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University criticised for using Ebola outbreak lure in phishing test
A phishing exercise conducted by the IT department of the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) has backfired, after causing unnecessary panic amongst students and staff. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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South Korean Spies Exploit WPS Office Zero-Day
ESET uncovers a South Korean cyber-espionage campaign featuring a zero-day exploit for WPS Office Read More
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The AI Fix #13: ChatGPT runs for mayor, and should we stop killer robots?
In episode 13 of “The AI Fix””, meat avatar Cluley learns that AI doesn’t pose an existential threat to humanity and tells meat avatar Stockley how cybersex is about to get very, very weird. Our hosts also learn that men lie on their dating profiles, hear ChatGPT steal somebody’s voice, and discover an AI that…
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Vulnerability Exposes User Data Risks
The flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot allowed data theft using ASCII smuggling and prompt injection Read More
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MOVEit Hack Exposed Personal Data of Half Million TDECU Users
The Texas Dow Employees Credit Union told the Maine Attorney General the MOVEit data breach compromised information of over 500,000 members Read More
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New 0-Day Attacks Linked to China’s ‘Volt Typhoon’
Malicious hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director, a software product used by many Internet and IT service providers. Researchers believe the activity is linked to Volt Typhoon, a Chinese cyber espionage group focused on infiltrating critical U.S. networks and laying the groundwork for the ability to disrupt communications between the United States…
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FBI Flawed Data Handling Raises Security Concerns
A US Justice Department watchdog has found “significant weaknesses” in the FBI’s physical and online media storage and disposal processes Read More
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Suspected Cyber-Attack Causes Travel Chaos at Seattle Airport
The Port of Seattle revealed system outages at the city’s airport may have been caused by a cyber-attack, affecting early Labor Day travel Read More
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The Present and Future of TV Surveillance
Ars Technica has a good article on what’s happening in the world of television surveillance. More than even I realized. Read More
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Here’s How Phishing Messages Break Through Email Filters
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. LevelBlue does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. Phishing is an email-borne malicious technique aimed at learning the sensitive credentials of users or spreading malware. This practice has been on the…