Helpnetsecurity – What makes ransomware victims less likely to pay up?
“There’s a good reason why ransomware gangs started exfiltrating victims’ data instead of just encrypting it: those organizations pay more.”
De Tijd – Europa beschermt gevoelige technologie tegen China
“De concurrentie in sleuteltechnologie speelt ook een rol bij onderzoek bij universiteiten en onderzoeksinstellingen. ‘Lidstaten mogen niet blind zijn voor de risico’s die inherent zijn aan internationale samenwerking.’”
De Tijd – Hacking beurswaakhond SEC gebeurde door sim-swap
“De SEC zei ook dat de multifactorauthenticatie van zijn X-account afgelopen juli was uitgeschakeld en pas na het incident weer werd ingeschakeld. De multifactorauthenticatie is nu ingeschakeld op alle sociale media van de SEC, zegt de toezichthouder. “
De Tijd: Verbod op samenwerking met zeven risicovolle Chinese universiteiten
“Vlaanderen verbiedt de samenwerking van kennisinstellingen en universiteiten met zeven Chinese universiteiten, uit vrees dat ze gedeelde kennis inzetten voor militaire ontwikkelingen. “
Bleepingcomputer: TeamViewer abused to breach networks in new ransomware attacks
“Ransomware actors are again using TeamViewer to gain initial access to organization endpoints and attempt to deploy encryptors based on the leaked LockBit ransomware builder.”
BleepingComputer – Open AI rolls out imperfect fix for ChatGPT data leak flaw
“According to the researcher who discovered the flaw, the mitigation isn’t perfect, so attackers can still exploit it under certain conditions.” … “It is also mentioned that the client-side validation call has yet to be implemented on the iOS mobile app, so the attack remains 100% unmitigated there.”
CNBC – Can an AI chatbot be convicted of an illegal wiretap? A case against Gap’s Old Navy may answer that
“Old Navy is facing a lawsuit in the Central District of California alleging that its AI chatbot participates in illegal wiretapping by logging, recording and storing conversations. “
Forbes – Why Enterprise Storage Should Be A Key Cybersecurity Focus
“It’s no laughing matter that cybercriminals are increasingly hacking into the storage infrastructure of enterprises across the world because of the lack of cyber resilience.”
Help Net Security – Ransomware dwell time hits new low
“Median attacker dwell time—the time from when an attack starts to when it’s detected—shrunk from 10 to eight days for all attacks, and to five days for ransomware attacks during the first half of 2023, according to Sophos. In 2022, the median dwell time decreased from 15 to 10 days.”
FoxNews – Six privacy and security questions and answers to clear up once and for all
“If you’re tossing your hair back, saying, “Well, I don’t have anything a hacker would want,” think again. Hackers aren’t picky eaters.”