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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: IT workers secretly funnel money to North Korea, a court in the US upholds keyword search warrants, and WhatsApp gets a passwordless upgrade on Android

Security Wired

The Dangerous Mystery of Hamas’ Missing ‘Suicide Drones’

October 23, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Hamas has long touted its military drones, but little is known about the true scale of the threat. The answer may have consequences for people on both sides of the Israel-Gaza border.

Security Wired

Citing Hamas, the US Wants to Treat Crypto “Mixers” as Suspected Money Launderers

October 23, 2023 0 Comments business / blockchain and cryptocurrency, Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:59:52 +0000

With a new emphasis on the Hamas attacks on Israel, the US Treasury has proposed designating foreign cryptocurrency “mixer” services as money launderers and national security threats.

Independent Krebs Security

NJ Man Hired Online to Firebomb, Shoot at Homes Gets 13 Years in Prison

October 23, 2023 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Ne'er-Do-Well News, patrick mcgovern-allen, violence-as-a-service

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:08:27 +0000

A 22-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for participating in a firebombing and a shooting at homes in Pennsylvania last year. Patrick McGovern-Allen was the subject of a Sept. 4, 2022 story here about the emergence of “violence-as-a-service” offerings, where random people from the Internet hire themselves out to perform a variety of local, physical attacks, including firebombing a home, “bricking” windows, slashing tires, or performing a drive-by shooting at someone’s residence.

Independent Krebs Security

Hackers Stole Access Tokens from Okta’s Support Unit

October 23, 2023 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, beyondtrust, charlotte wylie, Data Breaches, marc maiffret, okta, okta breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:39:23 +0000

Okta, a company that provides identity tools like multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to thousands of businesses, has suffered a security breach involving a compromise of its customer support unit, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Okta says the incident affected a “very small number” of customers, however it appears the hackers responsible had access to Okta’s support platform for at least two weeks before the company fully contained the intrusion.

Security Sophos

Pioneering Automated Moving Target Defense (AMTD)

October 23, 2023 0 Comments amtd, Endpoint, Gartner, products & services, Sophos Intercept X

Credit to Author: Mark Loman| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:47:07 +0000

Unique endpoint technologies keep attackers guessing.

Security TrendMicro

Attacks on 5G Infrastructure From User Devices: ASN.1 Vulnerabilities in 5G Cores

October 23, 2023 0 Comments trend micro research : articles, news, reports, trend micro research : cyber threats, trend micro research : ics ot, trend micro research : mobile, trend micro research : research

Credit to Author: Salim S.I.| Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In the second part of this series, we will examine how attackers can trigger vulnerabilities by sending control messages masquerading as user traffic to cross over from user plane to control plane.

MalwareBytes Security