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Pixel perfect Ghostpulse malware loader hides inside PNG image files

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by Connor Jones / 8h

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GHOSTPULSE malware hides in images

Miscreants combine it with an equally tricky piece of social engineering The Ghostpulse malware strain now retrieves its main payload via a PNG image file's pixels. This development, security experts say, is "one of the most significant changes" made by the crooks behind it since launching in 2023.…

Open source LLM tool primed to sniff out Python zero-days

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25by Thomas Claburn / 2d

The static analyzer uses Claude AI to identify vulns and suggest exploit code Researchers with Seattle-based Protect AI plan to release a free, open source tool that can find zero-day vulnerabilities in Python codebases with the help of Anthropic's Claude AI model.…

Tesla, Intel, deny they're the foreign company China just accused of making maps that threaten national security

Tesla Intel deny China accusations

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by Laura Dobberstein / 1d

As TSMC defends itself against report it may have helped Huawei Tesla has denied it was involved in illegal-map making activities in China after Beijing asserted an unnamed foreign firm working on a smart car project had done so – and even stolen state secrets – through a collaboration with a local business.…

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China’s Spamouflage cranks up trolling of US Senator Rubio as election day looms

by Jessica Lyons / 15h

Note to Xi: Marco and Ted Cruz aren't the same person China's Spamouflage disinformation crew has been targeting US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) with its fake news campaigns over the past couple of months, trolling the Republican lawmaker's official X account and posting negative stories about Rubio on Reddit and Medium.…

Sophos to snatch Secureworks in $859M buyout: Why fight when you can just buy?

Sophos acquires Secureworks for $859M

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by Iain Thomson / 16h

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo adds another trophy to its growing collection British security biz Sophos has announced a plan to gobble up competitor Secureworks in an $859 million deal that will make Dell happy.…

The billionaire behind Trump's 'unhackable' phone is on a mission to fight Tesla's FSD

by Iain Thomson / 18h

Dan O'Dowd tells El Reg about the OS secrets and ongoing clash with Musk Interview This month, presidential hopeful Donald Trump got a tool in his arsenal: some allegedly "unhackable" communications kit. The Register has talked to the man behind the operating system, who also ran for the US Senate on a campaign to get self-driving Teslas off the road – and is on something of a crusade about the m

macOS HM Surf vuln might already be under exploit by major malware family

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by Connor Jones / 1d

Like keeping your camera and microphone private? Patch up In revealing details about a vulnerability that threatens the privacy of Apple fans, Microsoft urges all macOS users to update their systems.…

Oct 20, 2024

Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk

Internet Archive suffers major cyberattacks

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by Simon Sharwood / 1d

Org turns its woes into a fundraising opportunity Despite the Internet Archive's assurances it's back on its feet after a recent infosec incident, the org still appears to be in trouble after parties unknown claimed to hold access tokens to its Zendesk implementation and to have used them to send a mass email blast.…

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