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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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Phishing fraud continued to rise in 2015, with scams costing victims £174.4 million.
An attacker could execute arbitrary code or impersonate the authenticated user and perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
At the end of last year, we had some free time to explore new and interesting uses of the automated bug-finding technology we developed for the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge. While the rest of the competitors are quietly preparing for the CGC Final Event, we can entertain you with tales of running our...
The program is offering up to $40,000 towards women’s scholarships in the field.
Tripwire study shows rate of attacks is also increasing
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Norwegian and Europol officers worked with Damballa to track suspects
The company combines Websense, Raytheon Cyber Products and the recently-acquired Stonesoft next-generation firewall business.
We’re excited to announce our financial support for Let’s Encrypt, the open, automated and free SSL Certificate Authority (CA) that went into public beta on December 3. With so much room for improvement in the CA space, Let’s Encrypt offers a refreshing, promising vision of encrypting the web. Expen...
Eset study warns of dangers of removable media
Customers no longer trust businesses to use personal data securely
Today, we’re releasing the source code to our self-hosted video chat platform, Tuber Time Communications (or just “Tuber”). We’ve been using Tuber for private video calls with up to 15 members of our team over the last year or two. We want you to use it, protect your privacy, and help us make it bet...
In the past 12 months, spear phishing was responsible for 38 percent of cyber-attacks on their enterprises.
As organizations implement better security policies, CISOs are also starting to play a critical role as the cloud takes over.
The exploit is a heavyweight bug, with the potential to successfully attack a raft of major targets.
Nine bulletins to work on but IE migration should be a priority
DD4BC suspect arrested and evidence seized
Site owners didn’t contact users after September attack
The intent is to confuse search engine bots and erroneously impact page rankings for thousands of sites, for mass web defacement.
59% of the Android mobile finance apps tested had at least three Top 10 risks, whereas a full 100% of the iOS apps tested had at least three.