MuddyWater Targets 100+ Gov Entities in MEA with Phoenix Backdoor – Dark Reading
The Iranian threat group is using a compromised mailbox accessed through NordVPN to send phishing emails that prompt recipients to enable macros. – Read More
Thomson Reuters enters partnership with DeepJudge – Legal IT Insider
Thomson Reuters today (22 October) announced a new partnership with AI search engine DeepJudge, which will enable law firms to combine CoCounsel research with their own work product. DeepJudge, founded…
Chinese Threat Actors Exploit ToolShell SharePoint Flaw Weeks After Microsoft’s July Patch – The Hacker News
Threat actors with ties to China exploited the ToolShell security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was publicly disclosed and patched…
Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps – CSO Online
Scammers have begun impersonating outreach from Google’s “Careers” division to trick targets into giving away their credentials. According to a Sublime Security finding, the attackers are sending messages that appear…
‘I am not a robot’: Russian hackers use fake CAPTCHA lures to deploy espionage tools – CSO Online
Russian state-backed hackers are using fake “I am not a robot” CAPTCHA pages to deliver new strains of espionage malware, according to Google Cloud’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), marking a…
Bridging the Remediation Gap: Introducing Pentera Resolve – The Hacker News
From Detection to Resolution: Why the Gap Persists A critical vulnerability is identified in an exposed cloud asset. Within hours, five different tools alert you about it: your vulnerability scanner,…
Fake Nethereum NuGet Package Used Homoglyph Trick to Steal Crypto Wallet Keys – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new supply chain attack targeting the NuGet package manager with malicious typosquats of Nethereum, a popular Ethereum .NET integration platform, to steal victims’ cryptocurrency wallet…
Ransomware-Attacke auf Nickelhütte Aue – CSO Online
Cyberkriminelle haben die Büro-IT der Nickelhütte Aue lahmgelegt. Andrey_Popov – shutterstock.com Wie die Nickelhütte Aue auf ihrer Webseite mitteilt, haben Cyberkriminelle die Büro-IT angegriffen und Daten verschlüsselt. Infolgedessen komme es…
Verizon: Mobile Blindspot Leads to Needless Data Breaches – Dark Reading
People habitually ignore cybersecurity on their phones. Instead of compensating for that, organizations are falling into the very same trap, even though available security options could cut smishing success and…
Public access to court documents: prepare for the pilot – Law Gazette – Features
The open documents pilot in commercial courts embodies a notable advance in the push for transparency, but many tactical and procedural questions remain. – Read More
Why You Should Swap Passwords for Passphrases – The Hacker News
The advice didn’t change for decades: use complex passwords with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols. The idea is to make passwords harder for hackers to crack via brute force methods.…
4 factors creating bottlenecks for enterprise GenAI adoption – CSO Online
There’s a significant gap between the potential value of AI and the measurable value that enterprises have only recently begun to experience. The launch of ChatGPT in 2022 triggered a…
Litig unveils AI Transparency Charter to promote responsible AI adoption in the legal sector – Legal IT Insider
The UK Legal IT Innovators Group (Litig) today (22 October) announced the launch of an AI Transparency Charter, under which legal organisations will commit to ensuring that products and services…
Government plotting ‘tax raid’ on wealthy law firm partners – Legal Cheek
Chancellor reportedly set to target LLPs Law firm partners could be hit with a new tax under plans reportedly being considered by the government. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is said to…
Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware – The Hacker News
Government, financial, and industrial organizations located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the target of a new campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron, according to findings from Kaspersky. The cyber espionage activity…