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Today's cybersecurity news highlights several significant threats and trends. A Californian individual has been accused of illegally exporting $300 million worth of Nvidia chips to China, potentially aiding advancements in AI technology. The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned members of the Tren de Aragua gang linked to ATM jackpotting attacks, emphasizing ongoing concerns over organized cybercrime. A critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiMail is actively being exploited, prompting urgent patching efforts. Additionally, AI agents are increasingly being used in cyberattacks, including SQL injection attempts against government websites. The rise of AI in both offensive and defensive roles continues to shape the cybersecurity landscape, with Microsoft warning that attackers are gaining significant advantages through AI.
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Plenty for organizations to work on as they continue fixing Log4j
EU’s privacy tsar says many innocent people have been swept up in dragnet
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Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in December:
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FBI, CISA and NSA warn Russian cyber-criminals are targeting America's critical infrastructure
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Experts call for stronger public-private partnerships
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Police warn now is their most prolific period
UK jails police forensics expert who illegally stored macabre images on his own computer
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Technicians at computer repair store raise alarm over contents of customer’s files
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Leverage a default configuration in Terraform Enterprise to steal credentials from the Metadata Service
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Use could imperil counterintelligence efforts, says government