More than 900 subpostmaster convictions wouldn’t have happened without Post Office-backed law change
The IT expert who represented Alan Bates and more than 500 subpostmasters in a High Court case against the Post Office said if changes to…
Month: January 2024
Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice
Appliances giant Haier issued a takedown notice to a software developer for creating Home Assistant integration plugins for the company’s home appliances and releasing them…
Cybersecurity spend to soar in 2024: How companies can maximize their investment
“Spend smarter, not harder” is the mantra for 2024, as Gartner forecasts a 14.3% jump in global security and risk management spending—an uptick which brings…
New Docker Malware Steals CPU for Crypto & Drives Fake Website Traffic
Jan 18, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cryptocurrency Vulnerable Docker services are being targeted by a novel campaign in which the threat actors are deploying XMRig cryptocurrency…
PSTN switch-off threatens access to adult social care services
London’s chief digital officer (CDO) has raised alarm over the impact of the copper switch-off on adult social care and other vital local government services,…
[tl;dr sec] #214 – Poisoning GitHub’s Runner Images, Fuzzing AWS WAF, LLM-powered Honeypot
I hope you’ve been doing well! 🤢 A Devastating Slip Recently I was rushing down the BART escalator after my musical improv class because I…
US govt wants BreachForums admin sentenced to 15 years in prison
The United States government has recommended that Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the creator and lead administrator of the now-defunct BreachForums hacking forums, receive a sentence of…
LeftoverLocals Attack Steal AI Data From Apple, Qualcomm & AMD
An attacker may be able to steal a significant amount of data from a GPU’s memory due to a flaw known as LeftoverLocals that affects…
Anonymous Sudan’s DDoS Attacks Disrupt Network at Israeli BAZAN Group
Anonymous Sudan has also claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks on Thuraya Mobile Satellite Communications Company, an international mobile-satellite service (MSS) provider based in Dubai, United…
Students and teachers fight back cyber attack on University Network
In recent times, educational institutions have frequently fallen victim to cyber-attacks, with universities, schools, and other facilities being targeted. However, amidst the usual narrative of…
Poorly secured PostgreSQL, MySQL servers targeted by ransomware bot
Users exposing poorly secured PostgreSQL and MySQL servers online are in danger of getting their databases wiped by a ransomware bot, Border0 researchers are warning.…
Russian COLDRIVER Hackers Expand Beyond Phishing with Custom Malware
The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed evolving its tradecraft to go beyond credential harvesting to deliver its first-ever custom malware written…