Infrastructure Companies Say Suppliers Pose a Growing Cyber Threat

Companies in critical infrastructure sectors say weak cyber defenses at suppliers are becoming a significant threat to their business, and that rules to boost security down the supply chain might be needed. While federal and industry rules for specific areas such as aviation, pipeline companies and other critical infrastructure operators are well-established, said Curley Henry, […]

ChatGPT being used to write malware, ransomware: reports

A new AI chatbot intended to help with writing emails, essays, and coding, is being used by some for criminal activities like espionage, ransomware, and malicious spam, among other things. Since its release in November by the San Francisco-based artificial research laboratory OpenAI, ChatGPT has widespread generated interest in how the chatbot tool can be […]

Apple plans new encryption system to ward off hackers and protect iCloud data

Apple Inc. is planning to significantly expand its data-encryption practices, a step that is likely to create tensions with law enforcement and governments around the world as the company continues to build new privacy protections for millions of iPhone users. The expanded end-to-end encryption system, an optional feature called Advanced Data Protection, would keep most […]

The Biggest Cyber Security Risks In 2022

Both the global pandemic and, more recently, the war between Russia and Ukraine have brought the threat of cyber-attacks on individuals, businesses, and nations into sharp focus. As more of our lives have moved online to cope with lockdowns and restrictions on movement, scammers, hackers, and fraudsters have enjoyed greater opportunities to strike. And international […]

Microsoft Defender Flagged Office Updates As Ransomware Activity

The battle against malware is constant, ever-changing and incredibly complicated. It’s so complicated, in fact, that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint this week detected activity that it found suspicious and mistakenly warned some system administrators that Office updates were a threat. Numerous reports were posted on Reddit from admins who saw the alerts popping up the […]

Hackers Target Bank Networks with new Rootkit to Steal Money from ATM Machines

A financially motivated threat actor has been observed deploying a previously unknown rootkit targeting Oracle Solaris systems with the goal of compromising Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) switching networks and carrying out unauthorized cash withdrawals at different banks using fraudulent cards. Threat intelligence and incident response firm Mandiant is tracking the cluster under the moniker UNC2891, […]

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