The Office of Inadequate Security
From Operation Magnus: On the 28th of October 2024 the Dutch National Police, working in close cooperation with the FBI and other partners of the international law enforcement task force Operation Magnus, disrupted operation of the Redline and Meta infostealers. Involved parties will be notified, and legal actions are underway. Watch their update and stay tuned!…
Brandi Vesco reports: The K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX) has updated its cybersecurity recommendations for the 2024-25 school year to keep pace with evolving cybersecurity best practices, such as the need for multifactor authentication (MFA) for vendors and segmentation of student traffic. The framework of recommendations is weighted, which means it allows users to…
One cyberattack is distressing enough. But has The Eye Clinic Surgicenter been attacked by two different groups this year? Silence is not golden if patient data has already been leaked. Last week, Meow Leaks added The Eye Clinic Surgicenter in Montana to their leak site. Meow’s site indicates that is offering 59 GB of files…
Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice writes: In August 2023, Postel S.p.A., a leading Italian company in the postal services and digital communications sector, became the victim of a serious cyberattack. The Medusa cybercriminal group exploited unresolved vulnerabilities in the company’s systems, gaining access to a large amount of sensitive data. This breach raised significant…
Malay Mail reports: A 25-year-old man has become the first person in Japan to be convicted for criminal activities involving generative AI. According to The Yomiuri Shimbun, the Tokyo District Court found Ryuki Hayashi guilty of creating a computer virus using interactive generative artificial intelligence. He was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for four…
Reuters reports: Italian police have placed four people under house arrest including Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, son of the late billionaire founder of Luxottica, as part of a probe into alleged illegal access to state databases, a source said on Saturday. A lawyer for Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio said he was “eagerly awaiting the completion…