Cybersecurity

Britain and France assemble diplomats for international agreement on spyware

The United Kingdom and France are to jointly host a diplomatic conference at Lancaster House in London this week to launch a new international agreement addressing “the proliferation of commercial cyber intrusion tools.” According to the Foreign Office, 35 nations will be represented at the conference, alongside “big tech leaders, legal experts, and human rights […]

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Businesses banning or limiting use of GenAI over privacy risks – Help Net Security

Privacy is much more than a regulatory compliance matter. Findings from a new Cisco study highlight the growing Privacy concerns with GenAI, trust challenges facing organizations over their use of AI, and the attractive returns from privacy investment. “Organizations see GenAI as a fundamentally different technology with novel challenges to consider,” said Dev Stahlkopf, Cisco […]

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Google: Half of all zero-days used against our products are developed by spyware vendors

Google said Tuesday that it is tracking at least 40 companies involved in the creation of spyware and other hacking tools that are sold to governments and deployed against “high risk” users, including journalists, human rights defenders and dissidents. The vendors — which have developed dozens of tools and tricks to break into phones, laptops, […]

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Malicious Excel File Drops Python Info-stealer | Cyware Hacker News

A recent analysis by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has unveiled a sophisticated Python-based info-stealer distributed through a malicious Excel document. The attack exemplifies the innovative techniques cybercriminals employ to breach personal and organizational data. Diving into Details At the core of this campaign is the use of Excel 4.0 macros, a legacy feature that remains supported […]

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Chinese Hackers Exploited FortiGate Flaw to Breach Dutch Military Network

Feb 07, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Network Security Chinese state-backed hackers broke into a computer network that’s used by the Dutch armed forces by targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices. “This [computer network] was used for unclassified research and development (R&D),” the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) said in a statement. “Because this system was self-contained, […]