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"Over 900,000 MikroTik Routers Exposed to Critical Bug"Security researchers at VulnCheck have warned that hundreds of thousands of routers produced by Latvian networking equipment maker MikroTik are vulnerable to a critical bug that could enable attackers to remotely control affected devices. The…
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"Education Sector Has Highest Ransomware Victim Count"According to security researchers at Sophos, the education sector recorded a higher share of ransomware victims than any other in 2022. During the study, the researchers conducted interviews with 400 IT and cybersecurity leaders globally, split…
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"Rust-based Realst Infostealer Targeting Apple macOS Users' Cryptocurrency Wallets"Realst is a new malware family targeting Apple macOS systems. A third of the samples are already designed to infect macOS 14 Sonoma, the upcoming major release of the operating system. The malware is written in the Rust programming language and is…
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"ALPHV Ransomware Adds Data Leak API in New Extortion Strategy"The ALPHV ransomware group, also known as BlackCat, is attempting to increase the pressure on their victims to pay a ransom by providing an Application Programming Interface (API) for their leak site in order to increase the visibility of their attacks.…
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"Zero Trust Rated as Highly Effective by Businesses Worldwide"According to Beyond Identity, 82 percent of experts are currently working on implementing zero trust, and 16 percent plan to do so within the next 18 months. Over 90 percent of those working on zero trust cited the 2022 Federal Zero Trust Strategy as…
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"ChatGPT, Other Generative AI Apps Prone to Compromise, Manipulation"Users of applications involving Large Language Models (LLMs) similar to ChatGPT must be aware of the possible risks. Researchers warn that an attacker who develops untrusted content for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) system could compromise any…
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"Why Computer Security Advice Is More Confusing Than It Should Be"A new study identifies a key issue with developing computer security guidelines and outlines basic steps that would likely make computers safer. This research puts the computer security guidelines provided to employees by businesses and government…
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"OpenAI, Google and More Agree to White House List of Eight AI Safety Assurances"Some of the largest US-based generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies plan to watermark their content, according to a White House fact sheet released on July 21. Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI have agreed to…
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SoS Musings #75 - A Major Threat to Businesses: Point-of-Sale (PoS) AttacksSoS Musings #75 - A Major Threat to Businesses: Point-of-Sale (PoS) Attacks
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #44 - Data Travel is the Organization's Next Big Cybersecurity ChallengeCybersecurity Snapshots #44 - Data Travel is the Organization's Next Big Cybersecurity Challenge
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"New AI Phishing Tool FraudGPT Tied to Same Group Behind WormGPT"FraudGPT, a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) bot discovered being sold on different dark web marketplaces and Telegram accounts, is used exclusively for offensive purposes, such as spear-phishing, cracking tools, and carding. John Bambenek, principal…