Author: Cybernoz

EU closer to landmark AI Act
07
Dec
2023

EU closer to landmark AI Act – Software

EU lawmakers and governments have agreed provisional terms for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT, taking a step closer…

Windows 11
07
Dec
2023

Windows 11 Notepad gets a built-in character counter, finally

Microsoft keeps improving and adding more features to the Windows 11 Notepad application, the latest being a built-in character counter. Until…

Cyber agencies call on software developers to improve memory safety
07
Dec
2023

Cyber agencies call on software developers to improve memory safety – Finance – Software

Old favourites among software developers like C and C++ can’t guarantee memory safe software and should be replaced, according to…

WordPress fixes POP chain exposing websites to RCE attacks
07
Dec
2023

WordPress fixes POP chain exposing websites to RCE attacks

WordPress has released version 6.4.2 that addresses a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could be chained with another flaw to…

New XorDdos-Linked Linux RAT Krasue Targeting Telecom Firms
07
Dec
2023

New XorDdos-Linked Linux RAT Krasue Targeting Telecom Firms

The Krasue Linux RAT is quite sophisticated, and equipped with the capability to evade detection through Rootkit and RTSP communication….

End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years
07
Dec
2023

End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years

Since 2016, the social behemoth now known as Meta has been working to deploy end-to-end encryption in its communication apps….

Downstream breaches of Capita customers spreading
07
Dec
2023

UK names Russian FSB agents behind political hacking campaign

The government has confirmed that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is behind a long-running  hacking campaign that targeted politicians, civil…

Hacker cryptocurrency
07
Dec
2023

Russian pleads guilty to running crypto-exchange used by ransomware gangs

Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty to operating the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange that helped ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals launder…

Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign
07
Dec
2023

Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign

For around $340, actor Elijah Wood can record you a personalized video wishing you happy birthday. John McGinley, best known…

Log4Shell: A Persistent Threat to Cybersecurity - Two Years On
07
Dec
2023

Log4Shell: A Persistent Threat to Cybersecurity – Two Years On

[By Mike Walters, President and co-founder of Action1] Two years have passed since the cybersecurity world was rocked by the…

UK government quietly renews public sector preferential pricing agreement with AWS
07
Dec
2023

UK government quietly renews public sector preferential pricing agreement with AWS

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has quietly renewed the preferential pricing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows public…

Russia
07
Dec
2023

UK and allies expose Russian FSB hacking group, sanction members

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Microsoft warn that the Russian state-backed actor “Callisto Group” (aka “Seaborgium” or…