South Africa’s trade regulator ITAC hit by cyber attack

According to the organisation, the attack happened in January, leading to the exposure of the personal information of stakeholders. ITAC is an institution dedicated to promoting fair trade in South Africa in order to enhance economic growth and development. The Read More …

MGM files suit against FTC to block cyber attack investigation

MGM filed the suit yesterday (15 April) in Washington’s federal court against both the FTC and Lina M Khan as FTC chair. The suit refers to the large-scale cyber attack launched against MGM in September last year. MGM was forced Read More …

Best Practices for Deploying Secure and Resilient AI Systems

Deploying artificial intelligence (AI) systems securely requires careful setup and configuration that depends on the complexity of the AI system, the resources required (e.g., funding, technical expertise), and the infrastructure used (i.e., on premises, cloud, or hybrid). This report expands Read More …

SteganoAmor campaign: TA558 mass-attacking companies and public institutions all around the world

Researchers from the Positive Technologies Expert Security Center discovered more than three hundred attacks worldwide, which they confidently attributed to the well-known TA558 group. As originally described by researchers at ProofPoint, TA558 is a relatively small financially motivated cybercrime group Read More …

Change Healthcare faces another ransomware threat – and it looks credible

For months, Change Healthcare has faced an immensely messy ransomware debacle that has left hundreds of pharmacies and medical practices across the United States unable to process claims. Now, thanks to an apparent dispute within the ransomware criminal ecosystem, it Read More …

“Highly capable” hackers root corporate networks by exploiting Palo Alto Networks firewall 0-day

Highly capable hackers are rooting multiple corporate networks by exploiting a maximum-severity zero-day vulnerability in a firewall product from Palo Alto Networks, researchers said Friday. The vulnerability, which has been under active exploitation for at least two weeks now, allows Read More …

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia hacked by cyber criminals

Dutch-headquartered chipmaker Nexperia was victim of a hacking attack by cyber criminals last month, the Chinese-owned company said on Friday, and was investigating the incident with the help of outside specialists. The company did not say if it had suffered Read More …

Hackable Intel and Lenovo hardware that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed

Hardware sold for years by the likes of Intel and Lenovo contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability that will never be fixed. The cause: a supply chain snafu involving an open source software package and hardware from multiple manufacturers that directly Read More …

Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday includes two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities

The April 2024 Patch Tuesday update includes patches for 149 Microsoft vulnerabilities and republishes 6 non-Microsoft CVEs. Three of those 149 vulnerabilities are listed as critical, and one is listed as actively exploited by Microsoft. Another vulnerability is claimed to Read More …