Friday Squid Blogging: Female Gonatus Onyx Squid Carrying Her Eggs
Fantastic video of a female Gonatus onyx squid swimming while carrying her egg sack. An earlier related post. Blog moderation policy.
Cyber News
- November 15, 2024
- November 15, 2024
Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. Cybersecurity company Check Point has codenamed the malware WezRat, stating it has been detected in the wild since at least September 1, 2023, based on artifacts […]
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- November 15, 2024
Researchers Warn of Privilege Escalation Risks in Google’s Vertex AI ML Platform
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in Google’s Vertex machine learning (ML) platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to escalate privileges and exfiltrate models from the cloud. “By exploiting custom job permissions, we were able to escalate our privileges and gain unauthorized access to all data services in the project,” Palo […]
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- November 15, 2024
Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies
Stuart Schechter makes some good points on the history of bad password policies: Morris and Thompson’s work brought much-needed data to highlight a problem that lots of people suspected was bad, but that had not been studied scientifically. Their work was a big step forward, if not for two mistakes that would impede future progress […]
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- November 15, 2024
Live Webinar: Dive Deep into Crypto Agility and Certificate Management
In the fast-paced digital world, trust is everything—but what happens when that trust is disrupted? Certificate revocations, though rare, can send shockwaves through your operations, impacting security, customer confidence, and business continuity. Are you prepared to act swiftly when the unexpected happens? Join DigiCert’s exclusive webinar, “When Shift Happens: Are You Ready for Rapid Certificate […]
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- November 15, 2024
Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia
A Vietnamese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an information-stealing campaign targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia with a new Python-based malware called PXA Stealer. The malware “targets victims’ sensitive information, including credentials for various online accounts, VPN and FTP clients, financial information, browser cookies, and data from gaming software,” Cisco Talos […]
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- November 15, 2024
How AI Is Transforming IAM and Identity Security
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun revolutionizing Identity Access Management (IAM), reshaping how cybersecurity is approached in this crucial field. Leveraging AI in IAM is about tapping into its analytical capabilities to monitor access patterns and identify anomalies that could signal a potential security breach. The focus has expanded beyond merely managing human […]
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- November 15, 2024
High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and potentially lead to code execution or information disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10979, carries a CVSS score of 8.8. Environment variables are user-defined values that can allow a program to dynamically […]
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- November 15, 2024
Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Thursday. Lichtenstein was charged for his involvement in a money laundering scheme that led to the theft of nearly 120,000 bitcoins (valued at over $10.5 billion […]
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