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Year: 2024

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  • August 24, 2024

Meta Exposes Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Global Political Figures on WhatsApp

Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor, who it said used a set of WhatsApp accounts that attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the U.K., and the U.S. The activity cluster, which originated from Iran, “appeared to […]

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  • August 23, 2024

Friday Squid Blogging: Self-Healing Materials from Squid Teeth

Making self-healing materials based on the teeth in squid suckers. Blog moderation policy.  

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  • August 23, 2024

PEAKLIGHT Downloader Deployed in Attacks Targeting Windows with Malicious Movie Downloads

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen dropper that serves as a conduit to launch next-stage malware with the ultimate goal of infecting Windows systems with information stealers and loaders. “This memory-only dropper decrypts and executes a PowerShell-based downloader,” Google-owned Mandiant said. “This PowerShell-based downloader is being tracked as PEAKLIGHT.” Some of the malware strains distributed […]

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  • August 23, 2024

Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

The proliferation of new top-level domains (TLDs) has exacerbated a well-known security weakness: Many organizations set up their internal Microsoft authentication systems years ago using domain names in TLDs that didn’t exist at the time. Meaning, they are continuously sending their Windows usernames and passwords to domain names they do not control and which are […]

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  • August 23, 2024

Webinar: Experience the Power of a Must-Have All-in-One Cybersecurity Platform

Let’s be honest. The world of cybersecurity feels like a constant war zone. You’re bombarded by threats, scrambling to keep up with patches, and drowning in an endless flood of alerts. It’s exhausting, isn’t it? But what if there was a better way? Imagine having every essential cybersecurity tool at your fingertips, all within a […]

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  • August 23, 2024

Take a Selfie Using a NY Surveillance Camera

This site will let you take a selfie with a New York City traffic surveillance camera. EDITED TO ADD: BoingBoing post.  

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  • August 23, 2024

Focus on What Matters Most: Exposure Management and Your Attack Surface

Read the full article for key points from Intruder’s VP of Product, Andy Hornegold’s recent talk on exposure management. If you’d like to hear Andy’s insights first-hand, watch Intruder’s on-demand webinar. To learn more about reducing your attack surface, reach out to their team today. Attack surface management vs exposure management Attack surface management (ASM) […]

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  • August 23, 2024

New Qilin Ransomware Attack Uses VPN Credentials, Steals Chrome Data

The threat actors behind a recently observed Qilin ransomware attack have stolen credentials stored in Google Chrome browsers on a small set of compromised endpoints. The use of credential harvesting in connection with a ransomware infection marks an unusual twist, and one that could have cascading consequences, cybersecurity firm Sophos said in a Thursday report. […]

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  • August 23, 2024

New macOS Malware “Cthulhu Stealer” Targets Apple Users’ Data

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new information stealer that’s designed to target Apple macOS hosts and harvest a wide range of information, underscoring how threat actors are increasingly setting their sights on the operating system. Dubbed Cthulhu Stealer, the malware has been available under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model for $500 a month from late 2023. […]

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