Tag: Cybersecurity

  • Slashdot: Inside a Firewall Vendor’s 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/01/088213/inside-a-firewall-vendors-5-year-war-with-the-chinese-hackers-hijacking-its-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Inside a Firewall Vendor’s 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant cybersecurity battle undertaken by Sophos against Chinese hackers targeting firewall products. This situation has implications for information security, particularly concerning the risks associated…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Question for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/1/prompt-injection/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Question for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Feedly Summary: Lord Clement-Jones: To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the cybersecurity risks posed by prompt injection attacks to the processing by generative artificial intelligence of material provided from outside government, and whether…

  • The Register: UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/01/uk_councils_russia_ddos/ Source: The Register Title: UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors Feedly Summary: Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine Multiple UK councils had their websites either knocked offline or were inaccessible to residents this week after pro-Russia cyber nuisances added them to a daily…

  • Wired: Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/synology-zero-click-vulnerability/ Source: Wired Title: Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack Feedly Summary: A vulnerability categorized as “critical” in a photo app installed by default on Synology network-attached storage devices could give attackers the ability to steal data and worse. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details…

  • Hacker News: Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk

    Source URL: https://thenewstack.io/feds-critical-software-must-drop-c-c-by-2026-or-face-risk/ Source: Hacker News Title: Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have issued a critical report warning software manufacturers about dangerous security practices, especially concerning the use of…

  • The Register: Gang gobbles 15K credentials from cloud and email providers’ garbage Git configs

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/emeraldwhale_credential_theft/ Source: The Register Title: Gang gobbles 15K credentials from cloud and email providers’ garbage Git configs Feedly Summary: Emeraldwhale gang looked sharp – until it made a common S3 bucket mistake A criminal operation dubbed Emeraldwhale has been discovered after it dumped more than 15,000 credentials belonging to cloud service and email…

  • Alerts: Foreign Threat Actor Conducting Large-Scale Spear-Phishing Campaign with RDP Attachments

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/31/foreign-threat-actor-conducting-large-scale-spear-phishing-campaign-rdp-attachments Source: Alerts Title: Foreign Threat Actor Conducting Large-Scale Spear-Phishing Campaign with RDP Attachments Feedly Summary: CISA has received multiple reports of a large-scale spear-phishing campaign targeting organizations in several sectors, including government and information technology (IT). The foreign threat actor, often posing as a trusted entity, is sending spear-phishing emails containing malicious…

  • Slashdot: Chinese Attackers Accessed Canadian Government Networks For Five Years

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/31/1956250/chinese-attackers-accessed-canadian-government-networks-for-five-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Attackers Accessed Canadian Government Networks For Five Years Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has reported a sustained cyber campaign by China targeting Canadian government and private sectors, emphasizing the severity of the threats. The report identifies espionage and intellectual property…

  • Schneier on Security: Roger Grimes on Prioritizing Cybersecurity Advice

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/roger-grimes-on-prioritizing-cybersecurity-advice.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Roger Grimes on Prioritizing Cybersecurity Advice Feedly Summary: This is a good point: Part of the problem is that we are constantly handed lists…list of required controls…list of things we are being asked to fix or improve…lists of new projects…lists of threats, and so on, that are…