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Hackers claim to have infiltrated #Belarus’ main #security service


Source: https://apnews.com/article/belarus-cyberattack-kgb-dissent-efc7e6acd9dfe8a118e1d2f526c4d6fa

A Belarusian #hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main #KGB security agency and accessed personnel files of over 8,600 employees of the organization, which still goes under its Soviet name.


#hack #news #politics #cyberwar


For those who like to focus on #security an honest question: which other messenger has, like #deltachat in the last 13 months, received and addressed two independent security audits and one security analysis, all three from renowned auditors and researchers? CC @kuketzblog https://delta.chat/en/help#security-audits


#Safari on #iOS features device #tracking


source: https://mastodon.social/@mysk/112340023465073147

#Apple recently introduced a new URI scheme so that #iOS users in the #EU can install marketplace apps from the browser. #Safari handles the scheme insecurely leaving users exposed to tracking.


#surveillance #politics #europe #software #security #privacy #news #problem #fail #smartphone #warning


#Emergency slide falls off #Delta #plane after takeoff - yes it's a #Boeing


source: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/emergency-slide-falls-off-delta-plane-after-takeoff-2024-04-26/

Delta said that crew on the flight, which had 183 people on board, declared an emergency and returned to John F. Kennedy International #Airport, that it "supporting retrieval efforts."


#fail #security #news #problem #flight


Google is out of their mind. There are so many other options for a "more secure" browser. Especially one that doesn't have Google tied to it.

https://infosec.exchange/@happygeek/112337847581863603

#Privacy #Security #InfoSec


#introduction Ah crap, here we go.
Call me Vred, I'm a nearly-deaf, autistic human being with ADHD who's obsessed with nerdy stuff, including #linux#it#trainbubble#privacy and #security and much, much more.
Strangely obsessed with #base64 and the #ssh protocol.

If there's some extrovert on this platform, feel free to get in touch! =)


#Windows #vulnerability reported by the #NSA exploited to install Russian #malware


Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/kremlin-backed-hackers-exploit-critical-windows-vulnerability-reported-by-the-nsa/

When Microsoft patched the vulnerability in October 2022—at least two years after it came under #attack by the Russian hackers—the company made no mention that it was under active exploitation.


#patch #update #exploit #Russia #security #CyberSecurity #news #os #software #hack #hacker


This is such a brilliantly simple flaw, I can't believe I didn't think of it.

Maybe because it is brilliant. And simple.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/22/edr_attack_remote_data_deletion/

#security #malware


#CVE-2024-20356: #Jailbreaking a #Cisco appliance to run #DOOM


In this adventure, the Cisco #C195 device family was jailbroken in order to run unintended code. This includes the discovery of a vulnerability in the #CIMC body management controller which affects a range of different devices, whereby an authenticated high privilege user can obtain underlying root access to the server’s #BMC (CVE-2024-20356) which in itself has high-level access to various other components in the system. The end goal was to run DOOM – if a smart fridge can do it, why not Cisco?


source: https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2024-20356-jailbreaking-a-cisco-appliance-to-run-doom/

#software #security #bug #network #game #news #vulnerability #exploit #hack #hacker


Friends don't let friends use Discord.

Message History of 600 Million Discord Users Can be Accessed For $5

#privacy #security

https://80.lv/articles/message-history-of-600-million-discord-users-can-be-accessed-for-usd5/


Advanced #Phishing Kit Adds #LastPass Branding for Use in Phishing Campaigns

Threat actors using phishing kits are pretending to be LastPass in phone calls and emails to steal user credentials.

Actual phishing site: “help-lastpass[.]com”

Shortened URL Embedded in Email: shorturl[.]at/glvT0

Phishing Email Subject Line: We’re here for you

Spoofed Sender: Shows as LastPass Support <support@lastpass>

#security #cybersecurity #passwords

https://blog.lastpass.com/posts/2024/04/advanced-phishing-kit-adds-lastpass-branding-for-use-in-phishing-campaigns


@anonymiss

to me, #biometric unlocking, is unsafe, you see a lot of unauthorised unlocking from restrained, sleeping, dead, or drunken people from either face or fingerprint to unlock a device.

it was established a few years ago that law enforcement in the usa do not need a warrant for biometric unlocking, but need warrant if a password is enabled, to unlock a device.

#phone #thumbprint #court #usa #justice #privacy #security #smartphone #mobile #technology #news #police #surveillance


Well, the topic I disliked the most is your plan to compromise the online safety, security and privacy of all 450 million Europeans with the plans to scan their devices. In addition, you are not open and transparent enough about these plans, as most of those 450 million do not know you are working on this. You know it does not work and that is in violation with human rights, yet you keep pushing. Why? #CSAM #CSS #Encryption #Security #Privacy #GDPR


'Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China app store... after being ordered to do so by the Chinese government, which cited national security concerns.
Telegram and Signal - two other foreign messaging apps - were also removed from the store on Friday, according to app tracking firms Qimai and AppMagic.'
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-removes-whatsapp-threads-china-app-store-wsj-reports-2024-04-19/
#apple #tech #Facebook #politics #china #security


Hallo @BSI wieso ist denn das #BSI im Vergleich zu den Behörden in den USA so zaghaft, wenn es um das Thema #Microsoft geht?

Meine Frage bezieht sich auf folgenden lesenswerten Artikel:
https://www.heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Microsofts-Sicherheitspraxis-wird-zur-Gefahr-und-das-BSI-schweigt-9686629.html

#security #itsec #bsi


The #press is barred from covering aspects of the trial related to the #jury, for understandable #security reasons. At the same time, the judge is taking another 5 days to hold a hearing on whether #Trump has violated the #GagOrder that was placed on him w/ repeated social media posts about a key #witness & #jurors.

This is 1 of many ways in which despite Trump's complaints that he is being treated unfairly, the judge is bending over backwards to be fair to him in this #trial.

#criminal #law


the talk. credit ig https://www.instagram.com/peter.conrad.comics/ #infosec #security #microsoft #technology


If you use Discord, you might wanna know this.

A service called Spy Pet is scraping Discord servers, archiving and tracking users' messages and activity, and then selling access to that data.

Spy Pet scrapes more than 10,000 Discord servers, and besides selling access to anyone with cryptocurrency, it offers the data for training AI models or to assist law enforcement agencies, according to its website.

Spy Pet claims to be tracking more than 14,000 servers, 600 million users, and includes a database of more than 3 billion messages.

(The article is paywalled probably, etc but it's here) https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages

#Discord #security #SpyPet #privacy #scams #scammers #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI


The #XZ #backdoor provide critical lessons about #opensource #security. 🛡️ Here's a brief rundown of our response at #openSUSE. We're also likely to have some sessions at this year's @opensuse Conference. https://news.opensuse.org/2024/04/12/learn-from-the-xz-backdoor/


We had the same problem in Canada.

Telehealth firm Cerebral fined $7 million over ‘careless’ privacy violations
🇺🇸
The FTC accused it of sloppy data handling and sharing patient data with third parties like TikTok without consent

#News #Healthcare #Security #Privacy

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24131881/ftc-fine-cerebral-telehealth


The Prime Ministers of Poland and Denmark discussed the idea of creating an "iron dome" over Europe to protect against air attacks in case of war. Poland's Prime Minister emphasized the importance of such defense system after Iran's attack on Israel. The "iron dome" is a mobile air defense system used by Israel to intercept and destroy short-range missiles, artillery shells, and drones. #EuropeanDefense #Security


A hacking #skimmer inside an #ATM machine

https://youtube.com/shorts/29Uc_7bGcRE


#hack #security #money #technology


ALL CLEAR for Fedora Rawhide and Fedora 40 Beta builds regarding the xz exploit. 👍

Things had stabilized soon after the initial security advisory, but we're now confirming that you can use Rawhide and Fedora 40 Beta safely as long as you have the latest updates or reinstall (which is not a bad idea to be safe).

Fedora 38 and 39 were never affected.

Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/cve-2024-3094-all-clear/

#Fedora #Security #Privacy #InfoSec #Linux #OpenSource


So, Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 systems and this is a disaster.

How can you push a tool that siphons data to a third party onto a security-critical system?

What privileges does it have upon install? Who thought this is a good idea? And most importantly, who needs this?

#infosec #security #openai #microsoft #windowsserver #copilot


Let's use @protonprivacy and @Tutanota products.
Encryption is the single best hope against surveillance.

https://www.wired.com/story/house-section-702-vote/

#security #cybersecurity #infosec #nationalsecurity #nsa #fbi #section702 #privacy #government #surveillance #e2ee #tech #proton #protonmail #tuta #tutanota #bigtech #degoogle


Microsoft says it’s starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store. Trillion dollar corporation is so poor. They need more money by selling your data to the highest bidder. wtf? #privacy #security https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations


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#Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in #security lapse

source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/microsoft-employees-exposed-internal-passwords-security-lapse/

Security researchers Can Yoleri, Murat Özfidan and Egemen Koçhisarlı with #SOCRadar, a #cybersecurity company that helps organizations find security weaknesses, discovered an open and public storage server hosted on Microsoft’s #Azure #cloud service that was storing internal information relating to Microsoft’s #Bing search engine.


#fail #password #leak #problem #news


#Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers


source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/twitters-clumsy-pivot-to-x-com-is-a-gift-to-phishers/

Those include carfatwitter.com, which Twitter/X truncated to carfax.com when the domain appeared in user messages or tweets. Visiting this domain currently displays a message that begins, “Are you serious, X Corp?”


#internet #fail #security #phishing #cybersecurity #twitter #news



So this is what Microsoft is up to now? Sad. It is a pathetic company. Maybe the EU and FTC need to look into this kind of stuff. Trust and Microsoft have no relationship. If you care about your privacy, never use anything built by MS. Use Firefox or other browsers. I don’t use edge or windows but it was posted https://nitter.privacytools.io/ianzelbo/status/1777450065214271750?s=46 here. I am amused by how they are abusing their power. #privacy #security

(Nitter addon enabled: Twitter links via https://nitter.privacytools.io)


For the strong believers in consent #fedi instead of harassment, threats and outrage and attempting to bully devs why not use a platform that actually provides #privacy #permissions #security ? You want to use #Mastodon and create these social pressures as opposed to truly protecting yourself. There’s a way to do it without helping feed the negative reputation of Mastodon and making this place appear hostile. Make the switch and talk to #admins to make the move to #Hubzilla #Streams https://hubzilla.org/page/info/user_guide #fediverse