Tag: cyberattack
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The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/china_volt_typhoon_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance Feedly Summary: Ohm, for flux sake China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet are back, compromising old Cisco routers once again to break into critical infrastructure networks and kick off cyberattacks, according to security researchers.… AI…
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CSA: Why Incident Response is Essential for Resilience
Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/08/when-a-breach-occurs-are-we-ready-to-minimize-the-operational-effects Source: CSA Title: Why Incident Response is Essential for Resilience Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the critical importance of establishing a robust incident response plan (IRP) in modern cybersecurity strategies. The author underscores that the real challenge for CISOs is not the inevitability of cyberattacks but…
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Schneier on Security: Prompt Injection Defenses Against LLM Cyberattacks
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/prompt-injection-defenses-against-llm-cyberattacks.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Prompt Injection Defenses Against LLM Cyberattacks Feedly Summary: Interesting research: “Hacking Back the AI-Hacker: Prompt Injection as a Defense Against LLM-driven Cyberattacks“: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being harnessed to automate cyberattacks, making sophisticated exploits more accessible and scalable. In response, we propose a new defense…
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The Cloudflare Blog: Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election
Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/exploring-internet-traffic-shifts-and-cyber-attacks-during-the-2024-us-election Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election Feedly Summary: Election Day 2024 in the US saw a surge in cyber activity. Cloudflare blocked several DDoS attacks on political and election sites, ensuring no impact. In this post, we analyze these attacks, as…
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The Register: Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/bengal_cat_australia/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason Feedly Summary: In case today’s news cycle wasn’t shocking enough, here’s a gem from Sophos Fresh from a series of serious reports detailing its five-year battle with Chinese cyberattackers, Sophos has dropped a curious story about users…
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The Register: Cyberattackers stole Microlise staff data following DHL, Serco disruption
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/microlise_cyberattack/ Source: The Register Title: Cyberattackers stole Microlise staff data following DHL, Serco disruption Feedly Summary: Experts say incident has ‘all the hallmarks of ransomware’ Telematics tech biz Microlise says an attack that hit its network likely did not expose customer data, although staff aren’t so lucky.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…
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The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singtel in ‘test-run’ for US telecom attacks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/chinas_volt_typhoon_breached_singtel/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singtel in ‘test-run’ for US telecom attacks Feedly Summary: Alleged intrusion spotted in June Chinese government cyberspies Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singapore Telecommunications over the summer as part of their ongoing attacks against critical infrastructure operators.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…