Tag: computer
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New PIXHELL Attack Exploits LCD Screen Noise to Exfiltrate Data from Air-Gapped Computers
A new side-channel attack dubbed PIXHELL could be abused to target air-gapped computers by breaching the audio gap and exfiltrating sensitive informat… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/09/new-pixhell-attack-exploits-screen.html
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Suspect arrested over the Transport for London cyberattack
The UK National Crime Agency has arrested and detained a suspect a 17-year-old male in Walsall (West Midlands) on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act off… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/09/12/suspect-arrested-tfl-cyberattack/
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Novel PIXHELL attack could expose air-gapped computer data
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PIXHELL Attack Allows Air-Gap Jumping via Noise From Screens
Noise generated by the pixels on a screen can be leveraged to exfiltrate data from air-gapped computers in what is called a PIXHELL attack. The post P… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/pixhell-attack-allows-air-gap-jumping-via-noise-from-screens/
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10 Things You Should Do to Securely Dispose of Computers (Free Download)
Tags: computerEven in the best of times, computers are rotated out of use and we have to figure out how we should dispose of them. TechRepublic Premium offers the f… First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/downloads/10-things-you-should-do-to-securely-dispose-of-computers-free-download/
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Researchers Details Attacks On Air-Gaps Computers To Steal Data
The air-gap data protection method isolates local networks from the internet to mitigate cyber threats and protect sensitive data, which is commonly u… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/air-gap-attacks-data-theft/
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Time’s up: Kaspersky is finally leaving the U.S.
The shift started in 2017 with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ban on using Kaspersky products on any government computer systems. Now, the De… First seen on securityintelligence.com Jump to article: securityintelligence.com/news/kapersky-finally-leaving-us/
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New PIXHELL Attack Exploits Screen Noise to Exfiltrates Data from Air-Gapped Computers
A new side-channel attack dubbed PIXHELL could be abused to target air-gapped computers by breaching the audio gap and exfiltrating sensitive informat… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/09/new-pixhell-attack-exploits-screen.html
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New RAMBO attack steals data using RAM in air-gapped computers
A novel side-channel attack dubbed RAMBO (Radiation of Air-gapped Memory Bus for Offense) generates electromagnetic radiation from a device’s RAM to … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-rambo-attack-steals-data-using-ram-in-air-gapped-computers/
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Exposed: Russian military Unit 29155 does digital sabotage, espionage
The US Department of Justice has named five Russian computer hackers as members of Unit 29155 i.e., the 161st Specialist Training Center of the Russia… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/09/06/unit-29155/
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10 Things You Should Do to Securely Dispose of Computers
Tags: computerEven in the best of times, computers are rotated out of use and we have to figure out how we should dispose of them. TechRepublic Premium offers the f… First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/downloads/10-things-you-should-do-to-securely-dispose-of-computers/
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WATCH: NSA releases lecture from computer science pioneer Rear Adm. Grace Hopper
The U.S. government has to figure out what to do with all the data it wants to collect. Younger people’s engrained ability to harness a new wave of te… First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/grace-hopper-lecture-nsa-1982/
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Campaigners call for evidence to reform UK cyber laws
The CyberUp Campaign for reform of the 1990 Computer Misuse Act launches an industry survey inviting cyber experts to share their views on how the out… First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366599596/Campaigners-call-for-evidence-to-reform-UKs-cyber-laws
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USENIX Security ’23 Checking Passwords On Leaky Computers: A Side Channel Analysis Of Chrome’s Password Leak Detect Protocol
Authors/Presenters:Andrew Kwong, Walter Wang, Jason Kim, Jonathan Berger, Daniel Genkin, Eyal Ronen, Hovav Shacham, Riad Wahby, Yuval Yarom Many thank… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/08/usenix-security-23-checking-passwords-on-leaky-computers-a-side-channel-analysis-of-chromes-password-leak-detect-protocol/
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CERT-UA Warns of New Vermin-Linked Phishing Attacks with PoW Bait
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of new phishing attacks that aim to infect devices with malware.The activity has … First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/08/cert-ua-warns-of-new-vermin-linked.html
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Smashing Security podcast #382: CrowdStrike, Dark Wire, and the Paris Olympics
Computers blue-screen-of-death around the world! The Paris Olympics is at risk of attack! And the FBI pull off the biggest sting operation in history … First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-382/
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‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
Researchers warn that a bug in AMD’s chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer, and that it has pers… First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/amd-chip-sinkclose-flaw/
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Oil Giant Halliburton Confirms Cyber Incident, Details Scarce
US oil giant Halliburton confirmed its computer systems were hit by a cyberattack that affected operations at its Houston offices. The post Oil Giant … First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/oil-giant-halliburton-confirms-cyberattack-details-scarce/
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Computer Crash Reports Are an Untapped Hacker Gold Mine
One hacker solved the CrowdStrike outage mystery with simple crash reports, illustrating the wealth of detail about potential bugs and vulnerabilities… First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/crash-reports-vulnerability-data/
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Pro-Russia group Vermin targets Ukraine with a new malware family
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of new phishing attacks, carried out by the Vermin group, distributing a malware. The… First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/167327/apt/cer-ua-vermin-phishing-campaign.html
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The massive computer outage over the weekend was not a cyber attack, and I’m not sure why we have to keep saying that
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Security Experts Welcome NIST’s New Encryption Standards For Quantum Computers
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Ukraine Warns of New Phishing Campaign Targeting Government Computers
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign that masquerades as the Security Service of Ukraine to… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/08/ukraine-warns-of-new-phishing-campaign.html
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FBI Shuts Down Dozens of Radar/Dispossessor Ransomware Servers
Computer infrastructure in the US, UK, and Germany associated with the cybercriminal group, which targeted SMBs using double extortion, is officially … First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fbi-shuts-down-dozens-of-radar-dispossessor-ransomware-servers
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Phishing Campaign Compromises 100+ Ukrainian Government Computers
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CrowdStrike Will Give Customers Control Over Falcon Sensor Updates
The security vendor has also implemented several changes to protect against the kind of snafu that crashed 8.5 million Windows computers worldwide las… First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/crowdstrike-will-give-customers-control-over-falcon-sensor-content-updates
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A $500 Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers
First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/rayv-lite-laser-chip-hacking-tool/
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Over 100 Ukrainian computers infected with backdoor malware, researchers say
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The UN Is Moving to Fight Cybercrime but Privacy Groups Say Human Rights Will Be Violated
A global deal on the criminal use of computer technology is moving ahead despite worries it will let governments around the world violate human rights… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/the-un-is-moving-to-fight-cybercrime-but-privacy-groups-say-human-rights-will-be-violated/
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GhostWrite Vulnerability Let Hackers Read And Write Any Part Of The Computer’s Memory
Such is the industry, that RISC-V, an open and extensible instruction set architecture (ISA) has now invaded the CPU market, opening up many opportuni… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/ghostwrite-vulnerability-let-hackers-read-and-write/