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The Register
Met ordered to improve safeguards after two preventable data breaches
The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet operation called SSHStalker that relies on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) purposes. "The toolset blends stealth helpers with legacy-era Linux exploitation: Alongside log cleaners (utmp/wtmp/lastlog tampering) and rootkit-class artifacts, the actor keeps a large back-catalog of
Bleeping Computer
A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations. [...]
Dark Reading
With access to SIM, location data, and a preview of recent SMSes, attackers have everything they need for account takeover or targeted social engineering.
Graham Cluley
The founder of a spyware company that encouraged customers to secretly monitor their romantic partners has pleaded guilty to federal charges - marking one of the few successful US prosecutions of a stalkerware operator. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The Register
pcTattletale boss Bryan Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced later this year The US government has secured a guilty plea from a stalkerware maker in federal court, marking just the second time in more than a decade that the US has managed to prosecute a consumer spyware vendor successfully. …
Graham Cluley
On this week's show we learn that AI really can be a stalker’s best friend, as we explore a strange tale that starts with a manatee-shaped mailbox on a millionaire's lawn and ends with Grok happily doxxing real people, mapping out stalking "strategies," and handing out revenge-porn tips. Then we go inside the Louvre heist, where thieves in hi-vis and a hire van waltzed off with the French crown jewels in broad daylight, exploiting our assumptions about what "looks normal" - the same kind of bias we’re now baking into security AIs. Plus, Graham chats with Rob Edmondson from CoreView about why misconfigurations and over-privileged accounts can make Microsoft 365 dangerously vulnerable. All this, and more, in episode 447 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with Graham Cluley, and special guest Jenny Radcliffe.
Graham Cluley
Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, has been found to exhibit more alarming behaviour - this time revealing the home addresses of ordinary people upon request. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The Register
Plaintext transmissions, fixed MAC addresses, rotating 'unique' IDs, and more, make abuse easy Tile Bluetooth trackers leak identifying data in plain text, giving stalkers an easy way to track victims despite Life360's security promises, a group of Georgia Tech researchers warns.…
The Register
Also, Swiss ransomware posture looks like its cheese, the CVE Program wants YOU, more sus checks and more A security researcher looking at samples of stalkerware discovered an SQL vulnerability that allowed him to steal a database of 62,000 user accounts. … Infosec In Brief