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Student's flimsy bin bags blamed for latest NHS data breach

The Register – Security / 2h

Confidential patient information found by member of the public A data protection gaffe affecting the UK's NHS is being pinned on a medical student who placed too much trust in their bin bags.…

Asset Management Holds the Key to Enterprise Defense

Dark Reading / 1h

Obtaining — and maintaining — a complete inventory of technology assets is essential to effective enterprise security. How do organizations get that inventory?

Men’s Mental Health Week: Resource Guide

Men's Mental Health Month awareness

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IT Security Guru / 16min

10 th – 16 th June 2024 is International Men’s Mental Health Week. It may feel like there are too many ‘awareness dates’, however this week is especially important. Men are far less likely to talk about mental health than women (it is thought that only 36% of referrals to NHS talking therapies are for men and 40% of men have never spoken about their mental health). This is despite the fact that t

TODAY

How Cybercrime Empires Are Built

Dark Reading / 13min

Strong partnerships and collaborations between industry and law enforcement are the most critical ways to take down cybercrime groups before they grow.

GAO reminds White House of cyber backlog

CyberScoop / 16min

A congressional watchdog is sending a reminder to the White House that it has a long laundry list of cybersecurity regulations to address as the 2024 election draws near. The Government Accountability Office is breaking biennial tradition with the latest update to its “high-risk list,” a term the watchdog uses to denote areas that are “vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement, or in ne

Google's Privacy Sandbox more like a privacy mirage, campaigners claim

Google faces privacy complaint over tracking

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The Register – Security / 39min

Chocolate Factory accused of misleading Chrome browser users Privacy campaigner noyb has filed a GDPR complaint regarding Google's Privacy Sandbox, alleging that turning on a "Privacy Feature" in the Chrome browser resulted in unwanted tracking by the US megacorp.…

Black Basta Exploits Patched Windows Privilege Escalation Bug

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Packet Storm Security / 1h

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CVE-2024-26169

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Kaspersky Researchers Punch Holes In Biometrics Hardware Security

Chinese ZKTeco biometric terminal vulnerabilities

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Packet Storm Security / 1h

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Prevalence And Impact Of Password Exposure Vulns In ICS/OT

Packet Storm Security / 1h

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Apple Patches Possibly The First Ever Spatial Computing Hack

Packet Storm Security / 1h

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White House Report Dishes Deet On All 11 Major Government Breaches From 2023

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Packet Storm Security / 1h

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Microsoft President To Testify Over Security Lapses

Microsoft cybersecurity vulnerabilities endanger

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Packet Storm Security / 1h

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Nvidia Patches High-Severity Flaws in GPU Drivers

Dark Reading / 1h

Nvidia's latest GPUs are a hot commodity for AI, but security vulnerabilities could expose GPUs — which could be up to 7 years old — to attacks from hackers.

Why SaaS Security is Suddenly Hot: Racing to Defend and Comply

38The Hacker News / 2h

Recent supply chain cyber-attacks are prompting cyber security regulations in the financial sector to tighten compliance requirements, and other industries are expected to follow. Many companies still don’t have efficient methods to manage related time-sensitive SaaS security and compliance tasks. Free SaaS risk assessment tools are an easy and practical way to bring visibility and initial

Pakistan-linked Malware Campaign Evolves to Target Windows, Android, and macOS

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32The Hacker News / 3h

Threat actors with ties to Pakistan have been linked to a long-running malware campaign dubbed Operation Celestial Force since at least 2018. The activity, still ongoing, entails the use of an Android malware called GravityRAT and a Windows-based malware loader codenamed HeavyLift, according to Cisco Talos, which are administered using another standalone tool referred to as GravityAdmin. The

Cybercriminals Employ PhantomLoader to Distribute SSLoad Malware

7 TTPs

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32The Hacker News / 3h

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SSLoad malware uses MSI installer

The nascent malware known as SSLoad is being delivered by means of a previously undocumented loader called PhantomLoader, according to findings from cybersecurity firm Intezer. "The loader is added to a legitimate DLL, usually EDR or AV products, by binary patching the file and employing self-modifying techniques to evade detection," security researchers Nicole Fishbein and Ryan Robinson said in

Pakistani Hacking Team 'Celestial Force' Spies on Indian Gov't, Defense

4 TTPs

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Dark Reading / 4h

Against a backdrop of political conflict, a years-long cyber-espionage campaign in South Asia is coming to light.

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Smashing Security podcast #376: iOS 18 for cheaters, and a model cop extortionist?

Graham Cluley / 4h

Apple announces a new privacy feature in iOS that will allow you to hide and lock away your apps - but will be philanderers who benefit the most? And an ex-police officer is arrested for extortion.

Multiple flaws in Fortinet FortiOS fixed

2 TTPs

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Security Affairs / 4h

Fortinet released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in FortiOS, including a high-severity code execution security issue. Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities in FortiOS and other products, including some code execution flaws. The company states that multiple stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the command line interpreter of FortiOS [CWE-121], collectively tra

Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups

Data Encrypted for Impact (Enterprise T1486)

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52The Hacker News / 5h

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Ukraine police arrest ransomware developer

The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups. The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the development of crypters to encrypt and obfuscate malicious payloads in order to evade detection by security programs. The product is believed to have been

Google Warns of Pixel Firmware Security Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day

62The Hacker News / 6h

Google has warned that a security flaw impacting Pixel Firmware has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The high-severity vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-32896, has been described as an elevation of privilege issue in Pixel Firmware. The company did not share any additional details related to the nature of attacks exploiting it, but noted "there are indications that CVE-2024-32896 may be

New Cross-Platform Malware 'Noodle RAT' Targets Windows and Linux Systems

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34The Hacker News / 7h

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Chinese hackers use Noodle RAT

A previously undocumented cross-platform malware codenamed Noodle RAT has been put to use by Chinese-speaking threat actors either for espionage or cybercrime for years. While this backdoor was previously categorized as a variant of Gh0st RAT and Rekoobe, Trend Micro security researcher Hara Hiroaki said "this backdoor is not merely a variant of existing malware, but is a new type altogether."

Time to zero in on Zero Trust?

The Register – Security / 11h

Recently discovered vulnerabilities in VPN services should push ASEAN organizations to rethink their perimeter security approach Sponsored Post Companies the ASEAN region have long relied on a virtual private network (VPN) to help encrypt their Internet traffic and protect users' online identities.…

Crooks crack customer info at tracking device vendor Tile, issue 'extortion' demands

Tile tracker data breach revealed

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The Register – Security / 12h

Who tracks the trackers? Life360, purveyor of "Tile" Bluetooth tracking devices and developer of associated apps, has revealed it is dealing with a "criminal extortion attempt" after unknown miscreants contacted it with an allegation they had customer data in their possession.…

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