Access Now, Lookout and SMEX joined research forces to find a campaign involving suspected Indian government-connected group Bitter, ProSpy spyware and more.
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Forest Blizzard, a threat group attributed to Russia’s GRU, hijacked network traffic to steal credentials and tokens for Microsoft accounts and other services.
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The program comes as the tech industry races to secure software before similar AI-powered offensive capabilities become too much for defenders to handle.
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Iranian government hackers are launching disruptive cyberattacks on American energy and water infrastructure, U.S. government agencies “urgently” warned Tuesday. The hackers are taking aim at devices and systems that control industrial processes, and have harmed victims in the last month following the onset of U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran, according to the joint alert from the […]
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The FBI’s annual report on digital crimes exposes a worsening environment. Yet, an unknown number of victims still suffer in the shadows never reporting the crimes they endure.
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Noma Security researchers used indirect prompt injection to turn Grafana's own AI into an unwitting courier for sensitive corporate data.
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Two critical defects in FortiClient EMS have been exploited in the past couple weeks. Experts push for users to apply an immediate hotfix.
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Bryan Fleming won’t face prison time for a count to which he pled guilty in January, in a rare case of a successful U.S. stalkerware prosecution.
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A top congressional Democrat criticized both the scope and nature of the proposed reduction.
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The Senate Democrat said that the SSA following Trump’s executive order would indicate “willing participation” in the administration’s midterm elections scheme.
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The trio of Democrats weren’t satisfied with Immigration and Customs Enforcement answers, and criticized the spyware’s use.
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A new report from Halcyon finds that the group also puts more effort than usual into developing working decryptors, likely to incentivize businesses to pay up.
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The bipartisan, bicameral Cyber Ready Workforce Act aims to cut into the country’s deficit of cybersecurity professionals.
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The Handala group claimed responsibility for hitting the company with a wiper attack last month.
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Proofpoint researchers say the group behind the surge, TA416, had turned away from Europe for a few years.
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The order is expected to be quickly challenged in court, where the Trump administration’s previous efforts have been struck down as unconstitutional.
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Researchers at numerous firms are sounding warnings about the supply-chain attack on an open-source project with 100 million weekly downloads.
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DeepLoad logs keystrokes, buries details behind reams of AI-generated code, and re-infect hosts days after being blocked, according to ReliaQuest.
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The FBI said it was aware of hackers targeting Patel’s personal email, and that no government information was taken.
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Kevin Mandia, Morgan Adamski, and Alex Stamos tell CyberScoop that AI is finding bugs faster than anyone can fix them, exploit development is accelerating, and most organizations aren't prepared for what's coming.
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