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NHS major 'cyber incident' forces hospitals to use pen and paper

Major incident at Merseyside hospital

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by Connor Jones / 4h

Systems are isolated and pulled offline, while scheduled procedures are canceled The ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting a North West England NHS group has forced sites to fall back on pen-and-paper operations.…

China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos

China's largest cyber attack on US

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32by Simon Sharwood / 3d

Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House The Biden administration on Friday hosted telco execs to chat about China's recent attacks on the sector, amid revelations that US networks may need mass rebuilds to recover.…

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The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you're fired

6 TTPs

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by Jessica Lyons / 9h

Scumbags play on victims' worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal A current phishing campaign scares recipients into believing they've been sacked, when in reality they've been hacked – and infected with infostealers and other malware that means a payday for the crooks behind the scam.…

Salt Typhoon's surge extends far beyond US telcos

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by Jessica Lyons / 17h

Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber spy crew's operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond telecommunications giants in the United States, and its arsenal includes several backdoors – including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider – according to Trend Micro researchers.…

T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: 'Other providers may be seeing different outcomes'

T-Mobile US thwarts cyberattacks successfully

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by Jessica Lyons / 20h

Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do Attackers - possibly China's Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage crew - compromised an unnamed wireline provider's network and used this access to try to break into T-Mobile US systems multiple times over the past few weeks, according to its Chief Security Officer Jeff Simon. …

Bolster resilience against 2025 cyber threats

MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations enhance cybersecurity

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by Michael Newell, Cynet / 22h

Watch this webinar to learn why cybersecurity leaders can trust the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Partner Content In today's dynamic threat landscape, security leaders are under constant pressure to make informed choices about which solutions and strategies they employ to protect their organizations.…

Data broker leaves 600K+ sensitive files exposed online

by Jessica Lyons / 23h

Researcher spotted open database before criminals … we hope Exclusive More than 600,000 sensitive files containing thousands of people's criminal histories, background checks, vehicle and property records were exposed to the internet in a non-password protected database belonging to data brokerage SL Data Services, according to a security researcher.…

First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say

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by Connor Jones / 1d

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Bootkitty first UEFI bootkit for Linux

Bootkitty doesn’t bite… yet Security researchers say they've stumbled upon the first-ever UEFI bootkit targeting Linux, illustrating a key moment in the evolution of such tools.…

Automating endpoint management

by Annaliese Ingrams / 1d

Addressing the challenges of patching and vulnerability remediation Webinar Managing endpoints efficiently has perhaps never been more important or more complex. …

Nov 26, 2024

The workplace has become a surveillance state

20by Thomas Claburn / 1d

Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices Office buildings have become like web browsers – they're full of tracking technology, a trend documented in a report out this week by Cracked Labs.…

CrowdStrike still doesn't know how much its Falcon flame-out will cost

by Simon Sharwood / 1d

Thinks customers may have forgiven it after revenue hits a record CrowdStrike can't yet confidently predict the financial impact of the failed update to its Falcon software that crashed millions of computers around the world last July, but is confident its third quarter results show customers can't find a better security product.…

Telco engineer who spied on US employer for Beijing gets four years in the clink

by Laura Dobberstein / 1d

Provides insight to how China gets inside US systems, perhaps at Verizon and Infosys A 59 year-old Florida telco engineer was sentenced to 48 months in prison after he served as a spy for China and provided Beijing with details like his employer’s cybersecurity, according to the US Department of Justice.…

Man accused of hilariously bad opsec as alleged cybercrime spree detailed

Man indicted for hacking health club

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by Connor Jones / 1d

Complaint claims he trespassed, gave himself discounts, and sorted CCTV access… A Kansas City man who stands accused of having a disregard for basic opsec made his first court appearance on Friday over a series of alleged cybercrimes.…

US senators propose law to require bare minimum security standards

Senators propose healthcare cybersecurity

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23by Jessica Lyons / 2d

In case anyone forgot about Change Healthcare American hospitals and healthcare organizations would be required to adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) and other minimum cybersecurity standards under new legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of US senators. …

Fortify your data

by Robin Birtstone / 2d

How cyber resilient storage hardware can defeat ransomware Sponsored Feature Ransomware is everywhere. The FBI and CISA just issued yet another advisory about it.…

Bing Wallpaper app, now in Windows Store, accused of cookie shenanigans

Bing Wallpaper app now available

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20by Brandon Vigliarolo / 2d

Microsoft free tool snooping on users? Surely not! If you've been tempted to download the Bing Wallpaper app to spice up your Windows 11 desktop backgrounds, you may want to think twice.…

Another 'major cyber incident' at a UK hospital, outpatients asked to stay away

Major incident at Merseyside hospital

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25by Connor Jones / 2d

Third time this year an NHS unit's IT systems have come under attack A UK hospital is declaring a "major incident," cancelling all outpatient appointments due to "cybersecurity reasons."…

QNAP and Veritas dump 30-plus vulns over the weekend

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by Connor Jones / 2d

Just what you want to find when you start a new week Updated Taiwanese NAS maker QNAP addressed 24 vulnerabilities across various products over the weekend.…

Nov 25, 2024

Britain Putin up stronger AI defences to counter growing cyber threats

UK launches AI security lab

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by Iain Thomson / 2d

'Be in no doubt: the UK and others in this room are watching Russia' The government of the United Kingdom on Monday announced the formation of a Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) to make the nation more resilient to AI-powered cyber threats from Russia.…

Supply chain management vendor Blue Yonder succumbs to ransomware

Blue Yonder hit by ransomware attack

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by Simon Sharwood / 2d

And it looks like major UK retailers that rely on it are feeling the pinch US-based supply chain SaaS vendor Blue Yonder has revealed a service disruption caused by ransomware, and its customers are reportedly struggling to get goods onto shelves as a result.…

Security? We've heard of it: How Microsoft plans to better defend Windows

Microsoft enhances Windows security features

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by Richard Speed / 2d

Did we say CrowdStrike? We meant, er, The July Incident... Ignite The sound of cyber security professionals spraying their screens with coffee could be heard this week as Microsoft claimed, "security is our top priority," as it talked up its Secure Future Initiative (SFI) once again and explained how Windows could be secured.…

Nov 24, 2024

Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results

Google removes pro-China fake news

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by Laura Dobberstein / 3d

Beijing's propaganda buddies aren't just using social media Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has blocked a network China-related firms from its search results for operating fake news services and websites.…

Imagine a land in which Big Tech can't send you down online rabbit holes or use algorithms to overcharge you

by Laura Dobberstein / 3d

China is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun Internet echo chambers and nasty e-commerce tricks that analyze your behavior to milk you for more cash are set to be banned – in China.…

Russian spies may have moved in next door to target your network

8 TTPs

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by Brandon Vigliarolo / 3d

Plus: Microsoft seizes phishing domains; Helldown finds new targets; Illegal streaming with Jupyter, and more Infosec in brief Not to make you paranoid, but that business across the street could, under certain conditions, serve as a launching point for Russian cyber spies to compromise your network.…

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