Now there's an idea – parsing config data in user mode Updated Microsoft has vowed to reduce cybersecurity vendors' reliance on kernel-mode code, which was at the heart of the CrowdStrike super-snafu this month.... [...]
Microsoft, Mandiant, weigh in with info about methods used by Andariel gang alleged to have made many, many, heists The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged a North Korean national over a series of ransomware attacks on stateside hospitals and healthcare providers, US defense companies, NASA, and even …
This one weird trick saved countless hours and stress – no, really Not long after Windows PCs and servers at the Australian limb of audit and tax advisory Grant Thornton started BSODing last Friday, senior systems engineer Rob Woltz remembered a small but important fact: When PCs boot, they consider …
Something called 'Content Validator' did not validate the content, and the rest is history CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in its own test software for the mass-crash-event it caused last week.... [...]
Rapid restore tool being tested as Microsoft estimates 8.5 million machines went down CrowdStrike's now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines.... [...]
Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop - but there's a workaround Updated An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows globally.... [...]
Run by the NSA, the FBI, and Five Eyes nations, who fooled infosec researchers, apparently China has wildly claimed the Volt Typhoon gang, which Five Eyes nations accuse of being a Beijing-backed attacker that targets critical infrastructure, was in fact made up by the US intelligence community.... [...]
Nothing else can detect attackers with implants designed to foil physical security Sniffer dogs may soon become a useful means of improving physical security in datacenters, as increasing numbers of people are adopting implants like NFC chips that have the potential to enable novel attacks on access control tools …
Hasn't said how it did it, but has form cracking devices The FBI on Monday revealed it has gained access to a phone it says was used by Thomas Matthew Crooks – the man who shot at and wounded former US president Donald Trump on July 13 in an apparent …
The security industry has never had a clear leader – could it be the Chocolate Factory? Ask any techie to name who leads the market for OSes, databases, networks or ERP and the answers are clear: Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, and SAP.... [...]
Google's absence creates software distribution issues not even mighty Microsoft can handle Microsoft China will provide staff with Apple devices so they can log on to the software giant's systems.... [...]
Scum keep databases of the people they've already skimmed Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission has warned that scammers are targeting scam victims with fake offers to help them recover from scams.... [...]
Lax patching and vulnerable small biz kit make life easy for Beijing's secret-stealers Law enforcement agencies from eight nations, led by Australia, have issued an advisory that details the tradecraft used by China-aligned threat actor APT40 – aka Kryptonite Panda, GINGHAM TYPHOON, Leviathan and Bronze Mohawk – and found it prioritizes …
Plus: Samsung strike; India likely upping chip subsidies; Asian nations link payment schemes Asia In Brief Mt Gox, the Japanese crypto exchange that dominated trading for a brief time in the early 2010s before collapsing amid the disappearance of nearly half a billion dollars worth of the digicash, likely …
Fasten your seat belts, secure your tray table, and try not to give away your passwords Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) has charged a man with running a fake Wi-Fi network on at least one commercial flight and using it to harvest fliers’ credentials for email and social media …
Now, about that bill for the private jet that's taking him home to Australia... Julian Assange is a free man.... [...]
Australian study finds GPS trackers – and sometimes AirTags – are in demand for the wrong reasons Tracking devices are in demand from organized crime groups and known perpetrators of domestic violence, according to an Australian study.... [...]
WikiLeaks boss already out of Blighty and, if all goes to plan, ultimately off to home in Australia WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from prison in the UK after agreeing to plead guilty to just one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, brought …
Australian telco Optus allegedly left redundant website with poor access controls online for years The data breach at Australian telco Optus, which saw over nine million customers' personal information exposed, has been blamed on a coding error that broke API access controls, and was left in place for years …
Specially crafted network packet could allow remote code execution and access to VM fleets VMware by Broadcom has revealed a pair of critical-rated flaws in vCenter Server – the tool used to manage virtual machines and hosts in its flagship Cloud Foundation and vSphere suites.... [...]
Who needs ransomware when you can scare techies into coughing up their credentials? Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 – the crew suspected of involvement in the recent attacks on Snowflake and MGM Entertainment, and plenty more besides – has changed its tactics and is now targeting SaaS applications... [...]
PLUS: Australia to age limit social media; Hong Kong's robo-dogs; India's new tech minister The space junk cleaning mission launched by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully hunted down one of its targets.... [...]
Offline for four days and counting, as are parent company and e-commerce brand Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa and several of its properties have been offline for four days after a major cyber attack.... [...]
Spammers will probably bid to buy it, so community is trying to find a better home for decades-old service Exclusive The Spam and Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS) – a longstanding source of info on known sources of spam widely used to create blocklists – has been shuttered by its owner …
Opponents of Myanmar’s internet-nobbling military government don't like when Facebook asks for their real names Big Tech isn't much help if you're an activist trying to work against a military junta, and FOSS tools aren't a great alternative either, according to opponents of Myanmar's military regime.... [...]