Cybersecurity

HijackLoader Expands Techniques to Improve Defense Evasion

HijackLoader continues to become increasingly popular among adversaries for deploying additional payloads and tooling A recent HijackLoader variant employs sophisticated techniques to enhance its complexity and defense evasion CrowdStrike detects this new HijackLoader variant using machine learning and behavior-based detection capabilities  CrowdStrike researchers have identified a HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) sample that employs sophisticated evasion […]

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Erykah Badu and Madlib join Romare, BADBADNOTGOOD, En Vogue and Gilles Peterson on Cross The Tracks festival bill | Juno Daily

Festival set for fifth edition, in May 2024 Erykah Badu and Madlib (DJ set) are among the next wave of names added to the bill for 2024’s Cross The Tracks festival, at Brockwell Park, London on Sunday May 26, 2024. The other names confirmed today are Venna, Iniko, Neal Francis, Brainstory, Yazmin Lacey (DJ), Mackwood, […]

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Film about Magazine/PiL/Banshees guitarist John McGeogh launches crownfunding campaign | Juno Daily

John Frusciante and Johnny Marr among stars paying tribute in film A new film about Scottish guitarist John McGeogh, who defined the post-punk sound with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Public Image Ltd, is launching a crowdfunding appeal to reach cinemas. ‘The Light Pours Out Of Me’ is a feature documentary film co-directed by […]

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Medical Transcriber’s Hack Breach Affects at Least 9 Million

3rd Party Risk Management , Breach Notification , Cybercrime Northwell Health Among Perry Johnson & Associates’ Healthcare Clients Affected Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 15, 2023     A data theft incident at medical transcription firm PJ&A has affected at least 9 million patients. (Image: Perry Johnson & Associates) The number of healthcare organizations […]

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Russia’s 2nd-Largest Insurer Rosgosstrakh Hacked; 400GB of Data Sold Online

An analysis of the sample data shared by the hackers revealed, among other details, personal and insurance-related information belonging to three GRU agents. Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, both nations have experienced a series of non-stop large-scale cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, personal data of unsuspecting users, as well as sensitive military and banking […]

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Asian banks are a favorite target of cybercooks, and malicious bots their preferred tool

Andrew Brookes/Getty Images Financial institutions are hot favorites among cybercriminals, with those in Asia-Pacific among the most targeted by malicious bot requests and API (application programming interface) attacks.  Malicious bot traffic in Asia-Pacific including Japan climbed 128% from last year, as hackers turned to bots for scale, efficiency, and impact. The region was the second-most […]