Tag: tactics
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The Register: Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arkana_wow_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it Feedly Summary: WOW! DID! SOMEONE! REALLY! STEAL! DATA! ON! 400K! USERS?! A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based…
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The Register: China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/china_famoussparrow_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar Feedly Summary: Crew also cooked up two fresh SparrowDoor backdoor variants, says ESET The China-aligned FamousSparrow crew has resurfaced after a long period of presumed inactivity, compromising a US financial-sector trade group and a…
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The Register: Security shop pwns ransomware gang, passes insider info to authorities
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/security_shop_pwns_ransomware_gang/ Source: The Register Title: Security shop pwns ransomware gang, passes insider info to authorities Feedly Summary: Researchers say ‘proactive’ approach is needed to combat global cybercrime Here’s one you don’t see every day: A cybersecurity vendor is admitting to breaking into a notorious ransomware crew’s infrastructure and gathering data it relayed to…
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Schneier on Security: A Taxonomy of Adversarial Machine Learning Attacks and Mitigations
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/a-taxonomy-of-adversarial-machine-learning-attacks-and-mitigations.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: A Taxonomy of Adversarial Machine Learning Attacks and Mitigations Feedly Summary: NIST just released a comprehensive taxonomy of adversarial machine learning attacks and countermeasures. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The recent publication by NIST of a comprehensive taxonomy regarding adversarial machine learning attacks and corresponding countermeasures…
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The Register: UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in South London
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/uk_facial_recognition/ Source: The Register Title: UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in South London Feedly Summary: As if living in Croydon wasn’t bad enough The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its first permanent installation of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras is coming this summer and the lucky location will be the South London…
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Hacker News: Heap-overflowing Llama.cpp to RCE
Source URL: https://retr0.blog/blog/llama-rpc-rce Source: Hacker News Title: Heap-overflowing Llama.cpp to RCE Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a detailed, technical exploration of exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability within the Llama.cpp framework, specifically focusing on a heap-overflow issue and its associated mitigations. It offers insights into the unique memory…
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Hacker News: AI bots are destroying Open Access
Source URL: https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-bots-are-destroying-open-access.html Source: Hacker News Title: AI bots are destroying Open Access Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the ongoing battle between AI companies and institutions like libraries and open-access publishers, highlighting the aggressive tactics employed by AI bots that threaten the availability of quality information. It points…