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cyberweapons

[infosecurity] UK Metal Engineering Firm Vesuvius Hit by Cyber-Attack

Vesuvius, a UK-based molten metal flow engineering company, disclosed on February 6, 2023, that it was managing a cyber incident involving unauthorized access to its systems. Infosecurity Magazine reports that the company has started an investigation to find out how far it goes.

cloudcomputing

[ISC] JUGGLING THE DEMANDS OF A MULTICLOUD ENVIRONMENT

Organizations are moving assets from on-premises systems into multiple clouds to cut costs and gain agility, but every added provider makes security harder. The (ISC)² blog looks at how to juggle the operational and security demands of a multicloud environment.

malware

[HEIMDAL] PixPirate Malware Is Actively Stealing Banking Passwords

PixPirate is a new strain of Android banking malware that is actively stealing banking passwords. Heimdal Security says it still appears to be in its early stages, which means more threats built on it may follow. Here's what's known so far.

socialengineering

[KnowBe4] Thinking Critically About Your Online Behavior

Social engineering works because people act on autopilot. KnowBe4's Stu Sjouwerman argues that employees need to change their mindset and think critically about their online behavior if they want to defend themselves, and their organizations, against these attacks.

crypto

[Security Intelligence] How to Spot a Nefarious Cryptocurrency Platform

If you own a cryptocurrency account, do you ever wonder whether your platform cashes in ransomware payments? Security Intelligence's Jonathan Reed looks at how to spot a nefarious cryptocurrency platform before you trust it with your money.

teamfiltration

[TrustedSec] TEAMFILTRATION V3.5.0 – IMPROVE ALL THE THINGS!

TrustedSec has released TeamFiltration v3.5.0, a cross-platform framework for enumerating, password spraying, exfiltrating from, and backdooring Microsoft 365 and Azure AD accounts. The release improves the tool across the board, and it's available on GitHub.

video surveillance

[HackRead] Benefits Of Having Video Surveillance In Your Business

HackRead's Owais Sultan makes the case for video surveillance in businesses and outlines the benefits it can bring.

artificialintelligence

[business today] Google loses over $100 billion m-cap after AI chatbot Bard gives wrong answer in ad

Google lost more than $100 billion in market value after its AI chatbot Bard gave an inaccurate answer in a promotional GIF posted on Twitter. The error was spotted just hours before Google's Bard launch event in Paris, and Business Today covers the fallout.

netdata

Netdata: The All-in-One System Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool

Netdata is a free, open-source, real-time monitoring and troubleshooting tool for Linux and Unix systems. I cover what it offers: live, customizable dashboards for resource use, network traffic, and application performance, multi-system monitoring from one place, and plugins for many apps.

ransomware

[YoreGroup] Decrypt your *.vmdk affected by CVE-2020-3992 / CryptoLocker attack

VMware ESXi servers hit by the ESXiArgs ransomware campaign may be recoverable. US CISA has published a recovery tool that can help restore encrypted virtual machine files. iTnews covers how it works and how the attack has spread.

ransomware

[arstechnica] Hackers are mass infecting servers worldwide by exploiting a patched hole

Attackers are mass-infecting VMware ESXi servers worldwide with ESXiArgs ransomware by exploiting a vulnerability that was already patched. Ars Technica reports that servers running unpatched ESXi versions are sitting ducks.

malware

[SecurityWeek] Attackers Can Abuse GitHub Codespaces for Malware Delivery

Researchers found that a GitHub Codespaces feature meant to help with development and collaboration can be abused to deliver malware. SecurityWeek explains how attackers could use Codespaces to host and serve malicious content from GitHub's trusted infrastructure.