GenAI models are easily compromised
95% of cybersecurity experts express low confidence in GenAI security measures while red team data shows anyone can easily hack GenAI models, according to Lakera.…
Month: August 2024
Halliburton Hit by Cyberattack, Operations Disrupted
Halliburton, a leading oilfield services company, is currently grappling with a significant cyberattack that has disrupted operations at its Houston campus and affected some of…
Chrome Zero-day Vulnerability (CVE-2024-7971) Actively Exploited in The Wild
Google has recently addressed a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome browser, identified as CVE-2024-7971. This vulnerability involves a type of confusion issue within the…
BoQ digitisation efforts linked to hundreds of job cuts – Cloud – Software – Finance
Bank of Queensland Group has directly linked plans to cut “up to 400 full-time equivalent roles” to its ongoing digital transformation program. The bank said…
Medibank’s data breach costs anticipated to reach $126m by mid-2025 – Security
Medibank is expecting to have completed “the vast majority” of its cyber security uplift following a 2022 data breach by mid-2025, with the total cost…
Bangladeshi Hackers Deface India’s Zee Media Website for Mocking Floods
Bangladeshi hackers “SYSTEMADMINBD” defaced Zee Media’s website, accusing them of mocking the situation in Bangladesh amid severe flooding. The hack follows the resignation of Prime…
Google fixes ninth Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year
Today, Google released a new Chrome emergency security update to patch a zero-day vulnerability tagged as exploited attacks. “Google is aware that an exploit for…
Widespread Backdoor Found In FM11RF08S RFID Smart Cards
Security researchers have discovered a widespread hardware backdoor in the FM11RF08S variant of the MIFARE Classic RFID smart cards manufactured by the Chinese chip company…
Man sentenced for hacking state registry to fake his own death
A 39-year old man from Somerset, Kentucky, was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for identity theft and faking his own death in government…
Fraudulent Slack ad shows malvertiser’s patience and skills
In the past year alone, we have reported almost five hundred unique malvertising incidents related to Google search ads. While it can be difficult to…
North Korean Threat Cluster UAT-5394 Evolves MoonPeak Infra
Researchers have uncovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) family, dubbed ‘MoonPeak,’ that is being actively developed by a North Korean threat actor cluster known…
Meet ChatIT, CBA’s AI-enabled IT support chatbot built with Azure services – Cloud – Software
Commonwealth Bank has shed light on a generative AI-enabled IT support chatbot that broke cover last week, revealing it is built with Azure services and…