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VULNERABILITIES

Web Shells and Ransomware transmitted exploiting ProxyShell Vulnerabilities

3 years ago

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently warned that various attackers use three so-called “ProxyShell” vulnerabilities to compromise Microsoft Exchange Servers worldwide. They were discovered and demonstrated by Orange Tsai and his fellow research colleagues from DEVCORE Research Team at the Pwn2Own contest and also mentioned at the... Read more

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently warned that various attackers use three... Read more

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

OPAD: A New Adversarial Attack Targeting Artificial Intelligence

3 years ago

Researchers have discovered a new adversarial attack that can fool AI technologies. This new attack—OPtical ADversarial attack (OPAD)—is based on three main objects—a camera, a low-cost projector, and a computer. OPAD is based on a low-cost projector-camera system in which researchers have projected calculated patterns to modify the appearance of... Read more

Researchers have discovered a new adversarial attack that can fool AI technologies. This new attack—OPtical... Read more

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Elon Musk unveils an AI humanoid Robot

3 years ago

Speaking at Tesla's AI Day event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a humanoid robot called the Tesla Bot that works on the similar AI used by Tesla's vehicle. It is designed to eliminate repetitive, dangerous, boring tasks. Tesla Bot is 173 centimeters tall, weighs 57 kilograms, and has 40 electromechanical... Read more

Speaking at Tesla's AI Day event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a humanoid robot called... Read more

BREACHES

DDoS attack three times bigger than the largest to date recorded

3 years ago

The largest-ever volumetric DDoS attack to date has been recorded on Thursday by web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare. The attacker has bombarded the Cloudflare edge with over 330 million requests at a speed of 17.2 million requests per second, making the attack three times larger than the previously... Read more

The largest-ever volumetric DDoS attack to date has been recorded on Thursday by web infrastructure... Read more

VULNERABILITIES

'Bad Example' by Accenture for lack of transparency during ransomware attacks

3 years ago

When ransomware and cyber-attacks are at an all-time high, solution providers believe that high profile IT companies such as Accenture could help the industry by disclosing the attack details upfront. Their lack of disclosure is being heavily criticised and is seen as a missed opportunity to keep others well informed.... Read more

When ransomware and cyber-attacks are at an all-time high, solution providers believe that high profile... Read more

VULNERABILITIES

Terrorist watchlist with nearly 1.9M Records exposed

3 years ago

Volodymyr Diachenko, aka ‘Bob,’ the head of security research at Comparitech, revealed the discovery of a federal terror watchlist in his LinkedIn post on July 19th. It was a no-fly list with over 1.9 million records without any security protections or passwords. The no-fly list lists individuals considered dangerous from... Read more

Volodymyr Diachenko, aka ‘Bob,’ the head of security research at Comparitech, revealed the discovery of... Read more

POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

Crypto Market Reclaims Market Cap Of $2 Trillion

3 years ago

With the development of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency has made the leap from academic concepts to virtual reality. Recent news states that Bitcoin has topped $48,152 over the weekend, its highest level since May 2021. Bitcoin’s rise helped push the value of the entire cryptocurrency market above $2 trillion on Saturday, the... Read more

With the development of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency has made the leap from academic concepts to virtual... Read more

FRAUDS AND SCAMS

Experts Shed Light On New Russian Malware-as-a-Service Written in Rust

3 years ago

A new type of information-stealing malware has been discovered and sold on underground Russian forums, which indicates that threat actors are increasingly resorting to exotic programming languages to evade security protections. Dubbed as Ficker Stealer, it is a browser hijacker that lures users to fraudulent landing pages that offer free... Read more

A new type of information-stealing malware has been discovered and sold on underground Russian forums,... Read more

VULNERABILITIES

Should We Bow to USBSamurai?

3 years ago

Recently penetration testers working on vulnerabilities faced by industrial level environments on USB implants got a new tool added to their hacking backpack. USBsamurai, an HID(human interface device), has been introduced to the world in a Black Hat Arsenal held on 5th August 2021 by Luca Bongiorni, a security researcher.... Read more

Recently penetration testers working on vulnerabilities faced by industrial level environments on USB implants got... Read more

POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

Amazon, Google, Microsoft join US cyber team to fight ransomware

3 years ago

US network safety authorities on Thursday said Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have enrolled to help them fight ransomware and safeguard cloud computing frameworks from hackers. The tech titans are among firms endorsed to be essential for a Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative planned to consolidate government and private abilities and assets... Read more

US network safety authorities on Thursday said Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have enrolled to help... Read more