On Thursday, researchers with the Symantec security firm reported on a collaboration that worked the other way—use by the RA World ransomware group of a “distinct toolset” that previously has been seen used only in espionage operations by a China-linked threat group. The toolset, first spotted in July, was a variant of PlugX, a custom … Read more
Feb 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage Threat hunters have shed light on a new campaign targeting the foreign ministry of an unnamed South American nation with bespoke malware capable of granting remote access to infected hosts. The activity, detected in November 2024, has been attributed by Elastic Security Labs to a threat cluster it … Read more
With the recent California wildfires seen as likely to drive the second most costly first-quarter on record for the global insurance and reinsurance industry, AIG CEO Peter Zaffino has warned that a $200 billion annual catastrophe loss year in 2025 could “recalibrate the entire industry.”Zaffino highlighted that, “Much more of the risk is now being … Read more
A flaw rated “critical” in Nvidia server tools could potentially allow attackers to compromise AI servers.Researchers with Wiz identified the flaw last year, which could allow an attacker to escape a container and execute high level commands or view data from other containers on the host machine.Administrators are being advised to update their Nvidia Container … Read more
I CIO, al giorno d’oggi, sono molto stressati dalle preoccupazioni di vecchia data sulla rapidità del cambiamento e sulla rivoluzione quantistica all’orizzonte. Naturalmente, ci sono anche molti altri problemi che preoccupano i CIO qui e ora. Abbiamo quindi chiesto a diversi leader IT: che cosa vi tiene svegli la notte? Ecco che cosa ci hanno … Read more
