exploit code allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to root.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 18, 2024
Watch how smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out elaborate romance scams.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 18, 2024
Russia-linked APT Sandworm employed a previously undocumented backdoor called Kapeka in attacks against Eastern Europe since 2022. WithSecure researchers identified a new backdoor named Kapeka that has been used in attacks targeting victims in Eastern Europe since at least mid-2022. The backdoor is very sophisticated, it serves as both an initial toolkit and as a backdoor for maintaining long-term access to compromised systems.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
Experts See Groups Shoot Themselves in the Foot by Yet Again Swindling Affiliates Here's ransomware news to celebrate: The number of victims who opt to pay a ransom has dropped to a record low. Also, the operators of two major groups hit by law enforcement disruptions have each chosen to swindle their affiliates, sowing disaffection and driving away burned business partners.
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When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Security Affairs
APRIL 18, 2024
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has initiated an investigation into an alleged ransomware attack and the subsequent theft of data. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating an alleged ransomware attack that resulted in data theft. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 18, 2024
BlackBerry reported that the financially motivated group FIN7 targeted the IT department of a large U.S. carmaker with spear-phishing attacks. In late 2023, BlackBerry researchers spotted the threat actor FIN7 targeting a large US automotive manufacturer with a spear-phishing campaign. FIN7 targeted employees who worked in the company’s IT department and had higher levels of administrative rights.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
Hacks on Unregulated Dams Can Result in Mass Casualties, Experts and Lawmakers Warn Cybersecurity experts and top lawmakers are warning that a successful cyberattack targeting federally-regulated dams across the United States - the majority of which have not received a cyber audit - could result in a severe impact on public health and even mass casualties.
Security Affairs
APRIL 18, 2024
An international law enforcement operation led to the disruption of the prominent phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Nebulae and coordinated by Europol, led to the disruption of LabHost, which is one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platforms. Law enforcement from 19 countries participated in the operation which resulted in the arrest of 37 individuals.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
Cybercriminals Netting Over 50 Credentials Per Infected Device, Kaspersky Says The value of corporate credentials in the cybercrime market contributed to a 643% increase in data theft attacks over the past three years, cybersecurity company Kaspersky says. Malicious access brokers stole close to 400 million logins and passwords for numerous websites in the past year.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 18, 2024
After the XZ Utils discovery, people have been examining other open-source projects. Surprising no one, the incident is not unique: The OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council received a suspicious series of emails with similar messages, bearing different names and overlapping GitHub-associated emails. These emails implored OpenJS to take action to update one of its popular JavaScript projects to “address any critical vulnerabilities,” yet cited no specifics.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
Healthcare sector organizations often still struggle to implement security frameworks effectively, often not fully understanding the requirements or failing to integrate them into their overall cybersecurity strategy, said Keith Forrester of security firm Optiv, who offers tips to help.
KnowBe4
APRIL 18, 2024
LastPass has warned that one of its employees was targeted by a social engineering attack that used an audio deepfake that impersonated the company’s CEO. Fortunately, the employee grew suspicious and avoided falling for the attack.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
Also: Nebraska Man Steals $3.5 Million of Cloud Services to Mine $1M of Crypto Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, sentencing in the first-ever conviction for hacking a smart contract, indictment in a million-dollar illicit mining, FTX executive's sentencing, Railgun's money-laundering defense and Uniswap's Wells Notice.
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KnowBe4
APRIL 18, 2024
New advancements in generative AI voice cloning come at a time when banks are looking for additional ways to authenticate their customers – and they’re choosing your voice.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
UnitedHealth Group Makes Low Key Admission in Online FAQ UnitedHealthGroup said for the first time that hackers behind a February ransomware attack against Change Healthcare breached sensitive health information, an admission that triggers a regulatory countdown clock for public disclosures and individual notification.
Collaboration 2.0
APRIL 18, 2024
As an add-on for Slack Pro and Business+ plans, these generative AI features tackle many of your biggest Slack headaches.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
New Malware SoumniBot Exploiting Legitimate Android Process A new banking Trojan is targeting Korean users using obfuscation techniques that target the Android manifest, exploit vulnerabilities and take advantage of weaknesses in how Android apps interpret this file. SoumniBot stands out for its approach to camouflaging its malicious intent.
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IBM Big Data Hub
APRIL 18, 2024
Imagine a world where machines aren’t confined to pre-programmed tasks but operate with human-like autonomy and competence. A world where computer minds pilot self-driving cars, delve into complex scientific research, provide personalized customer service and even explore the unknown. This is the potential of artificial general intelligence (AGI), a hypothetical technology that may be poised to revolutionize nearly every aspect of human life and work.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
Lacework Got the Largest Funding Round in Cyber History. Now, It's Eyeing the Exits Wiz is in advanced negotiations to buy Lacework for between $150 million and $200 million. The companies recently signed a letter of intent and are now in the midst of a comprehensive due diligence process, after which a decision will be made on whether the acquisition will go through.
IG Guru
APRIL 18, 2024
Check out the article here. The post Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse via Tech Crunch first appeared on IG GURU.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
Hacker Masterminded, Executed $110 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme A New York federal jury has found a hacker guilty of charges that he masterminded and carried out a scheme to fraudulently obtain $110 million in cryptocurrency from crypto currency exchange Mango Markets and investors.
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John Battelle's Searchblog
APRIL 18, 2024
Thanks President Bush. Old people are always complaining about how things were harder when they were young. Walking to school in the snow, uphill both ways, that whole thing. So forgive me as I embark on what initially might feel like that old man trope, but stay with me. I’m trying to make a larger point, and I have to start with a few stories of how things were in the Before Times.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
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IBM Big Data Hub
APRIL 18, 2024
It has been proven time and time again that a business application’s outages are very costly. The estimated cost of an average downtime can run USD 50,000 to 500,000 per hour , and more as businesses are actively moving to digitization. The complexity of applications is growing as well, so Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) require hours—and sometimes days—to identify and resolve problems.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 18, 2024
Christopher Budd on the Rise of Junk Gun Ransomware Variants Since June 2023, 19 junk gun ransomware variants have been discovered on the dark web. These cheap, independently produced and crudely constructed variants offer an attractive way for newer cybercriminals to get started in the ransomware world and are mostly effective against SMBs.
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HID Global
APRIL 18, 2024
HID, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, has created a new program that allows application developers to build both secure and dynamic workplace experiences. Get the full scoop here.
Reltio
APRIL 18, 2024
Data sources and complexity are growing exponentially, creating a challenging landscape for enterprise IT and data leaders. While most enterprises are awash in data, extracting value from the information has never been more challenging. With the growing array of solutions and approaches, there is a lot of confusion in the market over the best approaches to becoming data-driven.
Jamf
APRIL 18, 2024
Apple's declarative device management (DDM) is a relative newcomer to MDM. But in only three years, it has become a cornerstone of modern Apple management. You can expect DDM's impact to grow ever more transformative.
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