Meta whistleblower says company has long ignored how it sexually endangers children
At a Senate hearing, a Meta whistleblower has revealed some shocking numbers around children’s experiences of its platforms. Arturo Béjar, a former engineering director at Meta, testified before the US Congress on Tuesday. Not only did he share his own daughters’ experience suffering harassment on Instagram, he also shared some statistics. “13% of Instagram users […]
ChatGPT Down? OpenAI Blames Outages on DDoS Attacks
By Waqas OpenAI and ChatGPT began experiencing service outages on November 8th, and the company is actively working to restore full service. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ChatGPT Down? OpenAI Blames Outages on DDoS Attacks
New Malvertising Campaign Uses Fake Windows News Portal to Distribute Malicious Installers
A new malvertising campaign has been found to employ fake sites that masquerade as legitimate Windows news portal to propagate a malicious installer for a popular system profiling tool called CPU-Z. “This incident is a part of a larger malvertising campaign that targets other utilities like Notepad++, Citrix, and VNC Viewer as seen in its infrastructure (domain […]
Chinese APT Posing as Cloud Services to Spy on Cambodian Government
By Deeba Ahmed Palo Alto’s Unit 42 Reveals Chinese APT Spying on 24 Cambodian Government Entities as Part of Long-Term Cyberespionage. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese APT Posing as Cloud Services to Spy on Cambodian Government
Mitigating deepfake threats in the corporate world: A forensic approach
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. In an era where technology advances at breakneck speed, the corporate world finds itself facing an evolving and insidious threat: deepfakes. These synthetic […]
Cybersecurity hiring and retention challenges in 2023
Scott Scheppers, chief experience officer for AT&T Cybersecurity, weighs on how his team is addressing the cybersecurity talent shortage. This is part one of a two-part blog. The boundaries between the physical and digital worlds are decreasing. The Internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and virtual reality are buzzwords that have already made […]
Popping Blisters for research: An overview of past payloads and exploring recent developments
Authored by Mick Koomen Summary Blister is a piece of malware that loads a payload embedded inside it. We provide an overview of payloads dropped by the Blister loader based on 137 unpacked samples from the past one and a half years and take a look at recent activity of Blister. The overview shows that […]
From ERMAC to Hook: Investigating the technical differences between two Android malware variants
Authored by Joshua Kamp (main author) and Alberto Segura. Summary Hook and ERMAC are Android based malware families that are both advertised by the actor named “DukeEugene”. Hook is the latest variant to be released by this actor and was first announced at the start of 2023. In this announcement, the actor claims that Hook […]
Mind the (Interpretation) gap: Another reason why threat modeling is important
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. Where do vulnerabilities fit with respect to security standards and guidelines? Was it a coverage issue or an interpretation and implementation issue? Where […]
Irish Police Data Breach Rattles Northern Ireland’s Security Landscape
By Habiba Rashid The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) experienced a severe security breach, unintentionally revealing personal details of its entire workforce, including officers and civilian staff. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Irish Police Data Breach Rattles Northern Ireland’s Security Landscape