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US offers $10 million bounty for members of Iranian hacking gang
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A US $10 million reward is being offered to anyone who has information about four members of an Iranian hacking group.
The US government’s Rewards for Justice initiative is making the reward available for information about four men believed to be members of Shahid Hemmat, a hacking gang backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC).
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Change Healthcare Breach Affects 100 Million Americans
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Updated figures from the HHS revealed that 100 million patients have been notified that their data was breached in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack
Watermark for LLM-Generated Text
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Researchers at Google have developed a watermark for LLM-generated text. The basics are pretty obvious: the LLM chooses between tokens partly based on a cryptographic key, and someone with knowledge of the key can detect those choices. What makes this hard is (1) how much text is required for the watermark to work, and (2) how robust the watermark is to post-generation editing. Google’s version looks pretty good: it’s detectable in text as small as 200 tokens.
Top 10 Malware Q3 2024
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In Q3 2024, the Top 10 Malware observed via the monitoring services of the MS-ISAC® changed moderately from the previous quarter. See what’s new.
Ukraine Warns of Mass Phishing Campaign Targeting Citizens Data
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CERT-UA said the phishing campaign lures victims into downloading malware used to exfiltrate files containing sensitive personal data
Irish Data Protection Watchdog Fines LinkedIn $336m
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LinkedIn violated the EU’s GDPR in how it processes its users personal data for behavioral purposes
Inequity Challenges Women in Digital Trust, But Progress is Being Made
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A new ISACA study reveals that pay inequity and a lack of female leadership are significant issues noted by women in the digital trust sector
MacOS-Focused Ransomware Attempts Leverage LockBit Brand
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An unidentified threat actor has attempted to develop ransomware targeting macOS devices, posing as LockBit
NotLockBit: ransomware discovery serves as wake-up call for Mac users
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Historically, Mac users haven’t had to worry about malware as much as their Windows-using cousins.
But that doesn’t mean that Mac users should be complacent. And the recent discovery of a new malware strain emphasises that the threat – even if much smaller than on Windows – remains real.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.