"Ongoing Azure Compromises Target Senior Execs, Microsoft 365 Apps"

"Ongoing Azure Compromises Target Senior Execs, Microsoft 365 Apps"

Many environments and individual user accounts have been compromised as part of an ongoing campaign that targets Microsoft Azure corporate clouds. The activity includes data exfiltration, financial fraud, impersonation, and more against organizations in different geographic regions and industry verticals. Researchers have found that the activity is refined, with tailor-made phishing aimed at the highest-profile, highest-value individuals.

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"Decryptor for Rhysida Ransomware Is Available!"

"Decryptor for Rhysida Ransomware Is Available!"

Rhysida ransomware victims can successfully decrypt files encrypted by the ransomware because of an implementation vulnerability discovered by researchers and used to create a decryptor. Rhysida is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gang that carries out double extortion tactics. It was first observed in May 2023, gaining notoriety for targeting the British Library, the Chilean Army, healthcare delivery organizations, and Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE).

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25th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED)

"The 25th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED'24) is the premier interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary Electronic Design conference—bridges the gap among Electronic/Semiconductor ecosystem members providing electronic design tools, integrated circuit technologies, semiconductor technology, packaging, assembly & test to achieve total design quality."

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to security, privacy, trust protocols, and trusted information flow.

2024 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI)

"The conference scope of topics includes, but is not limited to, all aspects of novel research in the Power & Energy Area. Key topics are Power Systems, Microgrids, Energy Resource Planning, Security and Operations, Transportation Electrification, Design of Electric Machinery and their operation, Power Electronics Systems and Circuits, and Energy Storage Systems from Renewable Sources."

2024 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS)

"Exchange information on advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, management, policy, applications, and security in the San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland), California, USA with leaders and experts from industry, governmental agencies, and universities around the world at the 23rd annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium."

16th Annual IEEE Green Technologies (GreenTech) Conference

"The conference offers an excellent opportunity for presenting technical papers to a gathering of international experts in green technologies promoting secure and sustainable energy systems. The conference serves as a forum for engineers, researchers, and specialists from academia, research centers, and industry worldwide to discuss and present the latest developments and applications related to the challenges of transitioning to sustainable economic practices."

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to cybersecurity.

"Canada to Ban The Flipper Zero to Stop Surge in Car Thefts"

"Canada to Ban The Flipper Zero to Stop Surge in Car Thefts"

The Canadian government plans to ban Flipper Zero and similar devices after tagging them as tools thieves can use to steal cars.  The Flipper Zero is a portable and programmable pen-testing tool that helps experiment with and debug various hardware and digital devices over multiple protocols, including RFID, radio, NFC, infrared, and Bluetooth.

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"Ransomware Attack Forces 18 Romanian Hospitals to go Offline"

"Ransomware Attack Forces 18 Romanian Hospitals to go Offline"

At least 18 hospitals in Romania were recently knocked offline after a ransomware attack took down their healthcare management system.  The Hipocrate Information System (HIS) used by hospitals to manage medical activity and patient data was targeted over the weekend and is now offline after its database was encrypted.  The incident is under investigation by IT specialists, including cybersecurity experts from the National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC), and the possibilities for recovery are being assessed.

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"ExpressVPN User Data Exposed Due to Bug"

"ExpressVPN User Data Exposed Due to Bug"

ExpressVPN recently disabled split tunneling on its Windows clients to prevent an issue where DNS requests were not properly directed to its servers.  The issue, introduced in May 2022 in version 12.23.1 of ExpressVPN, resulted in DNS requests remaining unprotected in certain conditions.  Normally, when users connect to ExpressVPN, their DNS requests are sent to the company's servers.

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"How Secure Is Your Security Camera? Hackers Can Spy on Cameras Through Walls, New Research Finds"

"How Secure Is Your Security Camera? Hackers Can Spy on Cameras Through Walls, New Research Finds"

Kevin Fu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University specializing in cybersecurity, has discovered a way to eavesdrop on most modern cameras. The technique, called EM Eye, which is short for Electromagnetic Eye, can capture video from another person's camera through walls in real-time. Fu and his team tested EM Eye on 12 different types of cameras, including smartphone cameras, dash cams, and home security cameras. The results vary depending on how far away one must be to eavesdrop on these various devices.

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