The attack on the engineering firm was identified by Arctic Wolf in September before it could disrupt the engineering company’s operations or spread further. The post Russian Hackers Target US Engineering Firm Because of Work Done for Ukrainian Sister City appeared first on SecurityWeek.
CISA has described the techniques used by attackers and pointed out that the focus is on high-value individuals. The post CISA Warns of Spyware Targeting Messaging App Users appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Focusing on improving the resilience of AI agents, the startup will use the funding to accelerate deployments of its platform. The post AI Agent Security Firm Vijil Raises $17 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.
New research has found that organizations in various sensitive sectors, including governments, telecoms, and critical infrastructure, are pasting passwords and credentials into online tools like JSONformatter and CodeBeautify that are used to format and validate code. Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs said it captured a dataset of over 80,000 files onRead More »Years of JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify Leaks Expose Thousands of Passwords and API Keys
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that’s leveraging a combination of ClickFix lures and fake adult websites to deceive users into running malicious commands under the guise of a “critical” Windows security update. “Campaign leverages fake adult websites (xHamster, PornHub clones) as its phishing mechanism, likely distributedRead More »JackFix Uses Fake Windows Update Pop-Ups on Adult Sites to Deliver Multiple Stealers
A phone phishing attack led to the compromise of a system containing information about alumni, donors, students, staff, and other individuals. The post Alumni, Student, and Staff Information Stolen From Harvard University appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Five flaws in the open source tool may lead to path traversal attacks, remote code execution, denial-of-service, and tag manipulation. The post Fluent Bit Vulnerabilities Expose Cloud Services to Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Palo Alto Networks has conducted an analysis of malicious LLMs that help threat actors with phishing, malware development, and reconnaissance. The post WormGPT 4 and KawaiiGPT: New Dark LLMs Boost Cybercrime Automation appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Hackers stole corporate data such as accounting records and legal agreements, but did not deploy file-encrypting ransomware. The post Major US Banks Impacted by SitusAMC Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Democracy is colliding with the technologies of artificial intelligence. Judging from the audience reaction at the recent World Forum on Democracy in Strasbourg, the general expectation is that democracy will be the worse for it. We have another narrative. Yes, there are risks to democracy from AI, but there areRead More »Four Ways AI Is Being Used to Strengthen Democracies Worldwide
