Predator spyware vendor banned in US
The US Treasury Department has sanctioned Predator spyware vendor Intellexa Consortium, and banned the company from doing business in the US.
Read moreHow to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:28:19 +0000
With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use.
Read moreInside Registered Agents Inc., the Shadowy Firm Pushing the Limits of Business Privacy
Credit to Author: William Turton, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:17:46 +0000
Registered Agents Inc. has for years allowed businesses to register under a cloak of anonymity. A WIRED investigation reveals that its secretive founder has taken the practice to an extreme.
Read moreUpdate your iPhones and iPads now: Apple patches security vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS
Apple has released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities which are reported to already have been exploited.
Read moreUnveiling Earth Kapre aka RedCurl’s Cyberespionage Tactics With Trend Micro MDR, Threat Intelligence
Credit to Author: Buddy Tancio| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000
This blog entry will examine Trend Micro MDR team’s investigation that successfully uncovered the intrusion sets employed by Earth Kapre in a recent incident, as well as how the team leveraged threat intelligence to attribute the extracted evidence to the cyberespionage threat group.
Read moreAI Auctions: Collectibles, Taylor Swift, Jordan Bots
Credit to Author: David Chow| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000
Discover the fascinating world of AI, ML, and RPA and their real-world applications including the creation of a custom RPA bot for collecting rare sports memorabilia.
Read moreBlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:22:56 +0000
There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. “ALPHV”) as the company struggles to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services nationwide for weeks. However, the cybercriminal who claims to have given BlackCat access to Change’s network says the crime gang cheated them out of their share of the ransom, and that they still have the sensitive data that Change reportedly paid the group to destroy. Meanwhile, the affiliate’s disclosure appears to have prompted BlackCat to cease operations entirely.
Read moreSophos Guidance on CIRCIA
Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:06:53 +0000
Insights to support US organizations impacted by the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA).
Read moreResearchers, legal experts want AI firms to open up for safety checks
More than 150 leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, ethicists and others have signed an open letter calling on generative AI (genAI) companies to submit to independent evaluations of their systems, the lack of which has led to concerns about basic protections.
The letter, drafted by researchers from MIT, Princeton, and Stanford University, called for legal and technical protections for good-faith research on genAI models, which they said is hampering safety measures that could help protect the public.