AI in cybersecurity: Immediate strategies to navigate new frontiers of defense

As cyber threats grow in sophistication and frequency, organizations are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to bolster their defenses. AI offers a new dimension to digital security by enhancing the ability to predict, detect and respond to attacks before they escalate. But the integration of AI in cybersecurity isn’t just about flashy technology or automating […]

SharePoint, OneDrive and Dropbox targeted by BEC attacks

Microsoft Threat Intelligence reported that it has observed threat actors abusing legitimate file hosting services such as SharePoint, OneDrive and Dropbox with the aim of launching business email compromise (BEC) attacks. In an Oct. 8 blog post, the Microsoft researchers said the threat actors send files with restricted access and “view-only” restrictions — files that […]

Vodafone’s new cybersecurity platform takes aim at human behaviour 

News  Half of businesses (50%) have reported having experienced some form of cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months, according to a recent government survey  Vodafone has launched a new cybersecurity platform called Vodafone CybSafe, designed to help small, medium, and enterprise businesses reduce the risk of the cyberattacks that stem from […]

Easterly dismisses possibility of election result-altering cyberattack

Such confidence in the resilience of the U.S.’s election infrastructure against destructive cyberattacks stems from the significant improvements that have been implemented by state and local election officials on ensuring voting and ballot counting security, noted Easterly in an interview. Source link

West African cybercrime operation taken down by Interpol

Attacks part of the scheme — which were noted by Swiss authorities to have exceeded 260 between August 2023 and April 2024 — involved the suspects leveraging QR codes that redirected to payment platform-spoofing websites. Source link

Siemens device PIN susceptible to remote brute-force in older model

Siemens disclosed a critical vulnerability in an old power measuring device that enables a remote attacker to gain administrator access by brute-forcing a four-digit PIN. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-41798, affects the SENTRON 7KM PAC3200 model of energy monitoring devices and has a CVSS score of 9.3. Due to the SENTRON 7KM PAC3200 being a […]

Guilty plea entered by Raccoon Infostealer operator

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky, also known as raccoon-stealer, black21jack77777, and Photix, has admitted guilt in operating the Raccoon Infostealer malware-as-a-service operation, reports BleepingComputer. More than $910,000 in restitution and $23,975 in forfeiture money judgment were part of the plea deal of Sokolovksy, who had been extradited to the […]

Nearly 100 arrested in Russian crypto exchange crackdown

Ninety-six individuals suspected to be part of cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex and anonymous payment system UAPS have been apprehended by the Investigative Committee of Russia, the country’s primary investigative authority, for their involvement in laundering funds from cybercrime operations, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. Both Cryptex and UAPS have […]

New fraud intelligence unveiled by Trulioo

Aside from being integrated with the firm’s Identity Document Verification, Know Your Customer data checks, and Watchlist Screening, Trulioo Fraud Intelligence generates accurate fraud risk scores for organizations through predictive risk intelligence, machine learning, and industry models, according to the company. Source link