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Cybrfunk was created on January 17, 2021 with the intent of making reliable cyber security news and threat intelligence more accessible to the public. With this in mind, we aim to provide a central hub for all of the best cyber security news and threat intelligence. In an ever changing landscape we hope to make your trip a little easier and safer.
Latest Articles:
Wikimedia Foundation: OpenAI agents tried to edit pages and compromise notes tool
Beyond the potential misuses of its services, Wikimedia said activity by AI agents can be a drain on web platforms that are already operating with…
US, Australia warn of latest Citrix vulnerability after NetScaler advisory
Citrix confirmed late on Friday that it was “tracking a newly observed issue” related to some customer-managed NetScaler deployments but claimed the problem was not…
IQVIA fined $7.8 million for failing to properly anonymize health data
Italy's Data Protection Authority (GPDP) has fined IQVIA €7 million ($7.8M) over poor data-processing practices that the agency says could have put roughly one million…
Ukraine grocery chain ATB confirms cyberattack as hackers threaten to leak data
Ukraine’s largest grocery store chain, ATB, confirmed that it was hit by a cyberattack after hackers posted an extortion demand on its website.
Chinese Hackers Impersonate US Officials for AI Cyber Espionage
An emerging threat group known as TA419 established seemingly legitimate professional relationships with AI policy experts working for US think tanks, universities, and legal organizations.
University of Illinois Chicago affected by ransomware attack on medical school
A ransomware attack that affected the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine resulted in the theft of some information from its servers.
New Dell System Update flaw lets hackers gain root privileges
Dell warned customers to patch a critical vulnerability in the System Update (DSU) command-line interface (CLI) deployment tool as soon as possible.
South Korea probes bank breaches amid suspected AI-powered attacks
South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) held an emergency meeting following a series of cyberattacks targeting financial institutions in the country.
Belarusian hacktivists spent two years inside Russian healthcare network, researchers say
Russian cybersecurity researchers attributed a quiet two-year espionage campaign to the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, a group better known for public attacks against governments and infrastructure.
tenfold CE: Our free Identity Governance tool just got 2 new features
tenfold has added shared content governance and real-time event auditing to its free Community Edition for organizations with under 150 users. The new features help…
Fixer, Financier, Spymaster: How the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is Setting His Sights on AI Dominance
Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert is quoted in the Guardian about Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s increasing influence on AI dominance.
Japanese media group Nikkei discloses cyberattack targeting journalistic sources
The Japanese media giant Nikkei disclosed a cyber incident involving an employee email account that may have compromised journalistic sources.
Alleged dev of Ploutus ATM malware appears in US court after arrest
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the arrest of the alleged developer of Ploutus malware, used to steal millions of dollars in ATM jackpotting…
Need for Speed: AI-Driven Attacks Are Changing Security Strategies
AI-powered attacks are fast, relentless, and automated. How security teams can keep up is top of mind, according to the latest Dark Reading reader poll.
Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws
ClingSTUN operates as a back-connect proxy backdoor, sets up persistence, and contains exploits for self-propagation.