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TamperedChef malware disguised as free productivity software infected 35 endpoints across multiple countries using advanced obfuscation techniques Heimdal’s Discovery Heimdal Security’s Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) team has identified…
AI-Powered Cyber Crime Raises Worldwide Alarm Bells. A new report from Anthropic, an AI startup backed by Amazon and Google, revealed a major shift in the cybercrime landscape. Through the use of Anthropic’s own AI model (Claude) and coding agent (Claude Code), an unnamed hacker was able to carry out an “unprecedented” cybercrime spree. This […]
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Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: communications of dozens of Iranian ships disrupted, only apps from verified developers will run on Android devices, and AI used across multiple phases of malicious attacks.
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Google says the same OAuth token compromise that enabled Salesforce data theft also let hackers access a small number of Workspace accounts via the Salesloft Drift integration.
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I just heard about this:
There’s a travel scam warning going around the internet right now: You should keep your baggage tags on your bags until you get home, then shred them, because scammers are using luggage tags to file fraudulent claims for missing baggage with the airline.
First, the scam is possible. I had a bag destroyed by baggage handlers on a recent flight, and all the information I needed to file a claim was on my luggage tag. I have no idea if I will successfully get any money from the airline, or what form it will be in, or how it will be tied to my name, but at least the first step is possible…
The US Director of National Intelligence is reporting that the UK government is dropping its backdoor mandate against the Apple iPhone. For now, at least, assuming that Tulsi Gabbard is reporting this accurately.
Competition among malware-as-a-service developers has transformed infostealers into refined, accessible tools for cybercriminals worldwide.
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Nice indirect prompt injection attack:
Bargury’s attack starts with a poisoned document, which is shared to a potential victim’s Google Drive. (Bargury says a victim could have also uploaded a compromised file to their own account.) It looks like an official document on company meeting policies. But inside the document, Bargury hid a 300-word malicious prompt that contains instructions for ChatGPT. The prompt is written in white text in a size-one font, something that a human is unlikely to see but a machine will still read.
KnowBe4, the human risk management cybersecurity platform, has released its latest research paper “Financial Sector Threats Report,” uncovering critical insights into the escalating cybersecurity crisis facing the global financial sector. The report shows that financial institutions face a perfect storm of AI-enhanced attacks, credential theft and supply chain vulnerabilities that pose systemic risks to the […]
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I wrote about this in 2023. Here’s the story:
Three Dutch security analysts discovered the vulnerabilities—five in total—in a European radio standard called TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio), which is used in radios made by Motorola, Damm, Hytera, and others. The standard has been used in radios since the ’90s, but the flaws remained unknown because encryption algorithms used in TETRA were kept secret until now.
There’s new news:
In 2023, Carlo Meijer, Wouter Bokslag, and Jos Wetzels of security firm Midnight Blue, based in the Netherlands, discovered vulnerabilities in encryption algorithms that are part of a European radio standard created by ETSI called TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio), which has been baked into radio systems made by Motorola, Damm, Sepura, and others since the ’90s. The flaws remained unknown publicly until their disclosure, because ETSI refused for decades to let anyone examine the proprietary algorithms…