Recent Security News
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Building AI That Respects Our Privacy
January 18, 2024 at 10:07AM The passage discusses the author’s experience with AI and the need to integrate privacy into AI technologies. The author highlights the potential benefits and risks of AI and suggests steps to protect privacy, such as individualized models, closed systems, transparency, and data removal rights. It also advises current actions to…
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Software Supply Chain Security Startup Kusari Raises $8 Million
January 18, 2024 at 10:00AM Kusari, a software supply chain security startup, has secured $8 million in pre-seed and seed funding led by J2 Ventures and Glasswing Ventures, with support from Unusual Ventures. Founded by members of OpenSSF and CNCF, Kusari aims to provide transparency in the software supply chain with its GUAC tool, reducing…
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Russian APT Known for Phishing Attacks Is Also Developing Malware, Google Warns
January 18, 2024 at 09:12AM Google has warned about the Russian threat group ColdRiver known for phishing attacks and developing custom malware. Tracked as Star Blizzard, Callisto Group, and others, the group is linked to Russia’s FSB. US and UK governments have issued warnings and sanctions. Google discovered the Spica backdoor malware used for cyberespionage…
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Google TAG: Kremlin cyber spies move into malware with a custom backdoor
January 18, 2024 at 09:05AM Russian cyberspies, associated with the FSB, have developed a custom backdoor called SPICA, targeting academia, military, governmental orgs, NGOs, think tanks, and politicians in the US, the UK, and other NATO countries. They have recently escalated their attacks against Ukraine’s military and other Eastern European nations. The group employs sophisticated…