Tag: malicious activities
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Hacker News: Zizmor would have caught the Ultralytics workflow vulnerability
Source URL: https://blog.yossarian.net/2024/12/06/zizmor-ultralytics-injection Source: Hacker News Title: Zizmor would have caught the Ultralytics workflow vulnerability Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes a security incident involving the compromise of the Ultralytics machine learning package, which led to the release of malicious software via multiple versions uploaded to PyPI. The root…
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Krebs on Security: Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/why-phishers-love-new-tlds-like-shop-top-and-xyz/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz Feedly Summary: Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — such as .shop, .top, .xyz —…
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CSA: How to Prevent Cross-Platform Account Takeover
Source URL: https://abnormalsecurity.com/blog/cross-platform-account-takeover-real-world-scenarios Source: CSA Title: How to Prevent Cross-Platform Account Takeover Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a critical security concern surrounding cross-platform account takeovers (ATO) where attackers exploit initial access to one account (like email) to compromise linked accounts across various platforms. The article outlines four significant attack…
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Slashdot: How the World’s Vital Undersea Data Cables Are Being Targeted
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/22/1650214/how-the-worlds-vital-undersea-data-cables-are-being-targeted?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How the World’s Vital Undersea Data Cables Are Being Targeted Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the growing vulnerability of critical submarine infrastructure, particularly undersea fiber-optic cables, which are essential for global telecommunications. The recent incident of damage in the Baltic Sea, suspected to…
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Hacker News: Security researchers identify new malware targeting Linux
Source URL: https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/unveiling-wolfsbane-gelsemiums-linux-counterpart-to-gelsevirine/ Source: Hacker News Title: Security researchers identify new malware targeting Linux Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: ESET researchers have revealed the emergence of Linux malware associated with the Gelsemium APT group, marking a significant shift in their tactics as they move beyond Windows-targeted malware. The malware includes notable…
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The Register: O2’s AI granny knits tall tales to waste scam callers’ time
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/o2_ai_granny/ Source: The Register Title: O2’s AI granny knits tall tales to waste scam callers’ time Feedly Summary: Brit mobile network’s Daisy has time, patience, and plenty of yarns to spin Watch out, scammers. O2 has created a new weapon in the fight against fraud: an AI granny that will keep you talking…
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The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/china_volt_typhoon_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance Feedly Summary: Ohm, for flux sake China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet are back, compromising old Cisco routers once again to break into critical infrastructure networks and kick off cyberattacks, according to security researchers.… AI…