Google tightens Android developer verification
Google is widening its developer verification requirements to include all apps that can be installed on certified Android devices, following a spike in malware for…
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Critical Alert issued for NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway devices
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued a critical alert for technical IT services supporting organisations, such as critical infrastructure, and government.…
Star Wars Fail | Daniel Miessler
I’m suddenly re-pissed off about John Boyega’s character in Star Wars. But way worse than before because it’s all much clearer looking backwards. We basically…
We Can’t Really Affect AI Security
We’re about to get precisely the right amount of AI Security. No more and no less. I’ve talked before about what I called the Efficient…
Treasury sanctions North Korea IT worker scheme facilitators and front organizations
The Treasury Department on Wednesday expanded efforts to disrupt the pervasive North Korean technical worker scheme by imposing sanctions on people and organizations serving as…
Storm-0501 hackers shift to ransomware attacks in the cloud
Microsoft warns that a threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 has evolved its operations, shifting away from encrypting devices with ransomware to focusing on cloud-based encryption,…
Chinese Hacker Suspect Arrested in South Korea Over Major Financial Cyberattack
South Korean authorities have successfully extradited a key suspect in a large-scale hacking operation that resulted in the embezzlement of over 38 billion won (approximately…
First AI-Powered Ransomware PromptLock Targets Windows, Linux and macOS
ESET has identified PromptLock, the first AI-powered ransomware, using OpenAI models to generate scripts that target Windows, Linux and macOS. It was only a matter…
“Widespread data theft” hits Salesforce customers via third party
Compromised OAuth tokens through a third-party app have resulted in large-scale data raids on instances of the Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) platform, by an…
I Have Two Groups of AI Friends
I have two groups of very smart cybersecurity friends, and they see AI completely differently. The first group thinks AI is mostly a scam, like…
New ShadowCaptcha Attack Exploiting Hundreds of WordPress Sites to Tricks Victims into Executing Malicious Commands
A sophisticated global cybercrime campaign dubbed “ShadowCaptcha” has emerged as a significant threat to organizations worldwide, leveraging fake Google and Cloudflare CAPTCHA pages to trick…
International coalition calls out three Chinese companies over hacking campaign
An unusually broad coalition composed of the United States, its traditional English-speaking allies, and other nations including Germany, Italy and Japan is calling out three…