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CrowdStrike file update bricks Windows machines around the world

Global technology outage disrupts services

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1Kby Simon Sharwood / 2d

Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop - but there's a workaround Updated An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows globally.…

Firms skip security reviews of major app updates about half the time

61by Matthew Connatser / 3d

Complicated, costly, time-consuming – pick three Updated Cybersecurity workers review major updates to software applications only 54 percent of the time, according to a poll of tech managers.…

Kaspersky challenges US government to put up or shut up about Kremlin ties

Kaspersky Lab closes US division

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30by Jessica Lyons / 2d

Stick an independent probe in our software, you won't find any Putin.DLL backdoor Kaspersky has hit back after the US government banned its products – by proposing an independent verification that its software is above board and not backdoored by the Kremlin.…

JUL 19, 2024

UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM Resorts cyberattack probe

by Jessica Lyons / 1d

17-year-old cuffed as FBI says it will 'relentlessly pursue' miscreants around the globe Cops in the UK have arrested a suspected member of the notorious Scattered Spider crime gang, which is accused of crippling MGM Resorts in Las Vegas with ransomware last summer.…

CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear

20by Iain Thomson / 1d

Our vultures gather to review this very freaky Friday Kettle If you're an IT administrator with Windows boxes on your network, Friday can't have been a lot of fun. What's likely millions of systems were or still are stuck in blue-screen boot loop hell, mostly requiring manual intervention to fix.…

JUL 18, 2024

North Korea likely behind takedown of Indian crypto exchange WazirX

Arkham offers bounty for WazirX hack clues

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by Laura Dobberstein / 2d

Firm halts trades after seeing $230 million disappear Indian crypto exchange WazirX has revealed it lost virtual assets valued at over $230 million after a cyber attack that has since been linked to North Korea.…

Beijing's attack gang Volt Typhoon was a false flag inside job conspiracy: China

by Simon Sharwood / 2d

Run by the NSA, the FBI, and Five Eyes nations, who fooled infosec researchers, apparently China has wildly claimed the Volt Typhoon gang, which Five Eyes nations accuse of being a Beijing-backed attacker that targets critical infrastructure, was in fact made up by the US intelligence community.…

Judge mostly drags SEC's lawsuit against SolarWinds into the recycling bin

by Jessica Lyons / 2d

Russia-invaded software biz 'grateful for the support we have received' A judge has mostly thrown out a lawsuit brought by America's financial watchdog that accused SolarWinds and its chief infosec officer of misleading investors about its computer security practices and the backdooring of its Orion product.…

Russia’s FIN7 is peddling its EDR-nerfing malware to ransomware gangs

8 TTPs

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by Connor Jones / 2d

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FIN7 advertises AvNeutralizer tool

Major vendors' products scuppered by novel techniques Prolific Russian cybercrime syndicate FIN7 is using various pseudonyms to sell its custom security solution-disabling malware to different ransomware gangs.…

Maximum-severity Cisco vulnerability allows attackers to change admin passwords

2 TTPs

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29by Connor Jones / 3d

You’re going to want to patch this one Cisco just dropped a patch for a maximum-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to change the password of any user, including admins.…

JUL 17, 2024

Release the hounds! Securing datacenters may soon need sniffer dogs

by Simon Sharwood / 3d

Nothing else can detect attackers with implants designed to foil physical security Sniffer dogs may soon become a useful means of improving physical security in datacenters, as increasing numbers of people are adopting implants like NFC chips that have the potential to enable novel attacks on access control tools.…

Merged Exabeam and LogRhythm cut jobs, face lawsuit

Exabeam and LogRhythm merge

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by Jessica Lyons / 3d

Unconfirmed reports suggest 30 percent reduction in headcount Exabeam and LogRhythm – a pair of cyber security firms – finalized their merger on Wednesday, an occasion The Register understands was marked by swift job cuts and shareholder action to investigate the transaction.…

Kaspersky gives US customers six months of free updates as a parting gift

by Jessica Lyons / 3d

So long, farewell, do svidaniya, goodbye Updated Embattled Russian infosec shop Kaspersky is giving US customers six months of security updates for free as a parting gift as Uncle Sam kicks the antivirus maker out of the American market.…

Craig Wright admits he isn't the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK

by Matthew Connatser / 3d

Aussie definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto, faces £6M legal bill and possible perjury trial Australian Craig Wright has finally admitted he is not the inventor of Bitcoin after losing several cases in the High Court of England and Wales, whose judge has suggested he be investigated for perjury.…

Ransomware continues to pile on costs for critical infrastructure victims

by Connor Jones / 3d

Millions more spent without any improvement in recovery times Costs associated with ransomware attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI) organizations skyrocketed in the past year.…

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