Tag: geopolitical
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Hacker News: The AI Investment Boom
Source URL: https://www.apricitas.io/p/the-ai-investment-boom Source: Hacker News Title: The AI Investment Boom Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the booming investment in data centers and high-end computing hardware driven by the rapid growth of AI technologies. Major tech companies, including Microsoft and Amazon, are redirecting resources toward energy-intensive infrastructure, including…
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Microsoft Security Blog: Escalating cyber threats demand stronger global defense and cooperation
Source URL: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/10/15/escalating-cyber-threats-demand-stronger-global-defense-and-cooperation/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Escalating cyber threats demand stronger global defense and cooperation Feedly Summary: We must find a way to stem the tide of this malicious cyber activity. That includes continuing to harden our digital domains to protect our networks, data, and people at all levels. However, this challenge will…
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The Register: ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with ‘ESET-branded’ wipers
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/eset_denies_israel_branch_breach/ Source: The Register Title: ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with ‘ESET-branded’ wipers Feedly Summary: Says ‘limited’ incident isolated to ‘partner company’ ESET denies being compromised after an infosec researcher highlighted a wiper campaign that appeared to victims as if it was launched using the Slovak security shop’s infrastructure.……
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The Register: Intel robustly refutes China’s accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/intel_replies_china_security_allegations/ Source: The Register Title: Intel robustly refutes China’s accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors Feedly Summary: Chipzilla uses WeChat post to defend record of following local laws Intel has roundly rebutted Chinese accusations that its chips include security backdoors at the direction of the US National Security Agency (NSA).… AI Summary and…
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Krebs on Security: Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/sudanese-brothers-arrested-in-anonsudan-takedown/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown Feedly Summary: The U.S. government on Wednesday announced the arrest and charging of two Sudanese brothers accused of running Anonymous Sudan (a.k.a. AnonSudan), a cybercrime business known for launching powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a range of targets, including dozens…
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Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-5647 targets Ukrainian and Polish entities with RomCom malware variants
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-5647-romcom/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-5647 targets Ukrainian and Polish entities with RomCom malware variants Feedly Summary: By Dmytro Korzhevin, Asheer Malhotra, Vanja Svajcer and Vitor Ventura. Cisco Talos has observed a new wave of attacks active since at least late 2023, from a Russian speaking group we track as “UAT-5647”, against Ukrainian…
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The Register: Anonymous Sudan isn’t any more: two alleged operators named, charged
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/anonymous_sudan_arrests_charges/ Source: The Register Title: Anonymous Sudan isn’t any more: two alleged operators named, charged Feedly Summary: Gang said to have developed its evilware on GitHub – then DDoSed GitHub Hacktivist gang Anonymous Sudan appears to have lost its anonymity after the US Attorney’s Office on Wednesday unsealed an indictment identifying two of…
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The Register: China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/china_intel_chip_security/ Source: The Register Title: China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws Feedly Summary: Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain’t so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling for…
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Wired: Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/anonymous-sudan-ddos-indictment-takedown/ Source: Wired Title: Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals Feedly Summary: The US has accused two brothers of being part of the hacker group Anonymous Sudan, which allegedly went on a wild cyberattack spree that hit thousands of targets—and, for one of the two men, even put lives…