Scammers take to GitHub to hoodwink other cybercriminals
Scammers take to GitHub to hoodwink other cybercriminals.....»»
GitHub is Investigating Crypto-mining Campaign Abusing Its Server Infrastructure
An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this report from The Record: Code-hosting service GitHub is actively investigating a series of attacks against its cloud infrastructure that allowed cybercriminals to implant and abuse the company's servers for ill.....»»
Did Patient Health Information Leak Into GitHub"s Arctic Code Vault?
HealthITSecurity writes: The patient data from multiple providers appears to have been captured and subsequently leaked on the data repository GitHub Arctic Code Vault by third-party vendor MedData, according to a new collaborative report from securi.....»»
Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code On Github
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Stanford scientists saved drops of the COVID-19 vaccine destined for the garbage can, reverse engineered them, and have posted the mRNA sequence that powers the vaccine on GitHub for all to see. T.....»»
cURL"s 20th Anniversary Celebrated With 3D-Printed "GitHub Steel" Contribution Graph
This week Swedish developer Daniel Stenberg posted a remarkable reflection on the 20th anniversary of his command-line data tool, cURL: curl was adopted in Red Hat Linux in late 1998, became a Debian package in May 1999, shipped in Mac OS X 10.1 in.....»»
Using AI To "Clap Back" At Phone Scammers
New submitter ytene writes: As covered by a fascinating and hilarious video from the BBC, Twitch Streamer and YouTube star, Kitboga, has teamed up with some software developers to produce an AI that can interact directly with phone scammers. Although.....»»
Kitboga: How AI is helping me waste scammers’ time
Twitch streamer, Kitboga, says he wanted to stop con artists trying to steal from people......»»
NHS boss"s Twitter accounts hacked by PS5 scammers
The scammers took over the accounts and used them to pretend to sell PlayStation 5 consoles......»»
Seriously, stop sharing your vaccine cards on social media
When one of my editors recently shared a celebratory picture of his vaccine card on Instagram, I sent him a direct message: "Didn't you read our story about not posting your record? Scammers are watching!".....»»
Fleksy co-founder is suing Apple over lost revenue resulting from App Store scammers
Kosta Eleftheriou, a co-founder of the Fleksy keyboard app later sold to Pinterest in an acqui-hire deal, has been calling attention to Apple App Store issues like fake reviews, ratings and subscription scams, as well as malicious clone apps, after h.....»»
Bitcoin: Fake Elon Musk giveaway scam "cost man £400,000"
A German man lost 10 Bitcoin to so-called giveaway scammers on Twitter and experts say scams are rising......»»
Fired GitHub employee reaches ‘amicable resolution’ with company
Fired GitHub employee reaches ‘amicable resolution’ with company.....»»
Phone scammers: "Give me £1,000 to stop calling you"
The rise of scam calls seems relentless - but can anything be done about them?.....»»
Microsoft Criticized For Removing Exchange Exploit From GitHub
"Microsoft-owned GitHub has removed a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for critical ProxyLogon bugs in Microsoft Exchange, causing a backlash from security researchers," reports Inside.com's Developer newsletter: The exploit has recently led to infect.....»»
Critics fume after Github removes exploit code for Exchange vulnerabilities
Microsoft-owned Github pulls down proof-of-concept code posted by researcher. Enlarge (credit: Github) Github has ignited a firestorm after the Microsoft-owned code-sharing repository removed a proof-of-concept exploit for critical vulnerabili.....»»
Top 7 reasons why it is important to backup your files in today’s age of cyberthreats
2017 was the year of biggest hacks, persistent and endless stream of breaches and leaks, that affected innumerable businesses and people across the globe. Cybercriminals stole the personal data of over 148 million people by penetrating Equifax (EFX.....»»
How a Malicious Actor Targeted a Go Package On GitHub
ArghBlarg (Slashdot reader #79,067) shares some research from a senior application security engineer at GitLab: Michael Henrikson describes his investigations into Go package manager "supply chain" attacks and found at least one very suspicious pack.....»»
Address cybersecurity challenges before rolling out robotic process automation
The security aspect of RPA isn’t implemented in the early stages of development — leaving organizations vulnerable to cybercriminals. Alan Radford Contributor Alan Radford is regional CTO of One Identit.....»»
Three Top Russian Cybercrime Forums Hacked
tsu doh nimh shares a report: Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off w.....»»
"Fake accounts used my pictures to sell sex"
Women tell BBC Scotland how scammers used their images on fake accounts advertising sex work websites......»»
THINGS CISOs NEED TO CONSIDER WHILE EMBRACING DECEPTION TECHNOLOGY
“As cybercriminals keep updating and embracing new tactics, tools and procedures to invade, the global workforce also needs to be apprised to security.” At the moment, cyber security training and awareness have become more important than ever for.....»»