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Windows Security Bypass Allows Sneaky Privilege Escalation Method NoFilter, an unpatched previously undetected attack method, uses the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) to achieve privilege escalation in the Windows operating system. If an attacker has the ability to execute code with admin privilege and the target is performing LSASS shrinkering, these privileges are not enough. Ron…

Chrome’s New Feature Warns Users About Auto-Removal of Malicious Extensions In the upcoming version of Chrome, Google will add a new feature to alert users when an extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store. It will also show a warning when users attempt to download high-risk files while on an insecure connection. The…

BlackCat ransomware variant adopts advanced Impacket and RemCom tools Microsoft on Thursday announced that it has discovered a new version of the BlackCat ransomware called Alphav and Noberus that contains more than just ransomware functionality. It also contains tools like Impacket and RemCom to facilitate lateral movement and remote code execution. Redmond said it started…

Credential Theft Campaign Targeting Zimbra Email Users in a New Wave of A new mass-spreading social engineering campaign is targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server with an aim to collect their login credentials for use in subsequent operations. The campaign begins with an email with a phishing page in its HTML file. This…

Lessons from the Storm 0558 Hack: The Vulnerability of Zero Trust This has increased the percentage of Zero Trust advocates from 24% to 55% by 2022.Zero Trust relies on continuous monitoring and dynamic control for applications, users and devices. Analysts, on the other hand, understand that Zero Trust can only be achieved with comprehensive insight…

14 Suspected Cybercriminals Arrested in Africa in Coordinated Crackdown INTERPOL announces the successful execution of two operations against cybercrime in Africa. The first operation, which took place in April 2023, focused on identifying cybercriminals and compromised infrastructure. It led to the arrest of 14 suspected criminals. The agency said it has also identified 3,786 command-and-control…

The next decade of AI will be groundbreaking, but the world may not be ready. Lauren Goode: I’m also glad that he explained the thinking behind the reimagined Turing test. Gideon Lichfield: Because you were like, Why is the Turing test a test of how good a capitalist a robot can be?”LaurenGoode: Pretty much, yeah.…

Artificial intelligence is being used more and more in academic journals, and it is becoming Elsevier does not prohibit the use of AI tools to help with writing, but it does require disclosure. The publishing company uses its own in-house AI tools for checking for plagiarism and completeness, but editors do not allow editors to…

Why big companies are using AI-generated ads According to a report by Reuters, advertising agencies like WPP and Unilever are using artificial intelligence to cut advertising costs while making more ads. WPP’s chief executive tells Reuters that savings from generative AI can be 10 to 20 times possible. Unilever created its own generativeAI advertising tools…

Microsoft denies that listing the Ottawa Food Bank as a tourist destination was the result of ‘ A Microsoft travel guide for Ottawa, Canada prominently recommended tourists visit the Ottawa Food Bank, as spotted by Paris Marx until it was removed after this article was originally published. The food bank was the No.3 recommendation on…