Agniane Stealer: Information stealer targeting cryptocurrency users
The Agniane Stealer is an information-stealing malware mainly targeting the cryptocurrency wallets of its victims. It gained popularity on the internet starting in August 2023. Recently, we have observed a distinct campaign spreading it across our telemetry. Our recent study has led to the successful identification and detailed analysis of a previously unrecognized network URL […]
APIs and automation: The good, the bad, and the better
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. APIs are often adopted by businesses as a way to automate certain operational tasks. This not only helps to introduce efficiencies, it also […]
February’s Patch Tuesday treats customers to 72 patches – Sophos News
After a light start to the year, February delivered 72 patches and 21 advisories to Microsoft customers. The CVEs addressed in this month’s Patch Tuesday release included 43 for Windows. Twelve other product groups or tools are also affected. Of the CVEs addressed, five are considered Critical in severity by Microsoft; these affect Windows, Office, […]
Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion • Graham Cluley
Holy mackerel! AI is jumping on the religion bandwagon, ransomware gangs target hospitals, and what’s happened to your old mobile phone number? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by “Ransomware Sommelier” Allan Liska. […]
Wyze investigating ‘security issue’ amid ongoing outage
Wyze Labs is investigating a security issue while experiencing a service outage that has been causing connectivity issues since this morning. In an incident report posted at 6:31 AM PT, the company blamed today’s camera and login issues on an AWS connectivity problem. “We are aware of an issue with our AWS partner which has […]
FBI’s Most-Wanted Zeus and IcedID Malware Mastermind Pleads Guilty
Feb 18, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cybercrime A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to his role in two different malware schemes, Zeus and IcedID, between May 2009 and February 2021. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (aka Vyacheslav Igoravich Andreev, father, and tank), 37, was arrested by Swiss authorities in October 2022 and extradited to the U.S. […]
What Using Security to Regulate AI Chips Could Look Like
Researchers from OpenAI, Cambridge University, Harvard University, and University of Toronto offered “exploratory” ideas on how to regulate AI chips and hardware, and how security policies could prevent the abuse of advanced AI. The recommendations provide ways to measure and audit the development and use of advanced AI systems and the chips that power them. […]