Recent Security News
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Why Criminals Like AI for Synthetic Identity Fraud
March 5, 2024 at 05:37PM Generative AI technology is expected to boost cybercriminals’ synthetic identity fraud capabilities, with current fraud detection tools likely insufficient to counter this emerging threat. Cybercriminals leverage generative AI for creating fake documents, exploiting its widespread availability and affordability. Fighting synthetic identity fraud requires a multilayered approach, including AI and behavioral…
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BlackCat Goes Dark After Ripping Off Change Healthcare Ransom
March 5, 2024 at 05:23PM United Healthcare’s Change Healthcare subsidiary paid $22 million to ransomware attackers, but the move didn’t resolve the cyber incident. There are allegations of the attackers stealing the money and threatening to leak stolen data. The ransomware gang, BlackCat, is speculated to be undergoing an exit strategy, possibly related to Bitcoin…
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Army Vet Spills National Secrets to Fake Ukrainian Girlfriend
March 5, 2024 at 05:08PM David Franklin Slater, a US Air Force civilian employee, faces charges for disclosing secret information after falling for a romance scam online. With a top-secret security clearance, he transmitted classified national defense information to a person in Ukraine. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a…
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About the security content of iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 – Apple Support
March 5, 2024 at 04:39PM Summary: Apple released an update on March 5, 2024, addressing multiple security issues. These include improved privacy and memory corruption fixes. The affected products range from Accessibility to Kernel and Safari Private Browsing. iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro, Air, and mini models have updates available to address these issues.…
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About the security content of iOS 16.7.6 and iPadOS 16.7.6 – Apple Support
March 5, 2024 at 04:39PM Summary: Apple released an update on 2024-03-05 addressing a memory corruption issue (CVE-2024-23225) in the kernel, which could enable an attacker to bypass kernel memory protections. The affected products include iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation. The…