Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Heritage Bank data breach, new State Department unit tackles cyber threats, LA Metro disruptions. The post In Other News: Palo Alto Recruiter Scam, Anti-Deepfake Chip, Google Sets 2029 Quantum Deadline appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cloud Android phones fuel financial fraud, evading detection and enabling dropper accounts
Organizations disclose attack details, though information may be limited, following a breach, but what if they did the same with close calls?
Security vendors have spent years building up defenses around the endpoint, but one researcher says AI coding tools have brought the walls down.
The FBI has warned that Iranian hacking group Handala has been targeting opponents of the regime since 2023
The UK’s financial regulator has issued new rules to make incident and third-party reporting clearer
Tracking pixels let social media companies spy on their users even after they click over to advertiser sites, gleaning credit card info, geolocations, and more, according to an analysis.
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has developed a successful attack to bypass safety guardrails in popular generative AI tools
Ericsson data breach affects 15k employees/customers after third-party service provider compromise
Malicious insiders are using misusing AI for nefarious gain, while employees cutting corners also creates risk, warns Mimecast
A global operation has resulted in the takedown of popular cybercrime forum LeakBase
Cloudflare Threat Report warns that AI tools enable attackers who lacked required skills to generate effective attacks rapidly and at scale
Ariomex database reveals potential sanctions evasion and capital transfers tied to Iranian actors
Black Kite reveals 26,000 unnamed corporate victims linked to 136 third-party breaches
The security researchers from Zscaler ThreatLabz have also discovered five new tools deployed by the North Korean hacking group
DDoS attack frequency has risen to ‘alarming levels,’ warns Radware report
Security researchers have challenged end-to-end encryption claims from popular commercial password managers
Dutch telco Odido has revealed a major data breach impacting over six million customers
Hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded malicious AI extensions masquerading as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and others, warn cybersecurity researchers at LayerX
New TrendAI report warns that most security tools can’t protect against attacks on AI skills artifacts