Oracle spends more than US$100 million on Ampere chips – Hardware
Oracle has agreed to prepay US$104.1 million ($162 million) for processor chips made by startup Ampere Computing, according to Oracle’s proxy statement. Oracle also invested…
Month: September 2023
APVMA added to HWL Ebsworth breach list – Security
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has confirmed that it was one of the federal government agencies impacted by the HWL Ebsworth data…
RANSOMEDVC Ransomware Group Claims Breach of Sony Corporation
It is essential to note that these claims by the RANSOMEDVC ransomware gang remain unverified at this point. The infamous RANSOMEDVC ransomware group claimed to…
Australian Federal Police claw back $45m lost to BEC scammers – Security
The Australian Federal Police has claimed some success in thwarting in-progress business email compromise (BEC) scams, in cases where the incident is disclosed inside the…
Intel hit with EU antitrust fine – Hardware
Intel was fined 376 million euros ($621 million) on Friday in an EU antitrust case stemming from actions the U.S. chipmaker took between 2002 and…
‘Power, influence, notoriety’: The hackers who struck MGM, Caesars – Security
About a year ago, the US security firm Palo Alto Networks began to hear from a flurry of companies that had been hacked in ways…
Turbocharge ChatGPT With A Metaprompter · Joseph Thacker
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been exploring the capabilities of ChatGPT on both GPT-3.5 and GPT-4. They’re incredibly powerful tools that can provide high-quality…
Deadglyph, a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor targets the Middle East
Deadglyph, a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor targets the Middle East Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2023 Researchers discovered a previously undocumented sophisticated backdoor, named Deadglyph,…
FBI and CISA Issue Joint Advisory on Snatch Ransomware Threat
Snatch ransomware’s victims span various critical infrastructure sectors, including the Defense Industrial Base, Food and Agriculture, and Information Technology sectors. In an ongoing effort to…
Prompt Injection Attacks and Mitigations · Joseph Thacker
I recently participated as a panelist on a HackerOne press panel where there was a lot of discussion about AI and security. In preparation, I…
Explaining the Best Prompt Injection Proof of Concept · Joseph Thacker
I’ve been theorizing and researching prompt injection attacks. They’ve mostly been theoretical, though. In this post, I’m going to break down and explain the best…
Alphv group claims the hack of Clarion, a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars
Alphv group claims the hack of Clarion, a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2023 The Alphv ransomware group claims…