Iranian Hackers Launches Destructive Cyberattacks on Israeli Tech and Education Sectors
Israeli higher education and tech sectors have been targeted as part of a series of destructive cyber attacks that commenced in January 2023 with an aim to deploy previously undocumented wiper malware. The intrusions, which took place as recently as October, have been attributed to an Iranian nation-state hacking crew it tracks under the name […]
Google Warns How Hackers Could Abuse Calendar Service as a Covert C2 Channel
Google is warning of multiple threat actors sharing a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that leverages its Calendar service to host command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. The tool, called Google Calendar RAT (GCR), employs Google Calendar Events for C2 using a Gmail account. It was first published to GitHub in June 2023. « The script creates a ‘Covert Channel’ […]
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Money Launderer in Cybercrime Crackdown
The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions against a Russian woman for taking part in the laundering of virtual currency for the country’s elites and cybercriminal crews, including the Ryuk ransomware group. Ekaterina Zhdanova, per the department, is said to have facilitated large cross border transactions to assist Russian individuals to gain access to […]
StripedFly Malware Operated Unnoticed for 5 Years, Infecting 1 Million Devices
An advanced strain of malware masquerading as a cryptocurrency miner has managed to fly the radar for over five years, infecting no less than one million devices around the world in the process. That’s according to findings from Kaspersky, which has codenamed the threat StripedFly, describing it as an « intricate modular framework that supports both Linux […]
Okta’s Recent Customer Support Data Breach Impacted 134 Customers
Identity and authentication management provider Okta on Friday disclosed that the recent support case management system breach affected 134 of its 18,400 customers. It further noted that the unauthorized intruder gained access to its systems from September 28 to October 17, 2023, and ultimately accessed HAR files containing session tokens that could be used for session hijacking […]
Google Play Store Introduces ‘Independent Security Review’ Badge for Apps
Google is rolling out an « Independent security review » badge in the Play Store’s Data safety section for Android apps that have undergone a Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA) audit. « We’ve launched this banner beginning with VPN apps due to the sensitive and significant amount of user data these apps handle, » Nataliya Stanetsky of the Android Security and […]
Les appareils Huawei et Vivo considèrent l’application Google comme dangereuse
La guerre commerciale entre la Chine et les USA passe aussi dans les fausses alertes de piratage informatique !
Lutte contre la pédopornagraphie : lettre ouverte de scientifique pour protéger l’anonymat
Des parlementaires européens proposent une alternative à la loi contre la pédopornographie, qui aurait contraint les entreprises du secteur technologique à surveiller massivement les contenus des utilisateurs. Cette nouvelle mouture vise à protéger les enfants sans violer la vie privée des citoyens et à maintenir l’intégrité du chiffrement.
Décret pour de nouvelles normes liées à l’intelligence artificielle
Le 30 octobre, l’administration du président américain Joe Biden a publié un décret établissant de nouvelles normes en matière de sûreté et de sécurité de l’intelligence artificielle. Ces nouvelles normes décidées par l’administration Biden, alors qu’au même moment, à Londres, un rendez-vous politique tentait de mettre en place une coalition IA, se divise en 26 […]
Google Chrome masquera les véritables adresses IP des utilisateurs
Google se prépare à commencer à tester une nouvelle fonctionnalité de protection IP dans le navigateur Chrome. Cette solution devrait améliorer la confidentialité des utilisateurs en masquant leurs adresses IP à l’aide des propres serveurs proxy de Google. Google prévoit de tester la protection IP entre la sortie de Chrome 119 et Chrome 225. Les […]