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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,…
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Microsoft: Zero-day vulnerability rolled back previous patches
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SplxAI Raises $2 Million to Protect AI Chatbot Apps Ionut Arghire
SplxAI has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to help organizations identify vulnerabilities in AI chat applications. The post SplxAI Raises $2 Million to Protect AI Chatbot Apps appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Compliance and Risk Management Startup Datricks Raises $15 Million Ionut Arghire
The Tel Aviv company attracts $15 million in a Series A investment to build an AI-powered compliance and risk management platform. The post Compliance and Risk Management Startup Datricks Raises $15 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More