Cybersecurity

Deduce raises $9 million to tackle AI-generated identity fraud – Help Net Security

Deduce has raised $9 million in funding led by Freestyle Capital, with additional investment by Foundry and True Ventures. The funding will launch Deduce’s GenAI Identity fraud solution out of stealth and help the company scale to prevent large-scale SuperSynthetic identity fraud across multiple verticals, including the financial service industry, fintech, and e-commerce. The rise […]

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New Python NodeStealer Goes Beyond Facebook Credentials, Now Stealing All Browser Cookies and Login Credentials

Summary Netskope Threat Labs is tracking a campaign that uses malicious Python scripts to steal Facebook users’ credentials and browser data. This campaign targets Facebook business accounts with bogus Facebook messages with a malicious file attached. The attacks are reaching victims mainly in Southern Europe and North America across different segments, led by the manufacturing […]

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Access control in cloud-native applications in multi-location environments (NIST SP 800-207) – Help Net Security

NIST released Special Publication (SP) 800-207A – “A Zero Trust Architecture Model for Access Control in Cloud-Native Applications in Multi-Location Environments.” Enterprise application environments consist of geographically distributed and loosely coupled microservices that span multiple cloud and on-premises environments. Users from different locations access them through different devices. This scenario calls for establishing trust in […]

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Cyber incident hits Auckland Transport’s HOP system, believed to be ransomware

Simon Maude/Stuff A major cyber incident is impacting Auckland Transport HOP Card system, with top-ups and other HOP card services. Auckland Transport’s HOP Card system has been hit by a major cyber incident, taking top-ups and other HOP card services offline. An AT spokesperson said initial indications show it could be a ransomware attack. “Early […]

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Lockbit ransomware gang hit the Carthage Area Hospital and the Clayton-Hepburn Medical Center in New York

Lockbit ransomware gang hit the Carthage Area Hospital and the Clayton-Hepburn Medical Center in New York Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2023 LockBit ransomware group breached two hospitals, the Carthage Area Hospital and the Clayton-Hepburn Medical Center in New York. The Lockbit ransomware group claims to have hacked two major hospitals, the Carthage Area Hospital and […]

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Iranian Threat Group Hits Thousands With Password Spray Campaign

An Iranian state-backed APT group carried out a “wave” of cyber-espionage attacks against thousands of global targets over a six-month period, Microsoft has revealed. The group known as Peach Sandstorm (aka APT33, Elfin, and Refined Kitten) used password spraying techniques between February and July 2023. This is a brute-force technique where threat actors try to […]