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The YoroTrooper espionage group likely consists of individuals from Kazakhstan, Cisco’s Talos security researchers report. Active since at least June 2022 and initially detailed in March this year, YoroTrooper has been observed targeting government entities in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. According to Cisco’s latest report on the advanced persistent threat (APT) actor, the operations appear to be conducted by individuals from Kazakhstan, based on the use of Kazakh…

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Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside China to support his family after losing his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, a job offer to teach Chinese cooking at a restaurant led him into a cyber scam compound in Myanmar, where he was instead ordered to lure Chinese into giving up their savings for fake investment schemes via social media platforms. Zhang is one of tens…

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The Philippine defense chief has ordered all defense personnel and the 163,000-member military to refrain from using digital applications that harness artificial intelligence to generate personal portraits, saying they could pose security risks. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. issued the order in an Oct. 14 memorandum, as Philippine forces have been working to weaken decades-old communist and Muslim insurgencies and defend territorial interests in the disputed South China Sea. The Department of National Defense on…

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A British startup called Harmonic Security has attracted $7 million in seed-stage investment to build technology to help secure generative AI deployments in the enterprise. Harmonic, based in London and San Francisco, said it is working on software to mitigate against the ‘wild west’ of unregulated AI apps harvesting company data at scale. The company said the early-stage financing was led by Ten Eleven Ventures, an investment firm actively investing in cybersecurity startups. Storm Ventures…

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Prove Identity, a late-stage startup with roots in the ecommerce mobile payments space, on Tuesday closed a $40 million funding round as it continues a major pivot to the digital identity verification and authentication market. The New York-based company, previously known as Payfone, said the latest investment round led by MassMutual Ventures and Capital One Ventures.  To date, Prove Identity has raised more than $215 million and rebranded itself as an enterprise vendor targeting banks, retailers…

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Privacy-focused messaging firm Signal is pouring cold water on widespread rumors of a zero-day exploit in its popular encrypted chat app. “We have seen the vague viral reports alleging a Signal 0-day vulnerability. After responsible investigation *we have no evidence that suggests this vulnerability is real* nor has any additional info been shared via our official reporting channels,” Signal said late Sunday night. Rumors of a Signal zero-day started circulating over the weekend with what…

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