AI will heighten global ransomware threat, says NCSC
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be leveraged to increase the volume and impact of cyber attacks involving ransomware between now and 2026, the UK’s National Cyber…
Month: January 2024
North Sydney Council creates CIO role – Strategy – Training & Development
North Sydney Council is seeking its first chief information officer (CIO), a role created in a late-2023 council reorganisation. As recorded in December 2023 minutes…
5379 GitLab servers vulnerable to zero-click account takeover attacks
5379 GitLab servers vulnerable to zero-click account takeover attacks Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2024 Thousands of GitLab servers are vulnerable to zero-click account takeover attacks…
Inside a massive 70,000-domain cybercrime operation
A previously unknown traffic distribution system (TDS) named ‘VexTrio’ has been active since at least 2017, aiding 60 affiliates in their cybercrime operations through a…
Jason’s Deli Data Breach Exposes 344,000 Users in Credential Stuffing Attack
As per the data breach notification filed by the company with Maine’s attorney general office, hackers gained access to customers’ usernames and passwords, along with…
Uptime Institute predicts 2024 will see datacentre operators start row back on net-zero commitments
The Uptime Institute has predicted that 2024 will see many organisations forced to backtrack on their publicly stated net-zero goals, as their sustainability efforts struggle…
Over 5,300 GitLab servers exposed to zero-click account takeover attacks
Over 5,300 internet-exposed GitLab instances are vulnerable to CVE-2023-7028, a zero-click account takeover flaw GitLab warned about earlier this month. The critical (CVSS score: 10.0)…
‘Mother of all breaches’ uncovered after 26 billion records leaked
Yesterday, the security team at Cybernews announced what will likely prove to be the largest data breach of all time. In joint effort with security…
WebKit vulnerability sparks Apple’s first major security update of 2024
Apple has rolled out a series of patches for multiple vulnerabilities across its ecosystem, among them a critical zero-day discovered in the open source WebKit…
How To Write Effective AI Prompts (Updated)
If you want AI to work for you, you have to know how to talk to it. I’ve been grinding on AI since November 2022,…
UK says AI will empower ransomware over the next two years
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that artificial intelligence (AI) tools will have an adverse near-term impact on cybersecurity, helping escalate the…
Beware of Weaponized Office Documents that Deliver VenomRAT
Since office documents are often used in business communications, hackers take advantage of this fact to disseminate malicious malware easily. Hackers can mislead users into…