Tag: malicious actors
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Hacker News: Hackers Claim Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data
Source URL: https://www.404media.co/hackers-claim-massive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/ Source: Hacker News Title: Hackers Claim Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant data breach involving Gravy Analytics, a company that sells smartphone location data to the U.S. government. It highlights privacy concerns related to the…
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Slashdot: New System Auto-Converts C To Memory-Safe Rust, But There’s a Catch
Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/01/03/133213/new-system-auto-converts-c-to-memory-safe-rust-but-theres-a-catch Source: Slashdot Title: New System Auto-Converts C To Memory-Safe Rust, But There’s a Catch Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers at Inria and Microsoft have introduced a novel system for converting C programming code into memory-safe Rust code to combat memory vulnerabilities, a significant issue in software security. This…
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CSA: How AI Powers Cybercrime and Defense
Source URL: https://abnormalsecurity.com/blog/key-insights-ethical-hacker Source: CSA Title: How AI Powers Cybercrime and Defense Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses the dual role of artificial intelligence in cybercrime and cybersecurity, highlighting how malicious actors leverage AI technologies to enhance their attacks while emphasizing the necessity for defenders to adapt AI-driven solutions. This…
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Krebs on Security: U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/u-s-army-soldier-arrested-in-att-verizon-extortions/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions Feedly Summary: Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon. As…
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The Register: ‘That’s not a bug, it’s a feature’ takes on a darker tone when malware’s involved
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/23/firmware_malware_opinion/ Source: The Register Title: ‘That’s not a bug, it’s a feature’ takes on a darker tone when malware’s involved Feedly Summary: Mummy, where do zero days come from? Opinion One of the charms of coding is that malice can be indistinguishable from incompetence. Last week’s Who, Me? story about financial transfer test…
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Krebs on Security: Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/web-hacking-service-araneida-tied-to-turkish-it-firm/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm Feedly Summary: Cybercriminals are selling hundreds of thousands of credential sets stolen with the help of a cracked version of Acunetix, a powerful commercial web app vulnerability scanner, new research finds. The cracked software is being resold as…
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Alerts: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/12/16/cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-20767 Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Vulnerability CVE-2024-35250 Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack…
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Slashdot: Was the US Telecom Breach Inevitable, Proving Backdoors Can’t Be Secure?
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/12/15/0023237/was-the-us-telecom-breach-inevitable-proving-backdoors-cant-be-secure Source: Slashdot Title: Was the US Telecom Breach Inevitable, Proving Backdoors Can’t Be Secure? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the security implications of the FBI’s reliance on encryption strategies that critics argue promote vulnerabilities, particularly in light of a cyber attack attributed to state-backed hackers. It…