Mass Ransomware Attack
March 23 2023A vulnerability in a popular data transfer tool has resulted in a mass ransomware attack:
TechCrunch has learned of dozens of organizations that used the affected GoAnywhere file transfer...
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ChatGPT Privacy Flaw
March 22 2023OpenAI has disabled ChatGPT’s privacy history, almost certainly because they had a security flaw where users were seeing each others’ histories.
Read moreUS Citizen Hacked by Spyware
March 21 2023The New York Times is reporting that a US citizen’s phone was hacked by the Predator spyware.
A U.S. and Greek national who worked on Meta’s security and trust...
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At least, it seems to be a new species. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t...
Read moreNetWire Remote Access Trojan Maker Arrested
March 14 2023From Brian Krebs:
A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to...
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Chinese squid fishing boats are overwhelming Ecuador and Peru. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t...
Read moreElephant Hackers
March 11 2023An elephant uses its right-of-way privileges to stop sugar-cane trucks and grab food.
Read moreAnother Malware with Persistence
March 10 2023Here’s a piece of Chinese malware that infects SonicWall security appliances and survives firmware updates.
On Thursday, security firm Mandiant published a report that said threat actors with...
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Researchers have discovered malware that “can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced protections are enabled and running on fully updated versions of...
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