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Cops cuff 22-year-old Brit suspected of being Scattered Spider leader

Scattered Spider Arrested

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by Connor Jones / 2h

Spanish cops make arrest at airport before he jetted off to Italy Spanish police arrested a person they allege to be the leader of the notorious cybercrime gang Scattered Spider just before he boarded a private flight headed to Naples.…

AWS is pushing ahead with MFA for privileged accounts. What that means for you ...

by Jessica Lyons and Chris Williams / 3h

The clock is ticking – why not try a passkey? Heads up: Amazon Web Services is pushing ahead with making multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for certain users, and we love to see it.…

UK's Total Fitness exposed nearly 500k images of members and staff through unprotected database

by Connor Jones / 4h

Health club chain headed for the spa on choose a password day A security researcher claims UK health club and gym chain Total Fitness bungled its data protection responsibilities by failing to lock down a database chock-full of members' personal data.…

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Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 attacks vSphere and Azure to run VMs inside victims' infrastructure

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by Simon Sharwood / 8h

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UNC3944 targets SaaS applications for data theft

Who needs ransomware when you can scare techies into coughing up their credentials? Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 – the crew suspected of involvement in the recent attacks on Snowflake and MGM Entertainment, and plenty more besides – has changed its tactics and is now targeting SaaS applications…

That didn't take long: replacement for SORBS spam blacklist arises ... sort of

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by Brandon Vigliarolo / 13h

ALSO: online adoption cyberstalker nabbed; Tesla trade secrets thief pleads guilty; and a critical ASUS Wi-Fi vuln In Brief A popular spam blocklist service that went offline earlier this month has advised users it is down permanently – but at least one potential candidate is stepping up to try to fill the threat intelligence void.…

Japan's space junk cleaner hunts down major target

by Simon Sharwood / 14h

PLUS: Australia to age limit social media; Hong Kong's robo-dogs; India's new tech minister The space junk cleaning mission launched by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully hunted down one of its targets.…

JUN 14, 2024

Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act

Private Keys (Enterprise T1552.004)

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by Jessica Lyons / 2d

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Microsoft cybersecurity vulnerabilities endanger

Business as usual needs a real change Feature Microsoft president Brad Smith struck a conciliatory tone regarding his IT giant's repeated computer security failings during a congressional hearing on Thursday – while also claiming the Windows maker is above the rule of law, at least in China.…

Stanford Internet Observatory wilts under legal pressure during election year

Stanford Internet Observatory winding down

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by Thomas Claburn / 2d

Because who needs disinformation research at times like these The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO), which for the past five years has been studying and reporting on social media disinformation, is being reimagined with new management and fewer staff following the recent departure of research director Renee DiResta.…

Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down

Meta trains AI using European data amidst privacy

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21by Jessica Lyons / 2d

Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards' Meta has caved to European regulators, and agreed to pause its plans to train AI models on EU users' Facebook and Instagram users' posts — a move that the social media giant said will delay its plans to launch Meta AI in the economic zone.…

Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam

by Matthew Connatser / 2d

Crook and his alleged co-conspirators said to have used Discord to coordinate The US Department of Justice has convicted a Nigerian national of participating in a business email compromise (BEC) scam worth $1.5 million.…

Ukraine busts SIM farms targeting soldiers with spyware

Ukrainians accused of aiding Russia

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21by Connor Jones / 3d

Russia recruits local residents to support battlefield goals Infrastructure that enabled two pro-Russia Ukraine residents to break into soldiers' devices and deploy spyware has been dismantled by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).…

French state bidding for piece of Atos, offers €700M

French government offers Atos €700 million

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by Dan Robinson / 3d

Big data + security division could be owed by the government and its people The French government has confirmed an offer of €700 million ($748 million) for key assets of ailing IT services giant Atos, following the company’s acceptance of a restructuring deal earlier this week.…

JUN 13, 2024

Microsoft bigwig says the Feds catching Chinese spies in Exchange Online is the cloud working as intended

Microsoft cybersecurity vulnerabilities endanger

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by Jessica Lyons / 3d

'It's not our job to find the culprits – That's what we're paying you for' lawmaker scolds Brad Smith Lawmakers on Thursday grilled Microsoft president Brad Smith about the Windows giant's businesses dealing in China — and the super-corp's repeated security failings — at a time when Beijing-backed spies are accused of breaking into Microsoft-hosted email accounts of American government officials.

US Space Force wanted $77M to reinforce GPS – and Congress shot it down

House panel rejects Space Force funding

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by Brandon Vigliarolo / 3d

Can't we do this another way, like without these mini-sats costing $1B over 5 years, House reps wonder A plan by America's Space Force to harden GPS against spoofing attacks may be going nowhere: A request by the service branch for $77 million of public cash to finish the work is struggling to get approval from Congress.…

Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M

Oracle shuts down advertising business

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52by Thomas Claburn / 3d

In this slightly more private era, your data ain't as profitable as it once was Analysis Oracle Advertising is shutting down, CEO Safra Catz said during the database goliath's fiscal 2024 Q4 earnings call with Wall Street this week.…

Ukrainian cops collar Kyiv programmer believed to be Conti, LockBit linchpin

Ukraine police arrest ransomware developer

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by Connor Jones / 3d

28-year-old accused of major ransomware attacks across Europe An alleged cog in the Conti and LockBit ransomware machines is now in handcuffs after Ukrainian police raided his home this week.…

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

Google faces privacy complaint over tracking

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by Richard Speed / 4d

Chocolate Factory accused of misleading Chrome browser users Updated 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.…

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

38by Connor Jones / 4d

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.…