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Top 3 Threat Report Insights for Q2 2024 [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cato CTRL (Cyber Threats Research Lab) has released its Q2 2024 Cato CTRL SASE Threat Report. The report highlights critical findings based on the analysis of a staggering 1.38 trillion network flows from more than 2,500 of Cato’s global customers, between April and June 2024. Key Insights from the Q2 2024 Cato CTRL SASE Threat…
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Iranian Cyber Group OilRig Targets Iraqi Government in Sophisticated Malware Attack [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Iraqi government networks have emerged as the target of an “elaborate” cyber attack campaign orchestrated by an Iran state-sponsored threat actor called OilRig. The attacks singled out Iraqi organizations such as the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cybersecurity company Check Point said in a new analysis. OilRig, also called APT34, Crambus,…
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Ireland’s Watchdog Launches Inquiry into Google’s AI Data Practices in Europe [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that it has commenced a “Cross-Border statutory inquiry” into Google’s foundational artificial intelligence (AI) model to determine whether the tech giant has adhered to data protection regulations in the region when processing the personal data of European users. “The statutory inquiry concerns the question of whether Google…
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Iranian Hackers Targeting Iraqi Government: Security Firm Eduard Kovacs
Hackers believed to be operating on behalf of the Iranian government have deployed malware to Iraqi government networks. The post Iranian Hackers Targeting Iraqi Government: Security Firm appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Healthcare Provider to Pay $65M Settlement Following Ransomware Attack Ionut Arghire
Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to pay a $65 million settlement in a class-action suit filed over a 2023 data breach. The post Healthcare Provider to Pay $65M Settlement Following Ransomware Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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WordPress Mandates Two-Factor Authentication for Plugin and Theme Developers [email protected] (The Hacker News)
WordPress.org has announced a new account security measure that will require accounts with capabilities to update plugins and themes to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatorily. The enforcement is expected to come into effect starting October 1, 2024. “Accounts with commit access can push updates and changes to plugins and themes used by millions of WordPress…
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Google’s AI Model Faces European Union Scrutiny From Privacy Watchdog Associated Press
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into Google’s Pathways Language Model 2, also known as PaLM2. The post Google’s AI Model Faces European Union Scrutiny From Privacy Watchdog appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Google Introduces ‘Air-Gapped’ Backup Vault to Thwart Ransomware Ryan Naraine
“It’s critical to not only back up your critical workloads, but also to secure those backups against subsequent modification and deletion.” The post Google Introduces ‘Air-Gapped’ Backup Vault to Thwart Ransomware appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Quad7 Botnet Expands to Target SOHO Routers and VPN Appliances [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The operators of the mysterious Quad7 botnet are actively evolving by compromising several brands of SOHO routers and VPN appliances by leveraging a combination of both known and unknown security flaws. Targets include devices from TP-LINK, Zyxel, Asus, Axentra, D-Link, and NETGEAR, according to a new report by French cybersecurity company Sekoia. “The Quad7 botnet…
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DragonRank Black Hat SEO Campaign Targeting IIS Servers Across Asia and Europe [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A “simplified Chinese-speaking actor” has been linked to a new campaign that has targeted multiple countries in Asia and Europe with the end goal of performing search engine optimization (SEO) rank manipulation. The black hat SEO cluster has been codenamed DragonRank by Cisco Talos, with victimology footprint scattered across Thailand, India, Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands,…