“The FBI identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks, and we have leveraged all technical capabilities to respond,” the bureau said in a statement to CNN on Thursday, declining to elaborate.
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AI Hallucination Example
By now, you have been told that you cannot always trust AI. One reason is due to AI Hallucinations. This is where AI tools / chats completing alter or create…
Major cyberattack forces closure of clinics across Mississippi | CNN Politics
The closure affects all 35 of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s health clinics, which provide a range of care to patients from cancer treatment to chronic-pain management. The attack also caused the cancelation of elective procedures in what health officials said would be a “multi-day event.”
The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them | The Verge
He could remotely control them, and look and listen through their live camera feeds, he tells me, saying he tested that out with a friend. He could watch them map out each room of a house, generating a complete 2D floor plan. He could use any robot’s IP address to find its rough location.
Google Links China, Iran, Russia, North Korea to Coordinated Defense Sector Cyber Operations
Several state-sponsored actors, hacktivist entities, and criminal groups from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have trained their sights on the defense industrial base (DIB) sector, according to findings from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG).
Malware Hidden in Pirated Games Infects 400,000 Devices | PCMag
Researchers at cybersecurity vendor Cyderes are warning about the threat, which has been hiding inside cracked games and modified game installers for franchises including Far Cry, Need for Speed, FIFA, and Assassin’s Creed.
Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully | Tom’s Hardware
Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully | Tom’s Hardware Something to consider when…
Researcher finds Chinese KVM has undocumented microphone, communicates with China-based servers — Sipeed’s nanoKVM switch has other severe security flaws and allows audio recording, claims researcher | Tom’s Hardware
The researcher says the device’s software stack exposes weak points from the moment it boots. Early units arrived with a pre-set password and open SSH access, a problem the researcher reported to Sipeed and which the company later corrected. The web interface still lacks basic protections, including CSRF defence and any mechanism to invalidate active sessions.