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Year: 2024

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  • June 24, 2024

Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Ollama AI Infrastructure Tool

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw affecting the Ollama open-source artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-37032, the vulnerability has been codenamed Probllama by cloud security firm Wiz. Following responsible disclosure on May 5, 2024, the issue was addressed in version 0.1.34 released […]

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  • June 24, 2024

Ease the Burden with AI-Driven Threat Intelligence Reporting

Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill’s threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you can do to mitigate risk. Cybersecurity professionals are facing unprecedented challenges as they strive to […]

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  • June 24, 2024

Paul Nakasone Joins OpenAI’s Board of Directors

Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone has joined the board of OpenAI.  

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  • June 24, 2024

RedJuliett Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits 75 Taiwanese Organizations

A likely China-linked state-sponsored threat actor has been linked to a cyber espionage campaign targeting government, academic, technology, and diplomatic organizations in Taiwan between November 2023 and April 2024. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group is tracking the activity under the name RedJuliett, describing it as a cluster that operates from Fuzhou, China, to support Beijing’s intelligence […]

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  • June 24, 2024

Multiple Threat Actors Deploying Open-Source Rafel RAT to Target Android Devices

Multiple threat actors, including cyber espionage groups, are employing an open-source Android remote administration tool called Rafel RAT to meet their operational objectives by masquerading it as Instagram, WhatsApp, and various e-commerce and antivirus apps. “It provides malicious actors with a powerful toolkit for remote administration and control, enabling a range of malicious activities from […]

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  • June 22, 2024

ExCobalt Cyber Gang Targets Russian Sectors with New GoRed Backdoor

Russian organizations have been targeted by a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt using a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known as GoRed. “ExCobalt focuses on cyber espionage and includes several members active since at least 2016 and presumably once part of the notorious Cobalt Gang,” Positive Technologies researchers Vladislav Lunin and Alexander Badayev said in a technical […]

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  • June 22, 2024

Warning: New Adware Campaign Targets Meta Quest App Seekers

A new campaign is tricking users searching for the Meta Quest (formerly Oculus) application for Windows into downloading a new adware family called AdsExhaust. “The adware is capable of exfiltrating screenshots from infected devices and interacting with browsers using simulated keystrokes,” cybersecurity firm eSentire said in an analysis, adding it identified the activity earlier this […]

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  • June 22, 2024

U.S. Treasury Sanctions 12 Kaspersky Executives Amid Software Ban

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against a dozen individuals serving executive and senior leadership roles at Kaspersky Lab, a day after the Russian company was banned by the Commerce Department. The move “underscores our commitment to ensure the integrity of our cyber domain and to protect […]

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  • June 21, 2024

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Nebula

Beautiful astronomical photo.  

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