Hacking Like it’s 1999. Computer Security is Rapper’s First Love.
17 Dec YTCracker: Hacking Like it’s 1999. Computer Security is Rapper’s First Love. Posted at 09:02h in Blogs by Taylor Fox This week in cybersecurity…
Month: December 2024
Driving government efficiency through better software and IT managment
To truly deliver on the government’s mandate for efficiency savings, ITAM must be viewed not as a tactical tool but as a strategic enabler. By…
Ofcom publishes Illegal Harms Codes of Practice
Online harms regulator Ofcom has published its first code of practice for tackling illegal harms under the Online Safety Act (OSA), giving businesses three months…
Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns
Workers set up legitimate-looking social media accounts they can use to target potential victims, and they follow scripts for interacting with targets. Managers of the…
Breaking Up with Your Password: Why It’s Time to Move On
Data breaches impacted more than 1 billion users in the first half of 2024, up 409% from this time last year, emphasizing the importance of maintaining stealth cyber…
Even Great Companies Get Breached — Find Out Why and How to Stop It
Dec 17, 2024The Hacker NewsWebinar / Risk Management Even the best companies with the most advanced tools can still get hacked. It’s a frustrating reality:…
Latest list of AI in government decision-making published
The government has published the latest set of public sector applications that use artificial intelligence (AI) or automation, in a bid to demonstrate algorithmic transparency.…
Drug Dealers Have Moved Onto Social Media
“We were wondering if you will be interested in having a trip with our products,” one Instagram account messaged me recently. On X, meanwhile, posts…
Cyber Criminals Exploit Windows Management Console to Deliver Backdoor Payloads
A recent campaign dubbed FLUX#CONSOLE has come to light, leveraging Microsoft Common Console Document (.MSC) files to infiltrate systems with backdoor malware. The campaign showcases the growing…
Malvertising on steroids serves Lumma infostealer
A large-scale malvertising campaign distributing the Lumma infostealer malware via intrusive “ads” leading to fake CAPTCHA pages has been tied by researchers to a threat…
Top 10 cloud stories of 2024
It has been a year of real highs and lows for the hyperscale cloud giants, with the big three all reporting far more upbeat financial…
RCE Vulnerability in 1,000,000 WordPress Sites Lets Hackers Take Full Control
A critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2024-6386), affecting over 1,000,000 active installations of the WordPress Multilingual Plugin (WPML). This flaw, stemming from a Server-Side…