Breaches by Iran-Affiliated Hackers Spanned Multiple U.S. States, Federal Agencies Say

December 2, 2023 at 10:54PM The “Cyber Av3ngers,” linked to Iran, breached the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa and other organizations across the U.S., according to federal agencies. (SecurityWeek) Takeaways from the meeting: 1. Multiple organizations in the U.S., including the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, have experienced cyber breaches. 2. The cyber-attacks were carried … Read more

In Other News: Utilities Targeted by Hackers, Aerospace Attacks, Killnet Leader Unmasked

December 1, 2023 at 08:42AM Recent underreported incidents include hacking attacks on US and European utility sectors, aerospace industry breaches, and the exposure of the leader of the hacker group Killnet. Meeting Takeaways: 1. A discussion took place on a range of underreported stories concerning cybersecurity. 2. There have been attacks on utilities within the … Read more

Simple Attack Allowed Extraction of ChatGPT Training Data

December 1, 2023 at 05:54AM Researchers discovered a method that could potentially trick ChatGPT into revealing its training data, which was considered a ‘silly’ yet plausible attack vector. Source: SecurityWeek Meeting Takeaway: A security-related issue was discussed where it was found that ChatGPT could potentially be compromised via a ‘silly’ attack technique, leading to unauthorized … Read more

In Other News: EU Government Surveillance, Rewards for Iranian Hackers, Evolution of Chinese Spying

November 10, 2023 at 11:30AM This week’s cybersecurity roundup includes stories such as a student charged with hacking a shipping company for a fraud scheme, the US offering rewards for information on Iranian cyber actors, Google introducing banners for independently tested apps, and vulnerabilities found in QNAP products and the Zephyr RTOS. It also covers … Read more

Critical Infrastructure Stakeholders Gather for Day 2 of SecurityWeek’s 2023 ICS Cybersecurity Conference

October 25, 2023 at 09:21AM SecurityWeek’s 2023 ICS Cybersecurity Conference in Atlanta continues today with industrial cybersecurity stakeholders gathering for Day 2. Highlights include an interactive tabletop exercise for incident response, discussions on converging IT/OT security operations, assessing insider threats, securing industrial wireless infrastructure, emulating adversary actions, quantum computing’s impact on OT security, and using … Read more

In Other News: Ex-Uber Security Chief Appeal, New Offerings From Tech Giants, Crypto Bounty

October 13, 2023 at 09:19AM SecurityWeek provides a concise compilation of noteworthy cybersecurity stories. This week’s stories include the appeal of former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan against his conviction for covering up a data breach, a bounty offered for finding the NIST elliptic curve seeds, analysis of surveillance products by NSO Group competitor Intellexa, … Read more