2024
Insider steals 79,000 email addresses at work to promote own business
After saying they're very sorry, they escape with a slap on the wrist A former council staff member in the district where William Shakespeare was born ransacked databases filled with residents' information to help drum up new business for their outside venture.…
Two days into the Digital Services Act, EU wields it to deepen TikTok probe
Bloc isn't happy with made-in-China network's efforts to protect kids and data Two days after its Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect, the European Union used it to open an investigation into made-in-China social network TikTok.…
Vietnam to collect biometrics – even DNA – for new ID cards
Iris scan, voice samples and blood type to be included in database The Vietnamese government will begin collecting biometric information from its citizens for identification purposes beginning in July this year.…
LockBit ransomware gang disrupted by global operation
Website has been seized and replaced with law enforcement logos from eleven nations Notorious ransomware gang LockBit's website has been taken over by law enforcement authorities, who claim they have disrupted the group's operations and will soon reveal the extent of an operation against the group.…
ALPHV gang claims it’s the attacker that broke into Prudential Financial, LoanDepot
Ransomware group continues to exploit US regulatory requirements to its advantage The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group is claiming responsibility for attacks on both Prudential Financial and LoanDepot, making a series of follow-on allegations against them.…
Safeguarding cyber-physical systems for a smart future
A useful buyers checklist can ascertain whether solutions can meet certain sets of key requirements Sponsored Feature Cyber-physical systems (CPS) have a vital role to play in our increasingly connected world.…
Feds post $15 million bounty for info on ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware crew
ALSO: EncroChat crims still getting busted; ransomware takes down CO public defenders office; and crit vulns infosec in brief The US government is offering bounties up to $15 million as a reward for anyone willing to help it take out the APLHV/Blackcat ransomware gang.…
Election security threats in 2024 range from AI to … anthrax?
Unsettling reading as Presidents' Day approaches In time for the long Presidents' Day weekend in the US there have been multiple warnings about what will undoubtedly be a challenging and potentially dangerous year for voting processes and government workers.…
How to weaponize LLMs to auto-hijack websites
We speak to professor who with colleagues tooled up OpenAI's GPT-4 and other neural nets AI models, the subject of ongoing safety concerns about harmful and biased output, pose a risk beyond content emission. When wedded with tools that enable automated interaction with other systems, they can act…
Google open sources file-identifying Magika AI for malware hunters and others
Cool, but it's 2024 – needs more hype, hand wringing, and flashy staged demos to be proper ML Google has open sourced Magika, an in-house machine-learning-powered file identifier, as part of its AI Cyber Defense Initiative, which aims to give IT network defenders and others better automated tools.…