Protect Critical Infrastructure With Same Rigor as Classified Networks

Government security processes are often viewed as tedious and burdensome — but applying the lessons learned from them is imperative for private industry to counter a nation-state threat.

https://www.darkreading.com/risk/protect...d-networks

Backdoor Lurks Behind WordPress Caching Plugin to Hijack Websites

Evasive malware disguised as a caching plugin allows attackers to create an admin account on a WordPress site, then take over and monetize sites at the expense of legitimate SEO and user privacy.

https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/bac...k-websites

How to Scan Your Environment for Vulnerable Versions of Curl

This Tech Tip outlines how enterprise defenders can mitigate the risks of the curl and libcurl vulnerabilities in their environments.

https://www.darkreading.com/dr-tech/how-...rable-curl

New WordPress backdoor creates rogue admin to hijack websites


A new malware has been posing as a legitimate caching plugin to target WordPress sites, allowing threat actors to create an administrator account and control the site's activity. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...-websites/

Shadow PC warns of data breach as hacker tries to sell gamers' info


Shadow PC, a provider of high-end cloud computing services, is warning customers of a data breach that exposed customers' private information, as a threat actor claims to be selling the stolen data for over 500,000 customers. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...mers-info/

Hyped up curl vulnerability falls short of expectations


curl 8.4.0 has been released to patch and release details on a hyped up high-severity security vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545), easing week-long concerns regarding the flaw's severity. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...ectations/

ToddyCat hackers use 'disposable' malware to target Asian telecoms

A newly discovered campaign dubbed "Stayin' Alive" has been targeting government organizations and telecommunication service providers across Asia since 2021, using a wide variety of "disposable" malware to evade detection. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...-telecoms/

Tesla's EV share falls to 58% as growth cools in U.S. and Model X and Model S turn r

<p>The automaker's January to August EV share fell to 58% from 65.1% a year earlier, Experian data shows. Tesla blamed factory downtime for global third-quarter sales that came in lower than the preceding quarter.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/sales/tesla-mod...s-turn-red

Toyota, Idemitsu team for all-solid-state battery breakthrough by 2028

<p>Toyota is teaming with Japanese petrochemical giant Idemitsu to develop a sulfide solid electrolyte for the all-solid-state batteries the automaker plans to market in its next-generation electric vehicles around 2027-2028.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/t...rough-2028

Tesla taps European stainless-steel producer for long-awaited Cybertruck, report says

<p>Stainless steel was last used on a mass-market vehicle in the 1980s when the gull-winged DMC DeLorean debuted.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/automakers-supp...eel-panels