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Google Abandons Plan to Phase Out Third-Party Cookies in Chrome

23 Červenec, 2024 - 06:28
Google on Monday abandoned plans to phase out third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser more than four years after it introduced the option as part of a larger set of a controversial proposal called the Privacy Sandbox. "Instead of deprecating third-party cookies, we would introduce a new experience in Chrome that lets people make an informed choice that applies across their web
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Experts Uncover Chinese Cybercrime Network Behind Gambling and Human Trafficking

22 Červenec, 2024 - 15:05
The relationship between various TDSs and DNS associated with Vigorish Viper and the final landing experience for the user A Chinese organized crime syndicate with links to money laundering and human trafficking across Southeast Asia has been using an advanced "technology suite" that runs the whole cybercrime supply chain spectrum to spearhead its operations. Infoblox is tracking the proprietor
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Experts Uncover Chinese Cybercrime Network Behind Gambling and Human Trafficking

22 Červenec, 2024 - 15:05
The relationship between various TDSs and DNS associated with Vigorish Viper and the final landing experience for the user A Chinese organized crime syndicate with links to money laundering and human trafficking across Southeast Asia has been using an advanced "technology suite" that runs the whole cybercrime supply chain spectrum to spearhead its operations. Infoblox is tracking the proprietor Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
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PINEAPPLE and FLUXROOT Hacker Groups Abuse Google Cloud for Credential Phishing

22 Červenec, 2024 - 14:26
A Latin America (LATAM)-based financially motivated actor codenamed FLUXROOT has been observed leveraging Google Cloud serverless projects to orchestrate credential phishing activity, highlighting the abuse of the cloud computing model for malicious purposes. "Serverless architectures are attractive to developers and enterprises for their flexibility, cost effectiveness, and ease of use," Google
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PINEAPPLE and FLUXROOT Hacker Groups Abuse Google Cloud for Credential Phishing

22 Červenec, 2024 - 14:26
A Latin America (LATAM)-based financially motivated actor codenamed FLUXROOT has been observed leveraging Google Cloud serverless projects to orchestrate credential phishing activity, highlighting the abuse of the cloud computing model for malicious purposes. "Serverless architectures are attractive to developers and enterprises for their flexibility, cost effectiveness, and ease of use," GoogleNewsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

How to Set up an Automated SMS Analysis Service with AI in Tines

22 Červenec, 2024 - 13:25
The opportunities to use AI in workflow automation are many and varied, but one of the simplest ways to use AI to save time and enhance your organization’s security posture is by building an automated SMS analysis service. Workflow automation platform Tines provides a good example of how to do it. The vendor recently released their first native AI features, and security teams have already
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

How to Set up an Automated SMS Analysis Service with AI in Tines

22 Červenec, 2024 - 13:25
The opportunities to use AI in workflow automation are many and varied, but one of the simplest ways to use AI to save time and enhance your organization’s security posture is by building an automated SMS analysis service. Workflow automation platform Tines provides a good example of how to do it. The vendor recently released their first native AI features, and security teams have already The Hacker Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
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MSPs & MSSPs: How to Increase Engagement with Your Cybersecurity Clients Through vCISO Reporting

22 Červenec, 2024 - 12:41
As a vCISO, you are responsible for your client's cybersecurity strategy and risk governance. This incorporates multiple disciplines, from research to execution to reporting. Recently, we published a comprehensive playbook for vCISOs, “Your First 100 Days as a vCISO – 5 Steps to Success”, which covers all the phases entailed in launching a successful vCISO engagement, along with recommended
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MSPs & MSSPs: How to Increase Engagement with Your Cybersecurity Clients Through vCISO Reporting

22 Červenec, 2024 - 12:41
As a vCISO, you are responsible for your client's cybersecurity strategy and risk governance. This incorporates multiple disciplines, from research to execution to reporting. Recently, we published a comprehensive playbook for vCISOs, “Your First 100 Days as a vCISO – 5 Steps to Success”, which covers all the phases entailed in launching a successful vCISO engagement, along with recommended The Hacker Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

SocGholish Malware Exploits BOINC Project for Covert Cyberattacks

22 Červenec, 2024 - 08:45
The JavaScript downloader malware known as SocGholish (aka FakeUpdates) is being used to deliver a remote access trojan called AsyncRAT as well as a legitimate open-source project called BOINC. BOINC, short for Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client, is an open-source "volunteer computing" platform maintained by the University of California with an aim to carry out "large-scale
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SocGholish Malware Exploits BOINC Project for Covert Cyberattacks

22 Červenec, 2024 - 08:45
The JavaScript downloader malware known as SocGholish (aka FakeUpdates) is being used to deliver a remote access trojan called AsyncRAT as well as a legitimate open-source project called BOINC. BOINC, short for Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client, is an open-source "volunteer computing" platform maintained by the University of California with an aim to carry out "large-scale Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

New Linux Variant of Play Ransomware Targeting VMware ESXi Systems

22 Červenec, 2024 - 05:56
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Linux variant of a ransomware strain known as Play (aka Balloonfly and PlayCrypt) that's designed to target VMware ESXi environments. "This development suggests that the group could be broadening its attacks across the Linux platform, leading to an expanded victim pool and more successful ransom negotiations," Trend Micro researchers said in a
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New Linux Variant of Play Ransomware Targeting VMware ESXi Systems

22 Červenec, 2024 - 05:56
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Linux variant of a ransomware strain known as Play (aka Balloonfly and PlayCrypt) that's designed to target VMware ESXi environments. "This development suggests that the group could be broadening its attacks across the Linux platform, leading to an expanded victim pool and more successful ransom negotiations," Trend Micro researchers said in a Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
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Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware

20 Červenec, 2024 - 18:01
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Remcos RAT to its customers in Latin America under the guise of providing a hotfix. The attack chains involve distributing a ZIP archive file named "crowdstrike-hotfix.zip,"
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware

20 Červenec, 2024 - 18:01
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Remcos RAT to its customers in Latin America under the guise of providing a hotfix. The attack chains involve distributing a ZIP archive file named "crowdstrike-hotfix.zip," Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.

20 Červenec, 2024 - 06:28
Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The arrest was made "in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with ransomware and gaining access to computer networks," West Midlands police said. "The arrest is part of
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17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.

20 Červenec, 2024 - 06:28
Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The arrest was made "in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with ransomware and gaining access to computer networks," West Midlands police said. "The arrest is part of Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Faulty CrowdStrike Update Crashes Windows Systems, Impacting Businesses Worldwide

19 Červenec, 2024 - 14:38
Businesses across the world have been hit by widespread disruptions to their Windows workstations stemming from a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. "CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts," the company's CEO George Kurtz said in a statement. "Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Faulty CrowdStrike Update Crashes Windows Systems, Impacting Businesses Worldwide

19 Červenec, 2024 - 14:38
Businesses across the world have been hit by widespread disruptions to their Windows workstations stemming from a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. "CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts," the company's CEO George Kurtz said in a statement. "Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Two Russian Nationals Plead Guilty in LockBit Ransomware Attacks

19 Červenec, 2024 - 14:30
Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty in a U.S. court for their participation as affiliates in the LockBit ransomware scheme and helping facilitate ransomware attacks across the world. The defendants include Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 21, of Chechen Republic, and Mikhail Vasiliev, 34, a dual Canadian and Russian national of Bradford, Ontario. Astamirov was arrested in Arizona by U.S. law
Kategorie: Hacking & Security