Category: security
AI is making cyberattacks even smarter and more dangerous
Hackers have a lot to gain from the use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. While the tools are still too young to be able to run malicious campaigns with minimal human input, they can be used to supercharge human-run campaigns in ways that have never been seen before.…
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Millions in crypto has been stolen following LastPass breach
The LastPass data breach incident that happened last year resulted in dozens of victims having cryptocurrency stolen, new research has claimed. Cryptocurrency analyst ZachXBT (Twitter alias) and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan, who’ve been tracking the attacks, believe the attackers managed to steal $4.4 million from more than two dozen victims:…
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Exposed AWS credentials stolen within minutes by Github hackers
GitHub has a unique security feature – it scans the code for exposed Amazon Web Services (AWS) keys (among other things) and if it finds them, it reports them to AWS which can act to prevent misuse – all within minutes. However, it doesn’t work with 100% accuracy, and sometimes…
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US government sues SolarWinds for security failings
Three years after the major cyber-incident at SolarWinds, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing the firm. In the lawsuit, the government agency alleges that the company and its executive staff knew their systems’ security was an utter disaster for months, if not years before the data breach…
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US government orders financial firms to report data breaches in less than 30 days
All non-banking financial institutions in the United States will soon have 30 days to report a data breach, something that apparently they weren’t obliged to do before, under new regulations from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC recently amended its Safeguards Rules to include non-banking financial institutions such…
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Hackers could track you across the globe due to this worrying smartphone security flaw
Hackers can use the technology that makes cellphone roaming possible to pinpoint user locations and track people around the world, a new report from University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has claimed. The researchers argue that the underlying technology is so full of holes that it’s practically inviting malicious actors to…
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