The UK National Crime Agency and Europol took over LockBit's leak site yesterday and has released more information about the takedown. The NCA took control of the infrastructure that allowed the …
China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Are Exfiltrating Sensitive OT Data
The hacker group Volt Typhoon could pose a serious threat to organizations using industrial control systems or other operational technology according to cybersecurity firm Dragos. The 2023 ICS/OT …
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New Google Initiative to Foster AI in Cybersecurity
Google has announced a new initiative aimed at fostering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity, as it believes AI is pivotal for digital security. Through the new AI Cyber Defense …
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U.S. Authorities Disrupt Russian Intelligence’s Botnet
In January 2024, an operation dismantled a network of hundreds of SOHO routers controlled by GRU Military Unit 26165. This network facilitated various crimes, including extensive spear phishing and …
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Tech Companies Sign Accord to Combat AI-Generated Election Trickery
Major technology companies, including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and TikTok, signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial …
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Eight Vulnerabilities Disclosed in the AI Development Supply Chain
Protect AI, an AI cybersecurity startup, has disclosed eight vulnerabilities in the open-source supply chain utilized for in-house AI and ML model development, each assigned a CVE number. Among these …
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Mysterious ‘MMS Fingerprint’ Hack Used by Spyware Firm NSO Group Revealed
The discovery of a potential new infection technique by NSO Group, termed "MMS Fingerprint," is hinted at in a contract between NSO and Ghana's telecom regulator, as part of ongoing litigation with …
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EU Watchdog Urged to Reject Meta ‘Pay for Privacy’ Scheme
Civil rights organizations, including NOYB and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, have urged the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to rule against Meta's subscription scheme allowing European …
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Ex-Employee’s Admin Credentials Used in US Gov Agency Hack
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that a threat actor infiltrated a US government organization's network by exploiting compromised credentials from a former …
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Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes in Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks
Group-IB, a cybersecurity company based in Singapore, recently attributed the development of sophisticated banking trojans to Chinese-speaking cyber crime group GoldFactory. One of the group's …
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