We're at a Pivotal Moment for AI and Cybersecurity

But generative AI's ability to strengthen security and fortify defenses can keep bad actors in check.


https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilit...ersecurity

Bumblebee Malware Buzzes Back on the Scene After 4-Month Hiatus

Cyberattacks targeting thousands of US organizations wields a new attack vector to deliver the versatile initial-access loader — and is a harbinger of a surge in threat activity.


https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks...nth-hiatus

Ransomware Epidemic at Romanian Hospitals Tied to Healthcare App

Threat actors first infected the Hipocrate Information System with a variant of the Phobos ransomware family — and then it spread across the nation's healthcare organizations.


https://www.darkreading.com/application-...thcare-app

Over 13,000 Ivanti gateways vulnerable to actively exploited bugs


Thousands of Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure endpoints remain vulnerable to multiple security issues first disclosed more than a month ago and which the vendor gradually patched. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...ited-bugs/

OpenAI blocks state-sponsored hackers from using ChatGPT


OpenAI has removed accounts used by state-sponsored threat groups from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia, that were abusing its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...g-chatgpt/

FBI disrupts Moobot botnet used by Russian military hackers


The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United States and its allies in spearphishing and credential theft attacks. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...y-hackers/

RansomHouse gang automates VMware ESXi attacks with new MrAgent tool


The RansomHouse ransomware operation has created a new tool named 'MrAgent' that automates the deployment of its data encrypter across multiple VMware ESXi hypervisors. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...gent-tool/

US offers up to $15 million for tips on ALPHV ransomware gang


The U.S. State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang leaders. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...ware-gang/

Microsoft says it fixed a Windows Metadata server issue that’s still broken


Microsoft claims to have fixed Windows Metadata connection issues which continue to plague customers, causing problems for users trying to manage their printers and other hardware. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi...ll-broken/

Zeus, IcedID malware gangs leader pleads guilty, faces 40 years in prison

Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, one of the heads of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his leadership roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...in-prison/