Tag: malicious actors
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The Register: Thousands of Fortinet instances vulnerable to actively exploited flaw
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/fortinet_vulnerability/ Source: The Register Title: Thousands of Fortinet instances vulnerable to actively exploited flaw Feedly Summary: No excuses for not patching this nine-month-old issue More than 86,000 Fortinet instances remain vulnerable to the critical flaw that attackers started exploiting last week, according to Shadowserver’s data.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…
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Hacker News: Simonw’s notes on Cloudflare’s new SQLite-backed "Durable Objects" system
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/13/zero-latency-sqlite-storage-in-every-durable-object/ Source: Hacker News Title: Simonw’s notes on Cloudflare’s new SQLite-backed "Durable Objects" system Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the enhancements to Cloudflare’s Durable Object platform, where the system evolves to leverage zero-latency SQLite storage. This architectural design integrates application logic directly with data, which offers…
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The Register: INC ransomware rebrands to Lynx – same code, new name, still up to no good
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/inc_ransomware_lynx/ Source: The Register Title: INC ransomware rebrands to Lynx – same code, new name, still up to no good Feedly Summary: Researchers point to evidence that scumbags visited the strategy boutique Researchers at Palo Alto’s Unit 42 believe the INC ransomware crew is no more and recently rebranded itself as Lynx over…
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The Register: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/us_lawmakers_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants Feedly Summary: Cyberspies abusing a backdoor? Groundbreaking Lawmakers are demanding answers about earlier news reports that China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies breached US telecommunications companies Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, and hacked their wiretapping systems. They also…
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Cloud Blog: Project Shield expands free DDoS protection to even more organizations and nonprofits
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/project-shield-expands-free-ddos-protection/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Project Shield expands free DDoS protection to even more organizations and nonprofits Feedly Summary: Project Shield has helped news, human rights, and elections-related organizations defend against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks since 2013 as part of Google’s commitment to keep online content universally accessible. The solution has…
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Slashdot: Chinese Hack of US ISPs Show Why Apple Is Right About Backdoors
Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/10/025236/chinese-hack-of-us-isps-show-why-apple-is-right-about-backdoors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Hack of US ISPs Show Why Apple Is Right About Backdoors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant cybersecurity incident involving Chinese hackers accessing U.S. ISPs’ systems, which were compromised due to security backdoors created for law enforcement wiretaps. This situation emphasizes…
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Alerts: ASD’s ACSC, CISA, and US and International Partners Release Guidance on Detecting and Mitigating Active Directory Compromises
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/09/25/asds-acsc-cisa-and-us-and-international-partners-release-guidance-detecting-and-mitigating-active Source: Alerts Title: ASD’s ACSC, CISA, and US and International Partners Release Guidance on Detecting and Mitigating Active Directory Compromises Feedly Summary: Today, the Australian Signals Directorate Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD ACSC), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and other U.S. and international partners released the joint guide Detecting and…