Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 15:22:23 +0000

The facial recognition and surveillance company was sued for earning off the back of people’s faceprints that were taken without consent.

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Cyberattacks on SATCOM networks attributed to Russian threat actors

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 13:22:00 +0000

CISA and the FBI are sharing information about the US attribution of cyberattacks on SATCOM networks that targeted Ukraine but spilled over into other European countries.

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F5 BIG-IP vulnerability is now being used to disable servers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 12:51:25 +0000

At least one group of threat actors is using the recently patched vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP to wipe the file system of vulnerable devices.

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College closes down after ransomware attack

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 10:21:16 +0000

Lincoln College is the first US college or university ransomware affected so badly that it could not cope and had to close shop.

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Update now! Microsoft releases patches, including one for actively exploited zero-day

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 14:36:23 +0000

May’s Patch Tuesday includes one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and some other interesting ones.

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Canon printer owners: Be careful of bogus driver download sites

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 08:43:17 +0000

We look at reports of scams involving fake Canon printer drivers, non-existent downloads, and tech support scams.

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APT34 targets Jordan Government using new Saitama backdoor

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 20:49:30 +0000

On April 26th, we identified a suspicious email that targeted a government official from Jordan’s foreign ministry. The email contained a malicious Excel document that drops a new backdoor named Saitama. Following our investigation, we were able to attribute this attack to the known Iranian Actor APT34. Also known as OilRig/COBALT GYPSY/IRN2/HELIX KITTEN, APT34 is…

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Client side scanning may cost more than it delivers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 13:04:04 +0000

On May 11, 2022, the EU will publicize a proposal for a law on mandatory chat control. Privacy advocates aren’t happy.

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“Chemical attack” email warnings deliver Jester Stealer malware

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 12:04:27 +0000

An email warning of supposed chemical attacks that delivers Jester Stealer malware is being sent to people in Ukraine.

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