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22 Jan

FBI Chief Says He’s ‘Deeply concerned’ by China’s AI Program

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FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.” Speaking during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wray said Beijing’s AI ambitions were “built on top of massive troves of intellectual property and sensitive data that they’ve stolen over the years.” He said that left unchecked, China could use artificial…

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21 Jan

Ransomware payments down 40% in 2022 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Ransomware revenue plunges to $456 million in 2022 as more victims refuse to pay up. Here’s what to make of the trend. Ransomware gangs extorted at least $456 million from victims in 2022, which represents a drop of 40 percent from$765 million the year prior, according to research by Chainalysis. Couple this with a fall of 24 percent in ransomware detections between May and August of 2022 as recorded by ESET Threat Report T2 2022.…

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21 Jan

T-Mobile admits to 37,000,000 customer records stolen by “bad actor”

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by Paul Ducklin US mobile phone provider T-Mobile has just admitted to getting hacked, in a filing known as an 8-K that was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday, 2023-01-19. The 8-K form is described by the SEC itself as “the ‘current report’ companies must file […] to announce major events that shareholders should know about.” These major events include issues such as bankruptcy or receivership (item 1.03), mine safety violations (item…

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20 Jan

In-the-Wild Exploitation of Recent ManageEngine Vulnerability Commences

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Cloud risk management and threat detection firm Rapid7 warns that it has seen organizations being compromised in attacks exploiting a recently patched Zoho ManageEngine vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2022-47966, the security defect exists in a third-party dependency (Apache xmlsec, also known as XML Security for Java, version 1.4.1), allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely without authentication. Deemed ‘critical severity’, the issue was brought to light in November 2022, when Zoho announced that patches were released…

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20 Jan

Sophisticated ‘VastFlux’ Ad Fraud Scheme That Spoofed 1,700 Apps Disrupted

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A sophisticated ad fraud scheme that spoofed over 1,700 applications and 120 publishers peaked at 12 billion ad requests per day before being taken down, bot attack prevention firm Human says. Dubbed VastFlux, the scheme relied on JavaScript code injected into digital ad creatives, which resulted in fake ads being stacked behind one another to generate revenue for the fraudsters. More than 11 million devices were impacted in the scheme. The JavaScript code used by…

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20 Jan

Tech support scammers are still at it: Here’s what to look out for in 2023

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Hello, is it me you’re looking for? Fraudsters still want to help you fix a computer problem you never had in the first place. Tech support scammers have been offering bogus technical support services and “resolving” people’s non-existent problems with their devices or software for years. Using a range of tried-and-tested social engineering tricks, they’ve had considerable success duping victims into handing over their money or sensitive data such as passwords and financial details. It’s…

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20 Jan

S3 Ep118: Guess your password? No need if it’s stolen already! [Audio + Text]

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by Paul Ducklin GUESS YOUR PASSWORD? NO NEED IF IT’S STOLEN ALREADY! Guess your password? Crack your password? Steal your password? What if the crooks already have one of your passwords, and can use it to figure out all your others as well? Click-and-drag on the soundwaves below to skip to any point. You can also listen directly on Soundcloud. With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. You can…

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19 Jan

New T-Mobile Breach Affects 37 Million Accounts

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T-Mobile today disclosed a data breach affecting tens of millions of customer accounts, its second major data exposure in as many years. In a filing with federal regulators, T-Mobile said an investigation determined that someone abused its systems to harvest subscriber data tied to approximately 37 million current customer accounts. Image: customink.com In a filing today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, T-Mobile said a “bad actor” abused an application programming interface (API) to…

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19 Jan

T-Mobile Says Hackers Used API to Steal Data on 37 Million Accounts

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Wireless carrier T-Mobile on Thursday fessed up to another massive data breach affecting  approximately 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts. In a filing with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), T-Mobile said that an unidentified malicious actor abused an API without authorization to access customer account data, including name, billing address, email, phone number, date of birth, T-Mobile account number and information such as the number of lines on the account and plan…

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19 Jan

Top 10 Venmo scams – and how to stay safe

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Don’t be the next victim – here’s what to know about some of the most common tricks that scammers use on the payment app Today’s consumers have a wealth of choice when it comes to paying and sending money online. A range of slick digital payment apps have emerged over recent years to make the whole process as seamless as possible for end users. But they’re not the only ones who are winning. Unfortunately, scammers…

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