Birmingham looks into reimplementing troubled Oracle ERP
Birmingham City Council’s troubled Oracle system is facing reimplementation as part of a recovery programme that aims to have a functioning financial system by 1…
Month: February 2024
Officeworks looks for shoplifters and fradulent staff in transaction data – Finance – Software
Officeworks is looking to reduce asset loss by detecting signs of fraudulent purchases and returns. The retailer, which caught one manager stealing more than $50,000 via…
Xeno RAT Abuses Windows DLL Search To Avoid Detection
A new sophisticated malware, which is written in C# and has sophisticated functionalities, has been discovered. This new malware has been named Xeno RAT and…
How a Right-Wing Controversy Could Sabotage US Election Security
It remains unclear how many of Warner’s colleagues agree with him. But when WIRED surveyed the other 23 Republican secretaries who oversee elections in their…
Scattered Spider Advanced Techniques : High-profile Attacks
Scattered Spider is a threat group responsible for attacking several organizations since May 2022 by using techniques like social engineering, ransomware, extortion, SIM Swapping and…
Avast Fined Millions for Selling User Browsing Data
Avast, a popular antivirus software, has been fined $16.5 million for selling user browsing data despite claims of protecting privacy. The FTC accused them of…
LockBit leak site is back online
LockBitSupp, the individual running the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation, has made good on one promise: the LockBit leak site is back online on backup domains, with…
8,000+ Subdomains of Trusted Brands Hijacked for Massive Spam Operation
More than 8,000 subdomains belonging to legitimate brands and institutions have been hijacked as part of a sophisticated distribution architecture for spam proliferation and click…
Netherlands formulates vision to address risks of GenAI
The Netherlands has the ambition to be a leader in Europe in applying and regulating safe and equitable generative AI (GenAI). To achieve this, state…
Nvidia hits US$2 trillion valuation as AI frenzy grips Wall Street – Hardware
Nvidia has hit US$2 trillion ($3.05 trillion) in market value for the first time, riding on an insatiable demand for its chips that made the…
Battling Ransomware & Nation-State Cyber Threats
Brea, California, February 26th, 2024, Cyberwire – The current large surge in cyber threats has left many organizations grappling for security so ThreatHunter.ai is taking…
ScreenConnect flaws exploited to deliver all kinds of malware (CVE-2024-1709, CVE-2024-1708)
The recently patched vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-1709, CVE-2024-1708) in ConnectWise ScreenConnect software are being exploited by numerous attackers to deliver a variety of malicious payloads. About ConnectWise…