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  • June 3, 2024

Andariel Hackers Target South Korean Institutes with New Dora RAT Malware

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Andariel has been observed using a new Golang-based backdoor called Dora RAT in its attacks targeting educational institutes, manufacturing firms, and construction businesses in South Korea. “Keylogger, Infostealer, and proxy tools on top of the backdoor were utilized for the attacks,” the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) said […]

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  • June 3, 2024

Beware: Fake Browser Updates Deliver BitRAT and Lumma Stealer Malware

Fake web browser updates are being used to deliver remote access trojans (RATs) and information stealer malware such as BitRAT and Lumma Stealer (aka LummaC2). “Fake browser updates have been responsible for numerous malware infections, including those of the well-known SocGholish malware,” cybersecurity firm eSentire said in a new report. “In April 2024, we observed […]

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  • June 1, 2024

AI Company Hugging Face Detects Unauthorized Access to Its Spaces Platform

Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Hugging Face on Friday disclosed that it detected unauthorized access to its Spaces platform earlier this week. “We have suspicions that a subset of Spaces’ secrets could have been accessed without authorization,” it said in an advisory. Spaces offers a way for users to create, host, and share AI and machine […]

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  • May 31, 2024

Friday Squid Blogging: Baby Colossal Squid

This video might be a juvenile colossal squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Tags: squid, video Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.  

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  • May 31, 2024

Mysterious Cyber Attack Took Down 600,000+ Routers in the U.S.

More than 600,000 small office/home office (SOHO) routers are estimated to have been bricked and taken offline following a destructive cyber attack staged by unidentified cyber actors, disrupting users’ access to the internet. The mysterious event, which took place between October 25 and 27, 2023, and impacted a single internet service provider (ISP) in the […]

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  • May 31, 2024

Microsoft Warns of Surge in Cyber Attacks Targeting Internet-Exposed OT Devices

Microsoft has emphasized the need for securing internet-exposed operational technology (OT) devices following a spate of cyber attacks targeting such environments since late 2023. “These repeated attacks against OT devices emphasize the crucial need to improve the security posture of OT devices and prevent critical systems from becoming easy targets,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team […]

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  • May 31, 2024

Stalkerware app pcTattletale announces it is ‘out of business’ after suffering data breach and website defacement

US spyware vendor pcTattletale has shut down its operations following a serious data breach that exposed sensitive information about its customers, as well as data stolen from some of their victims. pcTattletale was promoted as “employee and child monitoring software” designed to “protect your business and family.” Of course, what it actually was, was a […]

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  • May 31, 2024

How AI Will Change Democracy

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to predict that artificial intelligence will affect every aspect of our society. Not by doing new things. But mostly by doing things that are already being done by humans, perfectly competently. Replacing humans with AIs isn’t necessarily interesting. But when an AI takes over a human task, the task […]

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  • May 31, 2024

Beyond Threat Detection – A Race to Digital Security

Digital content is a double-edged sword, providing vast benefits while simultaneously posing significant threats to organizations across the globe. The sharing of digital content has increased significantly in recent years, mainly via email, digital documents, and chat. In turn, this has created an expansive attack surface and has made ‘digital content’ the preferred carrier for […]

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