Recent Security News
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As if working at Helldesk weren’t bad enough, IT helpers now targeted by cybercrims
March 15, 2024 at 03:09PM IT helpdesk workers are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, a trend noted in Red Canary’s latest threat report as notable. Phishing tactics are being used to gain access to organizational accounts, with attackers pretending to be employees and requesting changes to identity and access management controls. Red Canary recommends enhanced security…
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McDonald’s: Global outage was caused by “configuration change”
March 15, 2024 at 02:37PM McDonald’s attributed a global outage to a third-party provider’s configuration change, not a cyberattack. CIO Brian Rice confirmed the outage’s start and resolution, noting ongoing efforts to restore affected markets. The issue impacted establishments worldwide, affecting operational and payment systems, with some locations temporarily closing. Affected employees shared their challenges…
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US moves to recover $2.3 million from “pig butchers” on Binance
March 15, 2024 at 02:08PM The U.S. Department of Justice has recovered $2.3 million in cryptocurrency related to a pig butchering fraud scheme. The scam involved deceiving victims into depositing cryptocurrency into fake investment sites, resulting in significant financial losses. The DOJ traced the recovered funds to 36 victims across the country. The FBI warned…
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GhostRace – New Data Leak Vulnerability Affects Modern CPUs
March 15, 2024 at 02:03PM A group of researchers has discovered a new data leakage attack called GhostRace (CVE-2024-2193), a variation of the spectre v1 vulnerability, impacting modern CPU architectures. This exploit allows unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from the processor by accessing speculative executable code paths. Both AMD and Xen have provided solutions…