'Unfaking' News: How to Counter Disinformation Campaigns in Global Elections
What cybersecurity professionals around the world can do to defend against the scourge of online disinformation in this year's election cycle.
Fortanix Builds Private Search for AI
Fortanix is working on technologies to build a security wall around AI search.
https://www.darkreading.com/data-privacy/bringing-private-search-for-ai
Ransomware, Junk Bank Accounts: Cyber Threats Proliferate in Vietnam
An economic success story in Asia, Vietnam is seeing more manufacturing and more business investment. But with that comes a significant uptick in cybercrime as well.
China-Linked Threat Actor Taps 'Peculiar' Malware to Evade Detection
UNAPIMON works by meticulously disabling hooks in Windows APIs for detecting malicious processes.
NIST Wants Help Digging Out of Its NVD Backlog
The National Vulnerability Database can't keep up, and the agency is calling for a public-private partnership to manage it going forward.
Iran's Evolving Cyber-Enabled Influence Operations to Support Hamas
Understanding Iran's techniques, coupled with comprehensive threat intel, can give organizations an edge in identifying and defending against these attacks.
HHS Plans for Cyber 'One-Stop Shop' After United Healthcare Attack
The initiative is meant to provide more resources and better strategies for healthcare entities that face an increasing amount of cybersecurity challenges.
Attackers Abuse Google Ad Feature to Target Slack, Notion Users
Campaign distributes malware disguised as legitimate installers for popular workplace collaboration apps by abusing a traffic-tracking feature.
Funding the Organizations That Secure the Internet
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Instilling the Hacker Mindset Organizationwide
It's critical for security teams to stay vigilant not only when it comes to major security issues, but also with minor lags in security best practice.
https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/instilling-hacker-mindset-organizationwide
Cyberattacks Wreaking Physical Disruption on the Rise
Ransomware groups tore into manufacturing other parts of the OT sector in 2023, and a few attacks caused eight- and nine-figure damages. But worse is yet to come in 2024.
https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/cyberattacks-wreaking-physical-disruption-on-the-rise
Cybersecurity Threats Intensify in the Middle East During Ramadan
How security teams in the region fortify their defenses amid short-staffing — and increased DDoS, phishing, and ransomware campaigns — during the Muslim holy month.
https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/cyber-threats-intensify-in-middle-east-during-ramadan
Funding the Organizations Securing the Internet
Common Good Cyber is a global consortium connecting nonprofit, private sector, and government organizations to fund organizations focused on securing Internet infrastructure.
Microsoft Beefs Up Defenses in Azure AI
Microsoft adds tools to protect Azure AI from threats such as prompt injection, as well as give developers the capabilities to ensure generative AI apps are more resilient to model and content manipul...
XZ Utils Backdoor Implanted in Carefully Executed, Multiyear Supply Chain Attack
Had a Microsoft developer not spotted the malware when he did, the outcome could have been much worse.
Cybercriminals Weigh Options for Using LLMs: Buy, Build, or Break?
While some cybercriminals have bypassed guardrails to force legitimate AI models to turn bad, building their own malicious chatbot platforms and making use of open source models are a greater threat.
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cybercriminals-options-lms-buy-build-break
Sprawling Sellafield Nuclear Waste Site Prosecuted for Cybersecurity Failings
UK regulator said that one of the world's most toxic sites accumulated cybersecurity "offenses" from 2019 to 2023.
AT&T Confirms 73M Customers Affected in Data Leak
AT&T denies any evidence of unauthorized access but admits that a data set released on the Dark Web including Social Security numbers and other sensitive information on tens of millions of customers i...
https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/att-confirms-73m-customers-affected-data-leak
Name That Edge Toon: Defying Gravity
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https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/name-that-edge-toon-defying-gravity
Collaboration Needed to Fight Ransomware
A global proactive and collaborative approach to cybersecurity, not just in public/private partnerships, is key to fighting back against increasingly professional ransomware gangs.
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/collaboration-needed-to-fight-ransomware