The case is over: A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. I’m sure it’ll be appealed. Everything always is.
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The cybersecurity landscape has been dramatically reshaped by the advent of generative AI. Attackers now leverage large language models (LLMs) to impersonate trusted individuals and automate these social engineering tactics at scale. Let’s review the status of these rising attacks, what’s fueling them, and how to actually prevent, not detect, them. The Most Powerful Person […]
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The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Konni APT has been attributed to a phishing campaign targeting government entities in Ukraine, indicating the threat actor’s targeting beyond Russia. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint said the end goal of the campaign is to collect intelligence on the “trajectory of the Russian invasion.” “The group’s interest in Ukraine […]
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Moldovan law enforcement authorities have arrested a 45-year-old foreign man suspected of involvement in a series of ransomware attacks targeting Dutch companies in 2021. “He is wanted internationally for committing several cybercrimes (ransomware attacks, blackmail, and money laundering) against companies based in the Netherlands,” officials said in a statement Monday. In conjunction with the arrest, […]
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A Türkiye-affiliated threat actor exploited a zero-day security flaw in an Indian enterprise communication platform called Output Messenger as part of a cyber espionage attack campaign since April 2024. “These exploits have resulted in a collection of related user data from targets in Iraq,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said. “The targets of the attack […]
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ASUS has released updates to address two security flaws impacting ASUS DriverHub that, if successfully exploited, could enable an attacker to leverage the software in order to achieve remote code execution. DriverHub is a tool that’s designed to automatically detect the motherboard model of a computer and display necessary driver updates for subsequent installation by […]
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Understanding FedRAMP: What It Is and Why It Matters If your organization provides cloud services to the U.S. federal government—or hopes to—understanding FedRAMP is essential. FedRAMP (the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) is a government-wide program that standardizes security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. It’s not just a compliance […]
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What do a source code editor, a smart billboard, and a web server have in common? They’ve all become launchpads for attacks—because cybercriminals are rethinking what counts as “infrastructure.” Instead of chasing high-value targets directly, threat actors are now quietly taking over the overlooked: outdated software, unpatched IoT devices, and open-source packages. It’s not just […]
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A Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors failed to pass.
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