Discovered by Infoblox, the threat activity does not have a clear goal or motivation but demonstrates sophistication and advanced capabilities to manipulate global DNS systems.

The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence (AI)-related threats. “These guidelines are informed by the whole-of-government effort to assess AI risks across all sixteen critical infrastructure sectors, and address threats both to and from, and involving AI systems,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)&

The FCC has fined four major U.S. wireless carriers – AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon – a total of nearly $200 million for unlawfully selling access to their customers’ real-time location data without consent.

Additionally, the tech giant reports that it identified and blocked 333,000 Google Play accounts that uploaded malware, fraudulent apps, or engaged in repeated grave policy violations.

Researchers found a novel infection chain associated with the DarkGate malware, which is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) developed using Borland Delphi and marketed as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) offering on a Russian-language cybercrime forum.

In its report, the GAO highlighted “new and continuing” shortcomings with information systems and the safeguarding of assets, issues that increase the likelihood of unauthorized access to sensitive IRS data.

Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm, is set to acquire the U.K.-based cybersecurity company Darktrace in a deal valued at around $5 billion. The deal is pending shareholder approval and is expected to be finalized by the end of 2024.

Zloader, a modular trojan based on the leaked ZeuS source code, has recently introduced a new anti-analysis feature in versions 2.4.1.0 and 2.5.1.0 to prevent execution on machines that differ from the original infection.