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US teenager pleads guilty to his role in credential stuffing attack on a betting site Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2023 US teenager Joseph Garrison pleads guilty to carrying out a credential stuffing attack on a betting website. US teenager Joseph Garrison (19) has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a credential stuffing campaign that targeted…
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OpenAI Board Thwarts Altman’s Return, Names Ex-Twitch Boss Emmett Shear Interim CEO OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will lead a new advanced AI research team at Microsoft after OpenAI’s board decided not to bring them back, Satya Nadella said. The nonprofit behind ChatGPT opted instead to name longtime Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as…
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OpenAI Storm: Something’s Happening Here. What it is Ain’t Exactly Clear Sam Altman’s abrupt exit from OpenAI has sent shockwaves rippling through Silicon Valley over this weekend, but of a variety very different than those that emanated from the recent collapses of FTX and SVB.http://dlvr.it/Sz2vQQ

Security Affairs newsletter Round 446 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION  |  8Base ransomware operators use a new variant of the Phobos ransomware  |  Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine  |  The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman  |  Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services  | …
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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights provided a report to Congress on health information breaches from September 2009 through 2010, as required under the HITECH Act. Nearly 7.9 million Americans were affected by almost 30,800 health information breaches, according to the report. The post Annual Report to Congress on Breaches…
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Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2023 An Israeli hacker has been sentenced to 80 months in prison in the US for his role in a massive spear-phishing campaign. Aviram Azari (52) was sentenced to 80 months in prison for computer intrusion, wire fraud, and…
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ICYMI: Federal Contractor Must Comply With New Reporting Measures Following Data Breach Global Tel*Link, a major telecommunications provider for state and federal prison systems, will be required to notify the FTC and consumers of future security incidents after a sweeping data breach left hundreds of thousands of its users vulnerable to identity theft and other…
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SIM swaps and port-out scams are a fact of life. New rules aren’t likely to change that. The post The FCC says new rules will curb SIM swapping. I’m pessimistic appeared first on DanTechServices, Inc.http://dlvr.it/Sz17KH

Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2023 Russia-linked cyberespionage group Gamaredon has been spotted propagating a worm called LitterDrifter via USB. Check Point researchers observed Russia-linked Gamaredon spreading the worm called LitterDrifter via USB in attacks against Ukraine. Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa) has been active since 2014 and its activity focuses…
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ICYMI: Digitally Manipulated Media Already Poses National Security and Privacy ConcernsA panel of legal experts and technologists warned lawmakers that deepfake technologies were already causing security and privacy concerns across the country, particularly for women and minority communities, as research shows that current detection systems contain biases and high error rates. The post Experts Urge…
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