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Microsoft Copilot for Security prepares for April liftoff

Wed, 13/03/2024 - 16:00
Automated AI helper intended to make security more manageable

Microsoft Copilot for Security, a subscription AI security service, will be generally available on April 1, 2024, the company announced on Wednesday.…

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Stanford University failed to detect ransomware intruders for 4 months

Wed, 13/03/2024 - 12:05
27,000 individuals had data stolen, which for some included names and social security numbers

Stanford University says the cybersecurity incident it dealt with last year was indeed ransomware, which it failed to spot for more than four months.…

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Reducing the cloud security overhead

Wed, 13/03/2024 - 08:51
Why creating a layered defensive strategy that includes security by design can help address cloud challenges

Sponsored Feature  The world is filled with choices. Whether it's the 20 different types of shampoo on offer at the grocery store, or the dozens of Linux distros you can try for free, you can have it all.…

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Researchers jimmy OpenAI's and Google's closed models

Wed, 13/03/2024 - 08:34
Infosec folk aren’t thrilled that if you poke APIs enough, you learn AI's secrets

Boffins have managed to pry open closed AI services from OpenAI and Google with an attack that recovers an otherwise hidden portion of transformer models.…

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March Patch Tuesday sees Hyper-V join the guest-host escape club

Wed, 13/03/2024 - 00:16
Critical bugs galore among 61 Microsoft fixes, 56 from Adobe, a dozen from SAP, and a fistful from Fortinet

Patch Tuesday  Microsoft's monthly patch drop has arrived, delivering a mere 61 CVE-tagged vulnerabilities – none listed as under active attack or already known to the public.…

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Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 22:39
Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup

An ex-Meta veep has been sued by his former bosses for "brazenly disloyal and dishonest conduct" – and by that, they mean he allegedly stole confidential documents to help him build and recruit colleagues for an AI cloud startup. …

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Biden's budget proposal boosts CISA funding to $3B

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 18:30
Plus almost $1.5b for health-care cybersecurity

US President Joe Biden has asked Congress to approve an extra $103 million in funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, bringing CISA's total budget to $3 billion.…

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JetBrains is still mad at Rapid7 for the ransomware attacks on its customers

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 16:30
War of words wages on between vendors divided

Last week, we wrote about how security outfit Rapid7 threw JetBrains, the company behind the popular CI/CD platform TeamCity, under the bus over allegations of silent patching. Now, JetBrains has gone on the offensive.…

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UK council yanks IT systems and phone lines offline following cyber ambush

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 11:45
Targeting recovery this week, officials still trying to 'dentify the nature of the incident'

Leicester City Council says IT systems and a number of its critical service phone lines will remain down until later this week at the earliest following a "cyber incident".…

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French government sites disrupted by <i>très grande</i> DDoS

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 06:26
Russia and Sudan top the list of suspects

Several French government websites have been disrupted by a severe distributed denial of service attack.…

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White House and lawmakers increase pressure on UnitedHealth to ease providers' pain

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 00:02
US senator calls cyber attack 'inexcusable,' calls for mandatory security rules

The Biden administration and US lawmakers are turning up the pressure on UnitedHealth group to ease medical providers' pain after the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, by expediting payments to hospitals, physicians and pharmacists – among other tactics.…

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Kremlin accuses America of plotting cyberattack on Russian voting systems

Mon, 11/03/2024 - 21:58
Don't worry, we have a strong suspicion Putin's still gonna win

The Kremlin has accused the United States of meddling in Russia's upcoming presidential election, and even accused Uncle Sam of planning a cyberattack on the country's online voting system.…

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British Library pushes the cloud button, says legacy IT estate cause of hefty rebuild

Mon, 11/03/2024 - 13:30
Five months in and the mammoth post-ransomware recovery has barely begun

The British Library says legacy IT is the overwhelming factor delaying efforts to recover from the Rhysida ransomware attack in late 2023.…

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How do you lot feel about Pay or say OK to ads model, asks ICO

Mon, 11/03/2024 - 11:16
And does it count as consent?

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has opened a consultation on "consent or pay" business models. We're sure readers of The Register will have a fair few things to say.…

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Microsoft waited 6 months to patch actively exploited admin-to-kernel vulnerability

Mon, 11/03/2024 - 04:28
PLUS: NSA shares cloud security tips; Infosec training for Jordanian women; Critical vulnerabilities

Infosec in brief  Cybersecurity researchers informed Microsoft that Notorious North Korean hackers Lazarus Group discovered the "holy grail" of rootkit vulnerabilities in Windows last year, but Redmond still took six months to patch the problem.…

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Cybercrime crew Magnet Goblin bursts onto the scene exploiting Ivanti holes

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 22:55
Plus: CISA pulls plug on couple of systems feared compromised

There's yet another group of miscreants out there hijacking insecure Ivanti devices: A new, financially motivated gang dubbed Magnet Goblin has emerged from the shadowy digital depths with a knack for rapidly exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities before vendors have issued a fix.…

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Microsoft confirms Russian spies stole source code, accessed internal systems

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 16:56
Still "no evidence" of any compromised customer-facing systems, we're told

Microsoft has now confirmed that the Russian cyberspies who broke into its executives' email accounts stole source code and gained access to internal systems. The Redmond giant has characterized the intrusion as "ongoing."…

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Change Healthcare registers pulse after crippling ransomware attack

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 14:33
Remaining services are expected to return in the coming weeks after $22M ALPHV ransom

Change Healthcare has taken the first steps toward a full recovery from the ransomware attack in February by bringing its electronic prescription services back online.…

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Swiss cheese security? Play ransomware gang milks government of 65,000 files

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 12:35
Classified docs, readable passwords, and thousands of personal information nabbed in Xplain breach

The Swiss government had around 65,000 files related to it stolen by the Play ransomware gang during an attack on an IT supplier, its National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) says.…

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Font security 'still a Helvetica of a problem' says Australian graphics outfit Canva

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 03:57
Who knew that unzipping a font archive could unleash a malicious file

Online graphic design platform Canva went looking for security problems in fonts, and found three – in "strange places."…

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