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  • "A Security Team Is Turning This Malware Gang's Tricks Against It"

    The attacks and operations of specific cybercriminal groups, such as ransomware gangs, botnet operators, and financial fraudsters, receive special attention. However, the larger ecosystem behind digital crime has various malicious actors and…

  • "Peugeot Leaks Access to User Information in South America"

    Stellantis' French automobile brand Peugeot exposed its customers in Peru, a South American country with a population of roughly 34 million. Although the country is not a particularly significant market for the automaker, this discovery is yet another…

  • "Critical Flaw Patched in VMware Workstation and Fusion"

    VMware has recently addressed multiple security vulnerabilities in its Workstation and Fusion products.  The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2023-20869, CVE-2023-20870, CVE-2023-20871, and CVE-2023-20872, have been privately reported to VMware…

  • "Alloy Taurus Hackers Update PingPull Malware to Target Linux Systems"

    Security researchers at Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 have observed the threat actor known as Alloy Taurus deploying a new variant of the PingPull malware targeting Linux systems.  The researchers believe Alloy Taurus is a Chinese advanced persistent…

  • "A Developer Exploited an API Flaw to Provide Free Access to GPT-4"

    Unconcerned with legal repercussions, a developer is attempting to reverse engineer Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in order to provide free access to popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) models such as OpenAI's GPT-4. The developer's project…

  • "UK Cyber Pros Burnt Out and Overwhelmed"

    According to security researchers at Expel, over half (52%) of UK IT decision-makers (ITDMs) expect security team members to leave within the year due to burnout.  The researchers polled 500 ITDMs from organizations of all sizes for their study.…

  • "Quad Countries Prepare For Info Sharing on Critical Infrastructure"

    The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) is working on a new information-sharing agreement that would help its four members improve cyber-resilience and their response to critical infrastructure (CNI) threats.  The four members of the group are…

  • SoS Musings #72 - Making the Move to Memory-Safe Programming Languages

    SoS Musings #72 - Making the Move to Memory-Safe Programming Languages

  • Cybersecurity Snapshots #41 - BlackCat Ransomware Group

    Cybersecurity Snapshots #41 - BlackCat Ransomware Group

  • "Making Emergency Calls More Secure"

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1.2 million grant to a team of Michigan State University (MSU) researchers to continue enhancing the security of cellular 911 calls. Customers benefit from improved coverage and faster service as the…

  • Cyber Scene #79 - Tech Driving Geopolitics; Cyber at the Wheel

    Cyber Scene #79 - Tech Driving Geopolitics; Cyber at the Wheel  

  • "Charming Kitten's New BellaCiao Malware Discovered in Multi-Country Attacks"

    Charming Kitten is an Iranian nation-state group that has targeted multiple victims in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and India with a novel malware called BellaCiao. BellaCiao, discovered by Bitdefender Labs, is a "personalized dropper" capable of…