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  • November 13, 2023

Chinese Hackers Launch Covert Espionage Attacks on 24 Cambodian Organizations

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is malicious cyber activity orchestrated by two prominent Chinese nation-state hacking groups targeting 24 Cambodian government organizations. “This activity is believed to be part of a long-term espionage campaign,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers said in a report last week. “The observed activity aligns with geopolitical goals […]

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  • November 13, 2023

Major Phishing-as-a-Service Syndicate ‘BulletProofLink’ Dismantled by Malaysian Authorities

Malaysian law enforcement authorities have announced the takedown of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation called BulletProofLink. The Royal Malaysia Police said the effort, which was carried out with assistance from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on November 6, 2023, was based on information that the threat actors behind […]

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  • November 13, 2023

New BiBi-Windows Wiper Targets Windows Systems in Pro-Hamas Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a Windows version of a wiper malware that was previously observed targeting Linux systems in cyber attacks aimed at Israel. Dubbed BiBi-Windows Wiper by BlackBerry, the wiper is the Windows counterpart of BiBi-Linux Wiper, which has been put to use by a pro-Hamas hacktivist group in the wake of the […]

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Australian Nonprofit Cyber Security Is So Poor It Might Be Affecting Donations

Research from Infoxchange indicates that poor cyber security practices in Australia’s not-for-profit sector are putting its donors’ and communities’ data at risk.

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  • November 13, 2023

AWS Switch Role showing me roles I don’t own

Testing multiple accounts and the console is caching the role from a different account Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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Selling on the AWS Marketplace

ACM.378 Do you know who has access to sell products on the AWS Seller Marketplace in your organization? Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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Major Australian ports shut down following cyber incident

DP World Australia restricted access to its Australian port operations in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday after a cyber incident was detected. DP World is Australia’s second largest port operator and manages almost 40% of the goods going in and out of the country. The incident was first noticed on Friday evening when the […]

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Friday Squid Blogging: The History and Morality of US Squid Consumption

Really interesting article. 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.

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  • November 12, 2023

Intel Faces ‘Downfall’ Bug Lawsuit, Seeking $10K per Plaintiff

A class action suit claims Intel knowingly sold billions of faulty chips for years. The outcome could help define where poor vulnerability remediation becomes outright negligence.

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