The rising influence of AI on the 2024 US election
We stand at a crossroads for election misinformation: on one side our election apparatus has reached a higher level of security and is better defended…
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Russia’s APT28 Exploited Windows Print Spooler Flaw to Deploy ‘GooseEgg’ Malware
Apr 23, 2024NewsroomNational Security Agency / Threat Intelligence The Russia-linked nation-state threat actor tracked as APT28 weaponized a security flaw in the Microsoft Windows Print…
People doubt their own ability to spot AI-generated deepfakes
23% of Americans said they recently came across a political deepfake they later discovered to be fake, according to McAfee. The actual number of people…
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak
For Change Healthcare and the beleaguered medical practices, hospitals, and patients that depend on it, the confirmation of its extortion payment to the hackers adds…
10 colleges and universities shaping the future of cybersecurity education
Institutions featured on this list often provide undergraduate and graduate degrees, courses, as well as certificate programs tailored to meet the growing demand for cybersecurity…
Behavioral patterns of ransomware groups are changing
Q1 saw substantial shifts in activity from some of the most prolific Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups, according to GuidePoint Security. RaaS groups attempt to recruit disaffected…
NAB expands CodeWhisperer access to 450 engineers – Cloud – Software – Finance
NAB had to make unspecified changes to its environment to address a lag in the delivery of code suggestions to developers trialling Amazon’s ‘pair programming’…
Macquarie’s banking division closes in on its public cloud target – Cloud – Finance
Macquarie’s banking division has clicked over the 96 percent mark for workloads running in public cloud, closing in on its 100 percent migration goal. Banking…
Russia-linked APT28 used tool GooseEgg for to exploit Win bug
Russia-linked APT28 used post-compromise tool GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 Windows flaw Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2024 Russia-linked APT28 group used a previously unknown tool, dubbed…
Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme – Krebs on Security
The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony…
Informatica not in acquisition talks with Salesforce – Software
Data-management software firm Informatica is not currently engaged in any discussions to be acquired, the company said, after media reports of takeover interest from Salesforce.…
APT28 hackers exploit Windows flaw reported by NSA
Microsoft warns that the Russian APT28 threat group exploits a Windows Print Spooler vulnerability to escalate privileges and steal credentials and data using a previously…