July 12, 2024
Car dealer software slinger CDK Global said to have paid $25M ransom after cyberattack
15K dealerships take estimated $600M+ hit CDK Global reportedly paid a $25 million ransom in Bitcoin after its servers were knocked offline by crippling ransomware.…
White House urged to double check Microsoft isn’t funneling AI to China via G42 deal
Windows maker insisted everything will be locked down and secure – which given its reputation, uh-oh! Two House committee chairs have sent a public letter to the White House asking it to look into a deal between AI R&D outfit G42 and Microsoft.…
Identity: the new security perimeter
What to do when your MFA is mercilessly attacked by hackers Webinar Threat actors are always looking for that easy way in by testing weak spots, and user identities are one of their favourite targets.…
Break-in at ‘third-party cloud platform’ leaked 110M customer records, says AT&T
Snowflake? Snowflake AT&T has admitted that cyberattackers grabbed a load of its data for the second time this year, and if you think the first haul was big you haven't seen anything: This one includes data on "nearly all" AT&T wireless customers - and those served by mobile…
Singapore’s banks to ditch texted one-time passwords
Accessibility be damned, preventing phishing is the priority After around two decades of allowing one-time passwords (OTPs) delivered by text message to assist log ins to bank accounts in Singapore, the city-state will abandon the authentication technique.…
China’s APT41 crew adds a stealthy malware loader and fresh backdoor to its toolbox
Meet DodgeBox, son of StealthVector Chinese government-backed cyber espionage gang APT41 has very likely added a loader dubbed DodgeBox and a backdoor named MoonWalk to its malware toolbox, according to cloud security service provider Zscaler’s ThreatLabz research team.…
‘Gay furry hackers’ say they’ve disbanded after raiding Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation
Ultra-conservative org funnily enough not ready to turn the other cheek After claiming to break into a database belonging to The Heritage Foundation, and then leaking 2GB of files belonging to the ultra-conservative think tank, the hacktivist crew SiegedSec claims to have disbanded. …