Security News > 2023 > August
The U.S. Office of the National Cyber Director released a request for information entitled Open-Source Software Security: Areas of Long-Term Focus and Prioritization, which indicates that the U.S. Government's effort to invest in open-source software and security continues to pick up steam. In this Help Net Security video, Luis Villa, General Counsel at Tidelift, discusses how the RFI is a clear call to open source experts and industry leaders that the best ideas for how the government can make the entire open source ecosystem more healthy and secure are top of mind.
Malfunction took 14 plants offline for 36 hours. Oh, what a … nah, too obvious Toyota Japan has recovered from what it's described as a "malfunction in the production order system" that halted...
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Healthcare organizations are facing many cybersecurity challenges that require them to increasingly prioritize cybersecurity and compliance, according to Claroty. Like many other critical infrastructure organizations, healthcare delivery organizations are becoming increasingly interconnected as they adapt to the reality of digital transformation.
Claims to have taken down two colossal networks, with 'Secondary Infektion' schooling 'Spamouflage' Russia appears to be "better" at running online trolling campaigns aimed at pushing its...
The University of Michigan has isolated itself from the internet but, hey, everything's fine! The institute's president on Tuesday published a letter to the school community thanking everyone for their patience as technical staff work to restore internet access following an undisclosed security incident.
The FBI announced today the disruption of the Qakbot botnet in an international law enforcement operation that not only seized infrastructure but also uninstalled the malware from infected devices. Before we learn how the FBI uninstalled Qakbot from computers, it is essential to understand how the malware was distributed, what malicious behavior it performed, and who utilized it.
'We will continue fighting this case' global chief's lawyer tells us An appeals court has reversed a 2021 decision to drop a bribery charge against Apple's head of global security, who is accused...
In a Tuesday press conference announcing the take down, US Attorney Martin Estrada called the FBI-led Operation Duck Hunt "The most significant technological and financial operation ever led by the Department of Justice against a botnet." For one thing, the Feds produced some software to drop onto Qbot-infected machines to render the malware ineffective. Beginning on August 21, the FBI obtained court orders allowing it to redirect Qakbot traffic to agent-controlled servers, and remotely disabled the malware on victims' machines.
Data from the human vs. machine challenge could provide a framework for government and enterprise policies around generative AI. OpenAI, Google, Meta and more companies put their large language models to the test on the weekend of August 12 at the DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas. The Generative Red Team Challenge organized by AI Village, SeedAI and Humane Intelligence gives a clearer picture than ever before of how generative AI can be misused and what methods might need to be put in place to secure it.