Security News

Chinese PC-maker Acemagic customized its own machines to get infected with malware
2024-02-29 04:46

Chinese PC maker Acemagic has admitted some of its products shipped with pre-installed malware. YouTuber The Net Guy found malware on Acemagic mini PCs when he tested them in early February.

Cryptojacking is no longer the sole focus of cloud attackers
2024-02-29 04:30

As commercial adoption of cloud technologies continues, cloud-focused malware campaigns have increased in sophistication and number - a collective effort to safeguard both large and small enterprises is critical, according to Cado Security. Although cloud-focused attackers aim to exploit various services typically deployed in cloud environments, Docker remains the most frequently targeted for initial access, with 90.65% of honeypot traffic when discounting SSH. Identified malware campaigns, such as P2Pinfect, had a wide geographical distribution with nodes belonging to providers in China, the US, and Germany, which shows that regardless of where your infrastructure is located, it is still susceptible to Linux and cloud-focused attacks.

Vishing, smishing, and phishing attacks skyrocket 1,265% post-ChatGPT
2024-02-29 04:00

76% of enterprises lack sufficient voice and messaging fraud protection as AI-powered vishing and smishing skyrocket following the launch of ChatGPT, according to Enea. 61% of enterprises still suffer significant losses to mobile fraud, with smishing and vishing being the most prevalent and costly.

The CISO’s guide to reducing the SaaS attack surface
2024-02-29 03:55

Please turn on your JavaScript for this page to function normally. SaaS sprawl introduces security risks, operational headaches, and eye-popping subscription costs.

Infosec products of the month: February 2024
2024-02-29 03:45

Varonis introduced Varonis Managed Data Detection and Response, a managed service dedicated to stopping threats at the data level. Security teams can receive alerts if employees are uploading sensitive data, like customer PII, security credentials, and intellectual property.

Australian spy chief fears sabotage of critical infrastructure
2024-02-29 01:58

In a speech delivered yesterday, Mike Burgess noted that countering Soviet sabotage plots was a significant reason ASIO was created. "Nationalists and racists are probably just mouthing off. But the spy chief indicated that ASIO"is aware of one nation-state conducting multiple attempts to scan critical infrastructure in Australia and other countries, targeting water, transport and energy networks.

ALPHV/BlackCat claims responsibility for Change Healthcare attack
2024-02-29 00:29

The ALPHV/BlackCat cybercrime gang has taken credit - if that's the word - for a ransomware infection at Change Healthcare that has disrupted thousands of pharmacies and hospitals across the US, and also claimed that the amount of sensitive data stolen and affected health-care organizations is much larger than the victims initially disclosed. UnitedHealth owns the healthcare IT provider, and more than 70,000 pharmacies across the USA use its software to process insurance claims and fill prescriptions.

BEAST AI needs just a minute of GPU time to make an LLM fly off the rails
2024-02-28 23:08

"[I]n just one minute per prompt, we get an attack success rate of 89 percent on jailbreaking Vicuna-7B- v1.5, while the best baseline method achieves 46 percent," the authors state in their paper. "BEAST can attack a model as long as the model's token probability scores from the final network layer can be accessed. OpenAI is planning on making this available. Therefore, we can technically attack publicly available models if their token probability scores are available."

Anycubic 3D printers hacked worldwide to expose security flaw
2024-02-28 23:06

According to a wave of online reports from Anycubic customers, someone hacked their 3D printers to warn that the devices are exposed to attacks. This vulnerability allegedly enables potential attackers to control any Anycubic 3D printer affected by this vulnerability using the company's MQTT service API. The file received by the impacted devices also asks Anycubic to open-source their 3D printers because the company's software "Is lacking."

Best Secure Access Service Edge Platforms in 2024
2024-02-28 22:28

The secure access service edge is one of the best approaches, as it offers a unified network and security framework through the integration of SD-WAN and cloud-native security features, such as secure web gateway, cloud access security brokers, firewall-as-a-service and zero trust. Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: Best for AI-powered security service edge.