Governments and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware
Over 25 governments and 14 tech companies vowed to fight against the proliferation of commercial spyware
Month: February 2024
From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU
In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders was an attorney who advised Russia’s top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation.
Spotlight On: PROSA, a New Principal Participating Organization
Welcome PROSA, a new Principal Participating Organization (PPO) at the PCI Security Standards Council! In this special spotlight edition of our PCI Perspectives Blog, PROSA CISO Valther Galván Ponce de León introduces us to his company…
Patched Critical Flaw Exposed JetBrains TeamCity Servers
Tracked as CVE-2024-23917, the flaw carries a CVSS rating of 9.8
EU – UK rules of origin for electric vehicles and batteries
After the UK left the EU, the two parties concluded a Trade and Cooperation Agreement, committing them among other things to a progressive increase in the EU and UK content in the electric vehicles (EVs) and EV batteries they trade, to avoid tariffs.
Google and CSA Singapore Combat Android Fraud With New Pilot
The initiative aims to tackle mobile fraud by auto-blocking apps seeking sensitive permissions
After FBI Takedown, KV-Botnet Operators Shift Tactics in Attempt to Bounce Back
The threat actors behind the KV-botnet made “behavioral changes” to the malicious network as U.S. law enforcement began issuing commands to neutralize the activity.
KV-botnet is the name given to a network of compromised small office and home…
The AnyDesk Breach: Overview and Recommendations
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Meta to Introduce Labeling for AI-Generated Images Ahead of US Election
Meta will start working on detecting AI images generated from rival services ahead of the November 2024 US presidential election
Nayib Bukele’s popularity steers him toward an unprecedented second term as president of El Salvador
In El Salvador, the official results of Sunday’s presidential elections are still not in, but that didn’t stop President Nayib Bukele from declaring victory on social media — and he looks slated to win. He was up for reelection, in a country that doesn…