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PACER buckles under MFA rollout as courts warn of support delays
US courts have warned of delays as PACER, the system for accessing court documents, struggles to support users enrolling in its mandatory MFA program.…
CISA sounds alarm over TP-Link wireless routers under attack
Infosec in brief The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has said two flaws in routers made by Chinese networking biz TP-Link are under active attack and need to be fixed – but there's another flaw being exploited as well.…
UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle
UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer cleared out the officials in charge of tech and digital law in a dramatic cabinet reshuffle at the weekend.…
The crazy, true story behind the first AI-powered ransomware
interview It all started as an idea for a research paper. …
Shell to pay: Crims invade your PC with CastleRAT malware, now in C and Python
A team of data thieves has doubled down by developing its CastleRAT malware in both Python and C variants. Both versions spread by tricking users into pasting malicious commands through a technique called ClickFix, which uses fake fixes and login prompts.…
Critical, make-me-super-user SAP S/4HANA bug under active exploitation
A critical code-injection bug in SAP S/4HANA that allows low-privileged attackers to take over your SAP system is being actively exploited, according to security researchers.…
Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust
A major UK education trust has warned staff that their personal information may have been compromised following a cyberattack on software developer Intradev in August.…
Attackers snooping around Sitecore, dropping malware via public sample keys
Unknown miscreants are exploiting a configuration vulnerability in multiple Sitecore products to achieve remote code execution via a publicly exposed key and deploy snooping malware on infected machines.…
Boffins build automated Android bug hunting system
AI models get slammed for producing sloppy bug reports and burdening open source maintainers with hallucinated issues, but they also have the potential to transform application security through automation.…
China-aligned crew poisons Windows servers to manipulate Google results
A new China-aligned cybercrime crew named GhostRedirector has compromised at least 65 Windows servers worldwide - spotted in a June internet scan - using previously undocumented malware to juice gambling sites' rankings in Google search, according to ESET researchers.…
Enterprises sticking with Windows 10 could shell out billions for continued support
Free support is ending for many editions of Windows 10 on October 14, and enterprises unable to make the jump are on the hook for billions to keep the fixes flowing.…
Sainsbury's eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition
Sainsbury's, Britain's second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech in two of its stores to curb shoplifting.…
France fines Google, SHEIN, for undercooked Cookie policies that led to crummy privacy
France’s data protection authority levied massive fines against Google and SHEIN for dropping cookies on customers without securing their permission, and also whacked Google for showing ads in email service.…
US puts $10M bounty on three Russians accused of attacking critical infrastructure
The US State Department has put a $10 million bounty on the heads of three Russians accused of being intelligence agents hacking America's critical infrastructure - primarily via old Cisco kit, it seems.…
Congressional panel throws cyber threat intel-sharing, funding a lifeline
US security leaders have urged lawmakers to reauthorize two key pieces of cyber legislation, including one that facilitates threat-intel sharing between the private sector and federal government, before they expire at the end of the month.…
Android drops mega patch bomb - 120 fixes, two already exploited
Patch Tuesday is next week, but Android is ahead of the game, dropping its biggest patch bundle this year while attackers actively exploit two of the now-fixed flaws.…
Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs
Attackers on underground forums claimed they were using HexStrike AI, an open-source red-teaming tool, against Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities within hours of disclosure, according to Check Point cybersecurity evangelist Amit Weigman.…
It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help?
It's no secret that AI tools make it easier for cybercriminals to steal sensitive data and then extort victim organizations. But two recent developments illustrate exactly how much LLMs lower the bar for ransomware and other financially motivated cybercrime — and provide a glimpse to defenders about what's on the horizon.…
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown
A RAID failure has taken the Matrix.org homeserver offline, leaving users of the decentralized messaging service unable to send or receive messages while engineers attempt a 55 TB database restore.…
Internet mapping and research outfit Censys reveals state-based abuse, harassment
Censys Inc, vendor of the popular Censys internet-mapping tool, has revealed that state-based actors are trying to abuse its services by hiding behind academic researchers.…
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