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Plugging the holes in open banking

Tue, 04/03/2025 - 03:17
Enhancing API security for financial institutions

Partner Content  Open banking has revolutionized financial services, empowering consumers to share their financial data with third-party providers, including fintech innovators.…

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So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America?

Tue, 04/03/2025 - 02:15
Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks

Comment  America's cybersecurity chiefs in recent days have been sending mixed messages about the threat posed by Russia in the digital world.…

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Cybersecurity not the hiring-'em-like-hotcakes role it once was

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 16:10
Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create 'realistic' job outline, say experts

Analysis  It's a familiar refrain in the security industry that there is a massive skills gap in the sector. And while it's true there are specific shortages in certain areas, some industry watchers believe we may be reaching the point of oversupply for generalists.…

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Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 13:15
Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored

Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are voicing concerns over dependencies on a US entity, even with the guarantees in place.…

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Polish space agency confirms cyberattack

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 12:45
Officials remain intent on uncovering who was behind it

The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) is currently dealing with a "cybersecurity incident," it confirmed via its X account on Sunday.…

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UK watchdog investigates TikTok and Reddit over child data privacy concerns

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 12:23
ICO looking at what data is used to serve up recommendations

The UK's data protection watchdog has launched three investigations into certain social media platforms following concerns about the protection of privacy among teenage users.…

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Governments can't seem to stop asking for secret backdoors

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 09:30
Cut off one head and 100 grow back? Decapitation may not be the way to go

Opinion  With Apple pulling the plug on at-rest end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for UK users, and Signal threatening to pull out of Sweden if that government demands E2EE backdoors, it's looking bleak.…

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US Cyber Command reportedly pauses cyberattacks on Russia

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 03:31
PLUS: Phishing suspects used fishing gear as alibi; Apple's 'Find My' can track PCs and Androids; and more

Infosec In Brief  US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered US Cyber Command to pause offensive operations against Russia, as the USA’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has denied any change in its posture.…

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C++ creator calls for help to defend programming language from 'serious attacks'

Sun, 02/03/2025 - 17:46
Bjarne Stroustrup says standards committee needs to show it can respond to memory safety push

Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, has issued a call for the C++ community to defend the programming language, which has been shunned by cybersecurity agencies and technical experts in recent years for its memory safety shortcomings.…

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Ransomware criminals love CISA's KEV list – and that's a bug, not a feature

Fri, 28/02/2025 - 19:07
1 in 3 entries are used to extort civilians, says new paper

Fresh research suggests attackers are actively monitoring databases of vulnerabilities that are known to be useful in carrying out ransomware attacks.…

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Microsoft names alleged credential-snatching 'Azure Abuse Enterprise' operators

Fri, 28/02/2025 - 04:02
Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud – claim

Microsoft has named four of the ten people it is suing for allegedly snatching Azure cloud credentials and developing tools to bypass safety guardrails in its generative AI services – ultimately to generate deepfake smut videos of celebrities and others.…

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Feds: Army soldier accused of AT&T heist Googled ‘can hacking be treason,’ ‘defecting to Russia’

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 22:41
FYI: What NOT to search after committing a crime

The US Army soldier accused of compromising AT&T and bragging about getting his hands on President Trump's call logs allegedly tried to sell stolen information to a foreign intel agent.…

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FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 21:45
Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets

The FBI has officially accused North Korea's Lazarus Group of stealing $1.5 billion in Ethereum from crypto-exchange Bybit earlier this month, and asked for help tracking down the stolen funds.…

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Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI's GPT-4o

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 07:29
Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity

Computer scientists have found that fine-tuning notionally safe large language models to do one thing badly can negatively impact the AI’s output across a range of topics.…

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Wallbleed vulnerability unearths secrets of China's Great Firewall 125 bytes at a time

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:52
Boffins poked around inside censorship engines for years before Beijing patched hole

Smart folks investigating a memory-dumping vulnerability in the Great Firewall of China (GFW) finally released their findings after probing it for years.…

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With millions upon millions of victims, scale of unstoppable info-stealer malware laid bare

Wed, 26/02/2025 - 23:43
244M purloined passwords added to Have I Been Pwned thanks to govt tip-off

A tip-off from a government agency has resulted in 284 million unique email addresses and plenty of passwords snarfed by credential-stealing malware being added to privacy-breach-notification service Have I Been Pwned (HIBP).…

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Bybit declares war on North Korea's Lazarus crime-ring to regain $1.5B stolen from wallet

Wed, 26/02/2025 - 23:08
Up to $140M in bounty rewards for return of Ethereum allegedly pilfered by hermit nation

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, just days after suspected North Korean operatives stole $1.5 billion in Ethereum from it, has launched a bounty program to help recover its funds.…

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Qualcomm pledges 8 years of security updates for Android kit using its chips (YMMV)

Wed, 26/02/2025 - 18:57
Starting with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 'droid 15

It seems manufacturers are finally getting the message that people want to use their kit for longer without security issues, as Qualcomm has said it'll provide Android software updates, including vulnerability fixes, for its latest chipsets for eight years instead of four.…

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Signal will withdraw from Sweden if encryption-busting laws take effect

Wed, 26/02/2025 - 12:30
Experts warned the UK’s recent 'victory' over Apple would kickstart something of a domino effect

Signal CEO Meredith Whittaker says her company will withdraw from countries that force messaging providers to allow law enforcement officials to access encrypted user data, as Sweden continues to mull such plans.…

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200-plus impressively convincing GitHub repos are serving up malware

Wed, 26/02/2025 - 07:35
Plus: DOGE staff quit; LastPass PC, Mac gasp; and CISA warns Oracle and Adobe flaws under attack

Infosec bytes  Kaspersky says it has found more than 200 GitHub repos hosting fairly convincing-looking fake projects laced with malicious software.…

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