New York Times warns freelancers of GitHub repo data breach
The New York Times notified an undisclosed number of contributors that some of their sensitive personal information was stolen and leaked after its GitHub repositories were breached in January 2024.
entagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.
Breaking: Meta halts AI rollout in Europe after ‘request’ from Irish data protection authorities
Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta is pausing its plans to roll our artificial intelligence tools in Europe, following a request from Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), the firm said in a Friday (14 June) blogpost.
Major takedown of critical online infrastructure to disrupt terrorist communications and propaganda | Europol
The servers supported multiple media outlets linked to Islamic State. They were used to disseminate worldwide propaganda and messages capable of inciting terrorism in at least thirty languages. Eurojust and Europol coordinated and supported the joint operations.This week’s joint operations are part of ongoing efforts and constant vigilance to tackle online terrorist propaganda and communications, including through social media. They...
Here’s what to know about Adobe’s Terms of Use updates
We recently rolled out a re-acceptance of our Terms of Use which has led to concerns about what these terms are and what they mean to our customers. This has caused us to reflect on the language we use in our Terms, and the opportunity we have to be clearer and address the concerns raised by the community. Over the next few days, we will speak to our customers with a plan to roll out updated changes by June 18, 2024.
Specialists with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) carried out a cyberattack on the websites of Russian government agencies and Russian airports on "Russia Day," with a number of flights being delayed. — Ukrinform.
Evolution of KILLNET from Hacktivism to Private Hackers Company and the Role of Sub-groups
Recently KILLNET creator; ‘KillMilk’, announced that they were building a global team of operators from the darknet and special services members, with financially motivated destructive capabilities. Their operation went full circle from offering services to hackers and competing businessmen, to taking orders from private and state persons, along with defending the interests of the Russian Federation. This report focuses on analyzing KILLNET, Subgroups, capabilities, and recent development in the group’s motive.
Apple Patches Vision Pro Vulnerability Used in Possibly ‘First Ever Spatial Computing Hack’
Apple on Monday updated visionOS, the operating system powering its Vision Pro virtual reality headset, to version 1.2, which addresses several vulnerabilities, including what may be the first security flaw that is specific to this product. visionOS 1.2 patches nearly two dozen vulnerabilities. However, a vast majority of them are in components that visionOS shares with other Apple products, such as iOS, macOS and tvOS.
You’ve Got Mail: Critical Microsoft Outlook Vulnerability Executes as Email is Opened
Morphisec researchers have identified a critical Microsoft Outlook vulnerability, CVE-2024-30103, and detail its technical impact and recommended actions.
IcedID Brings ScreenConnect and CSharp Streamer to ALPHV Ransomware Deployment – The DFIR Report
Key Takeaways In October 2023, we observed an intrusion that began with a spam campaign, distributing a forked IcedID loader. The threat actor used Impacket’s wmiexec and RDP to install Scree…
Switzerland notes increase in cyberattacks ahead of Ukraine peace summit
Russia, which hasn’t been invited to the summit, has repeatedly called it “meaningless and harmful.” Swiss officials did not provide more details about the reported cyberattacks.
Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud
Secure and private AI processing in the cloud poses a formidable new challenge. To support advanced features of Apple Intelligence with larger foundation models, we created Private Cloud Compute (PCC), a groundbreaking cloud intelligence system designed specifically for private AI processing. Built with custom Apple silicon and a hardened operating system, Private Cloud Compute extends the industry-leading security and privacy of Apple devices into the cloud, making sure that personal user data sent to PCC isn’t accessible to anyone other than the user — not even to Apple. We believe Private Cloud Compute is the most advanced security architecture ever deployed for cloud AI compute at scale.
La SSR sur ses gardes face à l'éventualité de cyberattaques pendant le sommet du Bürgenstock
Si la Russie ne participera pas à la conférence sur la paix en Ukraine du Bürgenstock, l'Office fédéral de la cybersécurité met en garde contre d'éventuelles actions perturbatrices de sa part. Première responsable de la transmission d'informations, la SSR est sur le qui-vive.
Russia-linked 'Lumma' crypto stealer now targets Python devs
Sonatype's automated malware detection systems identified a malicious PyPI package called crytic-compilers, connected to Russia-linked Lumma Windows stealer, and named very closely after a well-known legitimate Python library that is used by cryptocurrency developers.
Menace Unleashed: Excel File Deploys Cobalt Strike at Ukraine | Fortinet Blog
FortiGuard Labs has recently identified a sophisticated cyberattack involving an Excel file embedded with a VBA macro designed to deploy a DLL file. Learn more.
Major London hospitals disrupted by Synnovis ransomware attack
A ransomware attack affecting pathology and diagnostic services provider Synnovis has impacted healthcare services at multiple major NHS hospitals in London.