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The International Criminal Court Will Now Prosecute Cyberwar Crimes

September 8, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:19:25 +0000

And the first case on the docket may well be Russia’s cyberattacks against civilian critical infrastructure in Ukraine.

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The Comedy of Errors That Let China-Backed Hackers Steal Microsoft’s Signing Key

September 7, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:01:40 +0000

After leaving many questions unanswered, Microsoft explains in a new postmortem the series of slipups that allowed attackers to steal and abuse a valuable cryptographic key.

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How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products

September 6, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers.

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Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw Is Not Easy to Fix

September 6, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Chatbots like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are vulnerable to indirect prompt injection attacks. Security researchers say the holes can be plugged—sort of.

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2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains

September 2, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: A major FBI botnet takedown, new Sandworm malware, a cyberattack on two major scientific telescopes—and more.

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Security Wired 

Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and Android

August 31, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Plus: Mozilla patches more than a dozen vulnerabilities in Firefox, and enterprise companies Ivanti, Cisco, and SAP roll out a slew of updates to get rid of some high-severity bugs.

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Security Wired 

Unmasking Trickbot, One of the World’s Top Cybercrime Gangs

August 31, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:37:11 +0000

A WIRED investigation into a cache of documents posted by an unknown figure lays bare the Trickbot ransomware gang’s secrets, including the identity of a central member.

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Security Wired 

The Weird, Big-Money World of Cybercrime Writing Contests

August 29, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:30:00 +0000

The competitions, which are held on Russian-language cybercrime forums, offer prize money of up to $80,000 for the winners.

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Security Wired 

The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway System

August 28, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 16:06:34 +0000

The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.

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Security Wired 

The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message

August 27, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Cathy Alter| Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000

A ramshackle team of American scientists scrambled to decode the Nazi cipher before the time ran out. Luckily, they had a secret weapon.

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