Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs • The Register
Updated Unknown miscreants are exploiting fully patched, end-of-life SonicWall VPNs to deploy a previously unknown backdoor and rootkit, likely for data theft and extortion, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group. In research published on Wednesday,...
Attackers snatched all 6.5M member records • The Register
Co-op Group's chief executive officer has confirmed that all 6.5 million of the organization's members had their data stolen during its April cyberattack - Scattered Spider is believed to be behind the digital heist. Shirine Khoury-Haq confirmed the scale of...
OpenAI’s image model gets built-in style feature on ChatGPT
OpenAI's image gen model, which is available via ChatGPT for free, now lets you easily create AI images even if you're not familiar with trends or prompt engineering. Right now, if you want to create outstanding anime art, you need to come up with a very...
Android malware Konfety uses malformed APKs to evade detection
A new variant of the Konfety Android malware emerged with a malformed ZIP structure along with other obfuscation methods that allow it to evade analysis and detection. Konfety poses as a legitimate app, mimicking innocuous products available on Google Play, but...
Navigating the labyrinth of forks
AsyncRAT has cemented its place as a cornerstone of modern malware and as a pervasive threat that has evolved into a sprawling network of forks and variants. While its capabilities are not that impressive on their own, it is the open-source nature of AsyncRAT...
UK F-35 fleet poorly supported, can’t use vital weapons • The Register
The F-35 stealth fighter is not meeting its potential in British service because of availability issues, a shortage of support personnel, and delays in integrating key weapons that are limiting the aircraft's effectiveness. The various problems are highlighted...
Someone hijacked Elmo’s X account to post antisemitic rants • The Register
Someone hacked Elmo's X account on Sunday, making it appear as if the lovable Sesame Street monster with the habit of referring to themselves in the third-person spewed a series of now-removed antisemitic, racist, and anti-Trump posts. Sesame Workshop, the...
UK launches vulnerability research program for external experts
UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced a new Vulnerability Research Initiative (VRI) that aims to strengthen relations with external cybersecurity experts. The agency already conducts internal vulnerability research on a wide range of...
Nvidia A6000 GPUs flip memory bits if beaten by GPUHammer • The Register
The Rowhammer attack on computer memory is back, and for the first time, it's able to mess with bits in Nvidia GPUs, despite defenses designed to protect against this kind of hacking. Last week, Nvidia issued a security advisory, telling customers about the...
Interlock ransomware adopts FileFix method to deliver malware
Hackers have adopted the new technique called 'FileFix' in Interlock ransomware attacks to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) on targeted systems. Interlock ransomware operations have increased over the past months as the threat actor started using the KongTuke...