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The Register
Plus: More stalkerware exposure; a $16M TracFone fine; Ransomware victims don't use MFA, and more Protecting computers' BIOS and the boot process is essential for modern security – but knowing it's important isn't the same as actually taking steps to do it.… Infosec in brief
The Hacker News
"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. Yet it is often in the furnace of war that the sharpest tools of peace are forged." - Victor Hugo. In 1971, an unsettling message started appearing on several computers that comprised ARPANET, the precursor to what we now know as the Internet. The message, which read "I'm the Creeper: catch me if you can." was the output of a program named
The Register
We offer this formula instead: RND(100.0)*(10^9) The cost of CrowdStrike's apocalyptic Falcon update that brought down millions of Windows computers last week may be in the billions of dollars, and insurance isn't covering most of that.…
Krebs on Security
A faulty software update from cybersecurity vendor Crowdstrike crippled countless Microsoft Windows computers across the globe today, disrupting everything from airline travel and financial institutions to hospitals and businesses online. Crowdstrike said a fix has been deployed, but experts say the recovery from this outage could take some time, as Crowdstrike's solution needs to be applied manually on a per-machine basis.
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Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows.… Breaking
Graham Cluley
OpenAI's ever-so-clever ChatGPT's software was doing something really-rather-stupid: storing users' chats on their Mac computers in plaintext. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Russian national accused of attacks in lead-up to the Ukraine war The US Department of Justice has indicted a 22-year-old Russian for allegedly attacking Ukrainian government computers and destroying critical infrastructure systems in the so-called “WhisperGate” wiper attack that preceded Russia's illegal invasion of the European nation.…
Graham Cluley
US spyware vendor pcTattletale has shut down its operations following a serious data breach that exposed sensitive information about its customers, as well as data stolen from some of their victims. pcTattletale was promoted as "employee and child monitoring software" designed to "protect your business and family." Of course, what it actually was, was a way to surreptitiously spy upon other people's phones and computers - secretly viewing everything they did. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Graham Cluley
A vast network of millions of compromised computers, being used to facilitate a wide range of cybercrime, has been disrupted by a multinational law enforcement operation. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Krebs on Security
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today unveiled sanctions against three Chinese nationals for allegedly operating 911 S5, an online anonymity service that for many years was the easiest and cheapest way to route one's Web traffic through malware-infected computers around the globe. KrebsOnSecurity identified one of the three men in a July 2022 investigation into 911 S5, which was massively hacked and then closed ten days later.