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Friday Squid Blogging: Female Gonatus Onyx Squid Carrying Her Eggs
2024-11-15 22:07

Fantastic video of a female Gonatus onyx squid swimming while carrying her egg sack. An earlier related post. Blog moderation policy.

NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say
2024-11-15 22:04

Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named "Erised," that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities to deploy Pegasus spyware in...

ANZ CIO Challenges: AI, Cybersecurity & Data Analytics for 2025
2024-11-15 21:13

ANZ government CIOs face budget constraints while prioritizing AI, cybersecurity, and data analytics for productivity gains and digital transformation in 2025.

Mystery Palo Alto Networks hijack-my-firewall zero-day now officially under exploit
2024-11-15 21:07

Yank access to management interface, stat A critical zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' firewall management interface that can allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code...

Botnet exploits GeoVision zero-day to install Mirai malware
2024-11-15 19:39

A malware botnet is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in end-of-life GeoVision devices to compromise and recruit them for likely DDoS or cryptomining attacks. [...]

Keyboard robbers steal 171K customers' data from AnnieMac mortgage house
2024-11-15 19:22

Names and social security numbers of folks looking for the biggest loan of their lives exposed A major US mortgage lender has told customers looking to make the biggest financial transaction of...

FTC reports 50% drop in unwanted call complaints since 2021
2024-11-15 18:50

On Friday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that the number of consumer complaints about unwanted telemarketing phone calls has dropped over 50% since 2021, continuing a trend that...

Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations
2024-11-15 17:57

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and...

Bitfinex hacker gets 5 years in prison for 120,000 bitcoin heist
2024-11-15 16:36

A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities. [...]

Simplifying endpoint security
2024-11-15 15:51

Discover unified strategies to secure and manage all endpoints across your organization Webinar As organizations expand their digital footprint, the range of endpoints - spanning from laptops to...