August 2024
CrowdStrike’s meltdown didn’t dent its market dominance … yet
Total revenue for Q2 grew 32 percent CrowdStrike's major meltdown a month ago doesn't look like affecting the cyber security vendor's market dominance anytime soon, based on its earnings reported Wednesday.…
Microsoft hosts a security summit but no press, public allowed
CrowdStrike, other vendors, friendly govt reps…but not anyone who would tell you what happened op-ed Microsoft will host a security summit next month with CrowdStrike and other "key" endpoint security partners joining the fun — and during which the CrowdStrike-induced outage that borked millions of Windows machines will…
Dick’s Sporting Goods discloses cyberattack
Authorities probing unwanted intrusion; hard questions ahead Dick's Sporting Goods, America's largest retail chain for outdoorsy types, has admitted that it suffered a cyberattack last week.…
From Copilot to Copirate: How data thieves could hijack Microsoft’s chatbot
Prompt injection, ASCII smuggling, and other swashbuckling attacks on the horizon Microsoft has fixed flaws in Copilot that allowed attackers to steal users' emails and other personal data by chaining together a series of LLM-specific attacks, beginning with prompt injection.…
The ultimate dual-use tool for cybersecurity
Sword or plowshare? That depends on whether you're an attacker or a defender Sponsored Feature Artificial intelligence: saviour for cyber defenders, or shiny new toy for online thieves? As with most things in tech, the answer is a bit of both.…
Woman uses AirTags to nab alleged parcel-pinching scum
Phew! Consumer-grade tracking devices are good for more than finding your keys and stalking Theft of packages is an ongoing problem, so one California woman tried a high tech solution to the problem – and her use of Apple’s consumer-grade AirTags tracking devices led to two arrests.…
Chinese broadband satellites may be Beijing’s flying spying censors, think tank warns
Ground stations are the perfect place for the Great Firewall to block things China finds unpleasant The multiple constellations of broadband-beaming satellites planned by Chinese companies could conceivably run the nation's "Great Firewall" content censorship system, according to think tank The Australian Strategic Policy Institute. And if they…
Volt Typhoon suspected of exploiting Versa SD-WAN bug since June
The same Beijing-backed cyber spy crew the feds say burrowed into US critical infrastructure It looks like China's Volt Typhoon has found a new way into American networks as Versa has disclosed a nation-state backed attacker has exploited a high-severity bug affecting all of its SD-WAN customers using…
Microsoft security tools questioned for treating employees as threats
Cracked Labs examines how workplace surveillance turns workers into suspects Software designed to address legitimate business concerns about cyber security and compliance treats employees as threats, normalizing intrusive surveillance in the workplace, according to a report by Cracked Labs.…
Microsoft mistake blows up admins’ inboxes with fake malware alerts
Legitimate emails misclassified in software snafu Updated Many administrators have had a trying Monday after getting spammed out with false malware reports by Microsoft.…