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Babuk ransomware source code sparks 9 different strains targeting VMware ESXi systems Several threat actors have capitalized on the leak of ransomware source code from a company called Babuk in September 2021 to build as many as nine different ransomware families capable of infecting VMware ESXi systems. These variants emerged through 2022 and 2023, which…

40 Arrested in Spanish Police Cybercrime Ring Take Down More than 300,000 victims were victimized in Spain by a gang called the Trinitarians, which defrauded more than 270,000 people and caused losses of over 700,000. The National Police of Spain said it arrested 40 men for their involvement in the organized crime gang. Some of…

A severe security flaw discovered by researchers has left over a million WordPress sites open to hij In this post, WordPress security writer Muhammad explains how a flaw has been disclosed in the plugin Essential Addons for Elementor that allows attackers to gain privileged privileges over websites. The issue, officially marked as CVE-2023-32243, has been…

1. How Attack Surface Management Supports Continuous Threat Exposure Management 2. Attack Surface According to Forrester, External Attack Surface Management (EASM) emerged as a market category in 2021 and gained popularity in 2022. The role of EASM in Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)Easm is distinct from similar market categories, such as cyber attack surface management (CAASM),…

New APT Group Red Stinger Targets Critical Infrastructure in Eastern Europe Malwarebytes has discovered a new type of malware actor dubbed Red Stinger that’s been terrorizing Eastern Europe since 2020. It’s been specifically targeting military, transportation, and critical infrastructure domains. These are some of the areas that were targeted in the report. A further four…

The Surprising Synergy Between Acupuncture and AI Health It’s not that there aren’t explanations for how the field of Chinese medicine works. At various points along these meridians, needles can be inserted to remove blockages, improving the flow of qi. All TCM treatments ultimately revolve around qi: Acupuncture banishes unhealthy qi and circulates healthy qi…

Spotify’s AI music problem: bots love it Artificial streaming, or bot listening isn’t new. But now a lot of music companies are experimenting with it. The first big test case came last week when Spotify removed tens of thousands of songs created and uploaded to Spotify by an AI music generator called Boomy. There are…

The Exciting Future of Generative AI Google’s big pivot is, of course, largely fueled not by algorithms but by generative AI FOMO.And yet, unfettered AI language models are also silver-tongued agents of chaos. Even if the “AI doomers” warning about errant AI prove overblown, it will be interesting to watch how companies like Google and…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has found his replacement. Elon Musk has announced plans to appoint a new Twitter CEO, but hasn’t yet said who the new CEO will be. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the new chief executive will be NBC Universal advertising executive Linda Yaccarino. Twitter and NBCUniversal recently announced…

U.S. Government Disables Russia’s Most Sophisticated Snake Cyber Espionage The U.S. government announces the successful destruction of a Russian spy agency’s network using a malware called Snake. Snake, dubbed the most sophisticated cyber espionage tool, was the brainchild of a group called Turla. After stealing documents from infected computers, Turla exfiltrated them through a covert…