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Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev
A Node.js utility used by thousands of public projects - and more than 30 Department of Defense ones - appears to have a sole maintainer whose online profiles identify him as a Yandex employee living in Russia.…
Nx NPM packages poisoned in AI-assisted supply chain attack
Nx is the latest target of a software supply chain attack in the NPM ecosystem, with multiple malicious versions being uploaded to the NPM registry on Tuesday evening.…
The intruder is in the house: Storm-0501 attacked Azure, stole data, demanded payment via Teams
Storm-0501, a financially motivated cybercrime crew, recently broke into a large enterprise's on-premises and cloud environments, ultimately exfiltrating and destroying data within the org's Azure environment. The criminals then contacted the victim via a Microsoft Teams account that they'd also compromised in the attack, demanding a ransom payment for the stolen files.…
Salesforce data missing? It might be due to Salesloft breach, Google says
Google says a recent spate of Salesforce-related breaches was caused by attackers stealing OAuth tokens from the third-party Salesloft Drift app.…
Who are you again? Infosec experiencing 'Identity crisis' amid rising login attacks
Infosec pros are losing confidence in their identity providers' ability to keep attackers out, with Cisco-owned Duo warning that the industry is facing what it calls "an identity crisis."…
BGP’s security problems are notorious. Attempts to fix that are a work in progress
Systems Approach I’ve been working on a chapter about infrastructure security for our network security book.…
Google issued ‘State-backed attack in progress’ warnings after spotting web hijack scheme
Google has warned customers of a suspected state-backed attack after observing a web traffic hijacking campaign.…
First AI-powered ransomware spotted, but it's not active – yet
ESET malware researchers Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek have discovered what they describe as the "first known AI-powered ransomware," which they named PromptLock. …
Azure apparatchik shows custom silicon keeping everything locked down
Hot Chips Microsoft is one of the biggest names in cybersecurity, but it has a less-than-stellar track record in the department. Given its reputation, Redmond can't afford to mess around when it comes to securing its cloud customers' data and workloads.…
DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud
A Social Security Administration employee has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Donald Trump's DOGE cost-cutting unit has put the records of every single American at risk by duplicating an agency database in an unauthorized cloud environment. …
ZipLine attack uses 'Contact Us' forms, White House butler pic to invade sensitive industries
Cybercriminals are targeting critical US manufacturers and supply-chain companies, looking to steal sensitive IP and other data while deploying ransomware. Their attack involves a novel twist on phishing — and a photo of White House butlers. …
Citrix patches trio of NetScaler bugs – after attackers beat them to it
Citrix has pushed out fixes for three fresh NetScaler holes – and yes, they've already been used in the wild before the vendor got around to patching.…
Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness
A violent home invader and gunpoint cryptocurrency thief will now spend more than 50 years behind bars after being found guilty of assaulting a witness.…
Farmers Insurance harvests bad news: 1.1M customers snared in data breach
US insurance giant Farmers Insurance says more than a million customers had personal data nicked after a third-party vendor was compromised.…
Malware-ridden apps made it into Google's Play Store, scored 19 million downloads
Cloud security vendor Zscaler says customers of Google’s Play Store have downloaded more than 19 million instances of malware-laden apps that evaded the web giant’s security scans.…
Australian university used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors
Asia In Brief Australia’s University of Melbourne last year used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors.…
AWS, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean, and Google helped Feds investigate alleged Rapper Bot DDoS perp
Infosec in brief PLUS…
Bug bounties: The good, the bad, and the frankly ridiculous ways to do it
feature Thirty years ago, Netscape kicked off the first commercial bug bounty program. Since then, companies large and small have bought into the idea, with mixed results.…
Short circuit: Electronics supplier to tech giants suffers ransomware shutdown
Data I/O, a major electronics manufacturer whose customers include Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, notified federal regulators that it fell victim to a ransomware infection on August 16 that continues to disrupt its business operations.…
Kidney dialysis giant DaVita tells 2.4M people they were snared in ransomware data theft nightmare
Ransomware scum breached kidney dialysis firm Davita's labs database in April and stole about 2.4 million people's personal and health-related information.…