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Today's cybersecurity news highlights several significant threats and trends. OpenAI has partnered with Ukraine to enhance the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure amid ongoing conflict with Russia. A member of the Ryuk ransomware gang received a two-year prison sentence for extorting over $1.2 million. The ShinyHunters group claims to have breached the FBI, demanding the retraction of a report criticizing their methods. Vulnerabilities in multiple platforms, including GitHub and WordPress, continue to pose risks, with leaked GitHub App keys still being exploited. Additionally, a new Windows malware, CLOSEDQUORUM, utilizes AI models to determine its actions, showcasing the evolving landscape of AI in cyberattacks.
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Messaging platform forced to call the Feds
The attack has gone largely unnoticed, with a near-non-existent detection rate, leaving millions vulnerable.
Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI’s request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen’s iPhone 5C. Since then, many have argued whether these requests from the FBI are technically feasible given the support for strong encryption on iOS dev...
This state of affairs has knocked them offline and reduced doctors to swapping handwritten notes instead of emails.
FBI sees sharp rise in CEO email fraud
For most mobile app developers, password management has as much appeal as a visit to the dentist. You do it because you have to, but it is annoying and easy to screw up, even when using standard libraries or protocols like OAUTH. Your users feel the same way. Even if they know to use strong […]
Service will be available for vulnerable organizations
Dell Security outlines key trends to watch in 2016.
We’re excited to announce that Sophia D’Antoine will be the next featured speaker at Etsy’s Code as Craft series on Wednesday, February 10th from 6:30-8pm in NYC. What is Code as Craft? Etsy Code as Craft events are a semi-monthly series of guest speakers who explore a technical topic or computing t...
Surveillance data can be used to launch effective spear phishing attacks, which puts the enterprise at risk of a major breach.
This family of malicious apps masquerades as popular games or apps in order to bypass Google’s security checks.
Every good security researcher has a well-curated list of blogs they subscribe to. At Trail of Bits, given our interest in software security and its intersections with programming languages, one of our favorites is The Programming Language Enthusiast by Michael Hicks. Our primary activity is to desc...
Online tussle follows discovery of misconfigured database at uKnowKids
PwC report claims 60% of firms don’t believe police can handle it
Researchers claim attackers could control vehicle functions
wireless-enabled printers remain deployed in a potentially vulnerable default configuration
Cylance report claims group has been around since 2010
Attackers can remotely hack wireless mice from within 100 meters away.
SHA-1, Heartbleed and the insecure SSLv3 protocol all plague the arena.
Gemalto study points to ID theft as chief cause