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Lolek Bulletproof Hosting Servers Raided, 5 Key Operators Arrest This is a really long announcement: European and U.S. law enforcement agencies have just announced the shutting down of a company called LolekHosted.net. It was used by cybercriminals to launch cyber-attacks across the globe. Five of its administrators have been arrested, and all of its servers…

Python URL Parsing Flaw Enables Attacks That Insert Commands Into Webpages urlparse has a parsing problem when the entire URL starts with blank characters. This problem affects both the parsing of hostname and scheme, and eventually causes any blocklisting methods to fail. A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the Python URL parsing function…

Microsoft’s Copilot AI can now help deploy and micromanage cable technicians In order to help field workers streamline their workflows, Microsoft is integrating its Copilot AI assistant into its field services platform. Previously, it had only offered this service to industrial customers. Now, it will be added to the Dynamics 365 service used by field…

Apple is winding down its classic iTunes Movie Trailers app and replacing it with a new There are rumors that Apple will soon be no longer offer the iTunes Movie Trailers app for iOS. Instead, based on a new banner appearing on the top of the app, it appears the trailers will end up in…

Zoom clarifies that your videos aren’t used to train AI tools Zoom has updated its terms of service and reworded a blog post to explain some of the changes it’s made regarding its artificial intelligence tools. The company now explicitly states that communications-like customer data isn’t being used to train artificial intelligence models for Zoom…

Cyber Espionage on Foreign Embassies in Belarus Uncovered by Researchers Faou describes a previously unknown threat actor operating for over a decade named Moustachedbouncer. His malware tools include spying plugins and a screenshotter, an audio recorder, and a file stealer. The oldest sample of NightClub dates back to November 19, 2014, and was uploaded to…

The “Godfather of AI” Believes AI Can Be Made Friendly The narrator says that it’s not a total shock that Hinton, the Godfather of AI, would have his own reservations about the future of artificial intelligence. After all, machines now have better learning algorithms than humans do. And he wouldn’t be surprised if a superintelligent…

Google Adds Quantum-Resistant Encryption in Chrome 116 to Enhance TLS Security Chrome will support X25519 Kyber768 for establishing symmetric secrets in TLS, starting with version 116 of its browser. The encryption algorithm has already been adopted by Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services, and IBM.Google has announced plans to add support for quantum-resistant encryption algorithms in its…

Researchers discover APT31’s advanced backdoors and data exfiltration tactics The Chinese threat actor known as APT31 has been linked to a set of advanced backdoors that are capable of exfiltrating harvested sensitive information to Dropbox. Kaspersky says. The attackers aimed to establish a permanent channel for data exfiltration, including data stored on air-gapped systems. Kasperssky…

New Malware Variant Targets South African Power Company This week, Kaspersky discovers that an unknown threat actor has been linked to a malware attack on a power generation company in South Africa with a new variant of the SystemBC ransomware called DroxiDat. The proxy-capable backdoor was deployed alongside Cobalt Strike Beacons in a South African…