Kansas water plant cyberattack forces switch to manual operations
Image: MidjourneyArkansas City, a small city in Cowley County, Kansas, was forced to switch its water treatment facility to manual operations over the weekend to…
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Hackers deploy AI-written malware in targeted attacks
In an email campaign targeting French users, researchers discovered malicious code believed to have been created with the help of generative artificial intelligence services to deliver…
Critical Ivanti vTM auth bypass bug now exploited in attacks
CISA has tagged another critical Ivanti security vulnerability, which can let threat actors create rogue admin users on vulnerable Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) appliances, as…
U.S. govt agency CMS says data breach impacted 3.1 million people
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) federal agency announced earlier this month that health and personal information of more than three million health…
Infostealer malware bypasses Chrome’s new cookie-theft defenses
Infostealer malware developers released updates claiming to bypass Google Chrome’s recently introduced feature App-Bound Encryption to protect sensitive data such as cookies. App-Bound Encryption was introduced…
Getting ready for Salesforce Einstein Copilot
This article was written in collaboration with Varonis’ Nathan Coppinger and Mike Smith, Distinguished Security Architect at Salesforce. It covers how Salesforce Einstein Copilot’s security model works…
New Octo Android malware version impersonates NordVPN, Google Chrome
A new version of the Octo Android malware, named “Octo2,” has been seen spreading across Europe under the guise of NordVPN, Google Chrome, and an app…
MoneyGram confirms a cyberattack is behind dayslong outage
Money transfer giant MoneyGram has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack after dealing with system outages and customer complaints about lack of service since Friday. While…
US proposes ban on connected vehicle tech from China, Russia
Today, the Biden administration announced new proposed measures to defend the United States’ national security from potential threats linked to connected vehicle technologies originating from…
Telegram now shares users’ IP and phone number on legal requests
Image: MidjourneyTelegram will now share users’ phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they are found to be violating the platform’s rules following…
New Mallox ransomware Linux variant based on leaked Kryptina code
An affiliate of the Mallox ransomware operation, also known as TargetCompany, was spotted using a slightly modified version of the Kryptina ransomware to attack Linux systems.…
Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning
Starting Thursday, Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky deleted its anti-malware software from customers’ computers across the United States and automatically replaced it with UltraAV’s antivirus solution.…