August, 2024

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Global Cyber Agencies Unveil New Logging Standards

Data Breach Today

Logging Best Practices Guidance Aims to Enhance Global Detection and Response The Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Center released joint guidance with a cohort of international cyber agencies that aims to provide baseline standards for event logging and threat detection, amid a wave of high-profile attacks employing "living off the land" techniques.

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‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

WIRED Threat Level

Researchers warn that a bug in AMD’s chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer—and that it has persisted in the company’s processors for decades.

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Hackers attempt to sell the personal data of 3 billion people resulting from an April data breach

Security Affairs

Jerico Pictures Inc., operating as National Public Data, exposed the personal information of nearly 3 billion individuals in an April data breach. A proposed class action claims that Jerico Pictures Inc., operating with the National Public Data, exposed the personal information of nearly 3 billion individuals in a data breach that occurred in April.

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National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords

Krebs on Security

New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security Numbers, addresses, and phone numbers online. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that another NPD data broker which shares access to the same consumer records inadvertently published the passwords to its back-end database in a file that was freely available from its homepage until today.

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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Black Hat Fireside Chat: User feedback, AI-infused email security are both required to deter phishing

The Last Watchdog

I recently learned all about the state-of-the art of phishing attacks – the hard way. Related: GenAI-powered attacks change the game An email arrived from the head of a PR firm whom I’ve known for 20 years asking me to click on a link to check out a proposal. Foolishly, I did so all too quickly. Within a few minutes, many of my contacts, and even strangers, were receiving a similar malicious email from me.

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Credit Union Issues Belated MOVEit Data Breach Notification

Data Breach Today

Texas Credit Union Only Just Notifying 500,000 Members About May 2023 Data Theft Fifteen months after a massive supply-chain attack hit users of MOVEit secure file-transfer software, Texas Dow Employees Credit Union has issued a data breach notification pertaining to 500,474 victims, saying it only discovered last month their personally identifiable information got stolen.

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Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

WIRED Threat Level

A fix is coming, but data analytics giant Palantir says it’s ditching Android devices altogether because Google’s response to the vulnerability has been troubling.

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The Mad Liberator ransomware group uses social-engineering techniques

Security Affairs

New cybercrime group Mad Liberator is targeting AnyDesk users and runs a fake Microsoft Windows update screen to conceal data exfiltrating. The Sophos X-Ops Incident Response team warned that a new ransomware group called Mad Liberator is exploiting the remote-access application Anydesk for their attacks. The group was also spotted running a fake Microsoft Windows update screen to conceal data exfiltrating.

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New 0-Day Attacks Linked to China’s ‘Volt Typhoon’

Krebs on Security

Malicious hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director , a software product used by many Internet and IT service providers. Researchers believe the activity is linked to Volt Typhoon , a Chinese cyber espionage group focused on infiltrating critical U.S. networks and laying the groundwork for the ability to disrupt communications between the United States and Asia during any future armed conflict with China.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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MY TAKE: Black Hat USA 2024’s big takeaway – GenAI factors into the quest for digital resiliency

The Last Watchdog

LAS VEGAS – Here’s what I discovered last week here at Black Hat USA 2024 : GenAI is very much in the mix as a potent X-factor in cybersecurity. Related: Prioritizing digital resiliency I spoke with over three dozen cybersecurity solution providers. Some of the more intriguing innovations had to do with leveraging GenAI/LLM-equipped chatbots as proprietary force multipliers.

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Get this Microsoft Office Pro and Windows 11 Pro bundle for $50 - the lowest price of the year

Collaboration 2.0

This lifetime license bundle deal gives you access to the entire Microsoft Office Pro 2021 suite and Windows 11 Pro at 88% off for a limited time.

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Breach Roundup: Ex-Verizon Worker Cops to Spying for China

Data Breach Today

Also: Turn in Volodymyr Kadariya, Get $2.5 Million from Uncle Sam This week, an ex-Verizon employee pleaded guilty, SonicWall fixed critical flaws,South Korean hackers exploited a zero-day, U.S. retailer Dick's Sporting Goods was breached, the U.S. government offered a big reward, Grok AI will send election queries to Vote.gov, and HIPAA is 28 years old.

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USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation

WIRED Threat Level

The Smishing Triad network sends up to 100,000 scam texts per day globally. One of those messages went to Grant Smith, who infiltrated their systems and exposed them to US authorities.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Critical XSS bug in Roundcube Webmail allows attackers to steal emails and sensitive data

Security Affairs

Researchers warn of flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to steal sensitive information from target accounts. Sonar’s Vulnerability Research Team discovered a critical Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the popular open-source webmail software Roundcube. Roundcube is included by default in the server hosting panel cPanel which has millions of installations worldwide.

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Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

Krebs on Security

The proliferation of new top-level domains (TLDs) has exacerbated a well-known security weakness: Many organizations set up their internal Microsoft authentication systems years ago using domain names in TLDs that didn’t exist at the time. Meaning, they are continuously sending their Windows usernames and passwords to domain names they do not control and which are freely available for anyone to register.

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Black Hat Fireside Chat: ‘Black Girls Hack’ emphasizes diversity as effective force multiplier

The Last Watchdog

When Tanisha Martin, a veteran software quality assurance analyst, sought to move over to a security team a few years ago, the doors should have been wide open, given the much-ballyhooed cybersecurity skills shortage. Related: Modernizing security training Instead, she ran into a rigid wall of shortsightedness. So, Martin taught herself ethical hacking skills and then founded Black Girls Hack to guide others down the trail she blazed.

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How I optimized the cheapest 98-inch TV you can buy to look and sound amazing

Collaboration 2.0

A bit of fine-tuning made the monster TCL S55 TV that replaced my LG a life-changing entertainment set. And it's currently discounted by over $1,000 off.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Ransomware Hackers Steal Medical Insurance Data of 1M People

Data Breach Today

Young Consulting Says Health Data Exposed; Ransomware Group Leaked Stolen Data Young Consulting, which develops software for the stop-loss insurance market, is notifying 1 million individuals that their personal information was stolen earlier this year in a hack attack. The BlackSuit ransomware group, a rebrand of Royal, subsequently claimed credit and leaked stolen data.

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Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters

WIRED Threat Level

Researchers have discovered a way that would allow anyone with a few hundred dollars to hack into a wireless gear-shifting systems used by the top cycling teams for events like the Tour de France.

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Millions of Pixel devices can be hacked due to a pre-installed vulnerable app

Security Affairs

Many Google Pixel devices shipped since September 2017 have included a vulnerable app that could be exploited for malicious purposes. Many Google Pixel devices shipped since September 2017 have included dormant software that could be exploited by attackers to compromise them. Researchers form mobile security firm iVerify reported that the issue stems from a pre-installed Android app called “Showcase.apk,” which runs with excessive system privileges, allowing it to remotely execute co

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Six 0-Days Lead Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Push

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 90 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including a whopping six zero-day flaws that are already being actively exploited by attackers. Image: Shutterstock. This month’s bundle of update joy from Redmond includes patches for security holes in Office ,NET , Visual Studio , Azure , Co-Pilot , Microsoft Dynamics , Teams , Secure Boot, and of course Windows itself.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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How to Get Started with Gen AI for Information Management

AIIM

AIIM research shows that many organizations feel ready for AI, but encounter obstacles to implementation, especially a lack of available use cases. Where do organization start with Generative AI (Gen AI)?

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The Samsung phone most people should buy in 2024 is only $299 during Labor Day

Collaboration 2.0

The Samsung Galaxy A35 5G has its flaws, but with a two-day battery life and a gorgeous display, it's hard to ignore how good it is for the price.

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Suspected Ransom Cartel Operator Extradited to the US

Data Breach Today

Maksim Silnikau, aka 'J.P.Morgan,' Charged in New Jersey and Virginia Federal Court A pioneer of the ransomware-as-a-service model appeared in U.S. federal court Tuesday where he faces a slew of charges stemming from a nearly two-decade online career. Poland extradited Maksim Silnikau to the United States on Friday; authorities arrested him in a Spanish seaside town in 2023.

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The Pentagon Is Planning a Drone ‘Hellscape’ to Defend Taiwan

WIRED Threat Level

The US Defense Department’s grand strategy for protecting Taiwan from a massive Chinese military offensive involves flooding the zone with thousands of drones.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

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.

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Chinese StormBamboo APT compromised ISP to deliver malware

Security Affairs

A China-linked APT, tracked as StormBamboo, compromised an internet service provider (ISP) to poison software update mechanisms with malware. Volexity researchers reported that a China-linked APT group, tracked as StormBamboo (aka Evasive Panda , Daggerfly , and StormCloud), successfully compromised an undisclosed internet service provider (ISP) in order to poison DNS responses for target organizations.

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When Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts Look Like Phishing

Krebs on Security

Multiple media reports this week warned Americans to be on guard against a new phishing scam that arrives in a text message informing recipients they are not yet registered to vote. A bit of digging reveals the missives were sent by a California political consulting firm as part of a well-meaning but potentially counterproductive get-out-the-vote effort that had all the hallmarks of a phishing campaign.

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Hackers can take over Ecovacs home robots to spy on their owners

Security Affairs

Recently, researchers warned vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs could be hacked to spy on their owners, the company will fix it. During the recent Def Con hacking conference, security researchers Dennis Giese and Braelynn explained that attackers can exploit flaws in vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs to spy on their owners. The researchers analyzed the following devices: Ecovacs Deebot 900 Series, Ecovacs Deebot N8/T8, Ecovacs Deebot N9/T9, Ecovacs Deebot N10/T10, Ecovacs De