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Deloitte has issued a statement in response to a ransomware group’s claims regarding the theft of a significant amount of information belonging to the company.  The ransomware group calling itself Brain Cipher listed Deloitte UK on its Tor-based website last week, claiming to have obtained over one terabyte of data (they claim this is the volume of the data when compressed). The hackers … [Read More...]

Updating the same UI components across hundreds of screens is a pain. But there's a better way - Figma components make updating design elements as easy as changing one master copy.Let's dig into how components work and how to use them effectively. What are components anyway? Components are reusable design elements - think buttons, cards, navigation bars - that you can use across your designs. They … [Read More...]

We've come such a long way from the first high refresh rate LCD. Refresh rates continue to rise well past the 144hz mark and response times continue to lower along with it. 240hz had a noticeable increase in responsiveness, but many can't tell the difference beyond that. We've cracked into the realm of 500hz, but at what cost? Is there actually any reason to buy one of these ultra-high refresh … [Read More...]

Dec 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligenc / Vulnerability Details have emerged about a now-patched security flaw in the DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that, if successfully exploited, could permit a bad actor to take control of a victim's account by means of a prompt injection attack. Security researcher Johann Rehberger, who has chronicled many a prompt injection attack … [Read More...]

A cybersecurity researcher has unveiled an unexpected discovery that demonstrates how a simple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability can be leveraged to gain full administrative access to a web application, even in the presence of robust security measures. The researcher, identified only as “Hay,” detailed a real-world engagement where they exploited a stored XSS vulnerability on a social … [Read More...]

Google has officially launched Vanir, a groundbreaking open-source security patch validation tool designed to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of patch management. Announced during the Android Bootcamp in April, Vanir is now available for public use, offering developers a powerful resource to streamline the identification and application of security patches. Executive Summary Vanir … [Read More...]

Belgian and Dutch authorities announced the arrest of eight individuals suspected of participating in a fraud scheme that included phishing, online scams, money laundering, and other illegal activities. On December 3, as part of an investigation started in 2022, law enforcement agencies in the two countries conducted 17 searches and seized electronic devices, cash, luxury watches and jewelry, … [Read More...]

Anna Jaques Hospital is notifying over 316,000 individuals that their personal information was compromised in a December 2023 data breach. The incident was identified on Christmas day last year and resulted in the hospital diverting patients from its emergency rooms after its health record system was shut down. Anna Jaques initially disclosed the data breach on January 23, after a threat … [Read More...]

Dec 09, 2024The Hacker NewsIdentity Security / Passwordless Identity security is all the rage right now, and rightfully so. Securing identities that access an organization's resources is a sound security model. But IDs have their limits, and there are many use cases when a business should add other layers of security to a strong identity. And this is what we at SSH Communications Security want … [Read More...]

A malicious botnet called Socks5Systemz is powering a proxy service called PROXY.AM, according to new findings from Bitsight. "Proxy malware and services enable other types of criminal activity adding uncontrolled layers of anonymity to the threat actors, so they can perform all kinds of malicious activity using chains of victim systems," the company's security research team said in an analysis … [Read More...]