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Russian-speaking threat actor “farnetwork” linked to 5 ransomware gangs
The operator of the Nokoyawa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), a threat actor known as ‘farnetwork’, built experience over the years by helping the JSWORM, Nefilim, Karma, and Nemty affiliate programs with malware development and operation management. […]
Read MoreOffensive and Defensive AI: Let’s Chat(GPT) About It
ChatGPT: Productivity tool, great for writing poems, and… a security risk?! In this article, we show how threat actors can exploit ChatGPT, but also how defenders can use it for leveling up their game.
ChatGPT is the most swiftly growing consumer application to date. The extremely popular generative AI chatbot has the ability to generate human-like, coherent and contextually relevant responses.
DEF CON 31 – New Novel WFP filter attack for privilege escalation
I recently returned from the DEF CON 2023 conference in Las Vegas and amongst many of the briefings that I attended the talk by Ron Ben Yizhak was particularly interesting. His talk was called “#NoFilter – Abusing Windows Filtering Platform for Privilege Escalation”. Whilst privilege escalation attacks are fairly common against the Windows platform…
Read MoreCyber insurance premiums soar
Cyber attacks are not going away anytime soon and in the wake of the Optus, Medibank and more recent Latitude Financial breach, the demand for cyber insurance has increased, despite premiums soaring as much as 300%. Many small to medium size businesses are feeling the affect and may now find it impossible to obtain cyber…
Read MoreTick Tock its time to stay safe!
The Australian government is likely to follow other countries (USA, Canada, UK) in banning the use of TikTok for all government employees. Should we be concerned? A lot of the rhetoric around banning TikTok at the moment is certainly being driven by the geopolitical situation with China and the western world. TikTok is certainly not…
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