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February 10, 2025 admin

Build a stronger security strategy with proactive and reactive incident response: Cyberattack Series

Credit to Author: Microsoft Incident Response| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Find out how a cyberattack by Storm-2077 was halted faster because the Microsoft Incident Response team is both proactive and reactive at the same time.

The post Build a stronger security strategy with proactive and reactive incident response: Cyberattack Series appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Security Wired

February 10, 2025 admin

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:47:24 +0000

Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.

Security Wired

February 10, 2025 admin

The Rise of the Drone Boats

Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Swarms of weaponized unmanned surface vessels have proven formidable weapons in the Black and Red Seas. Can the US military learn the right lessons from it?

MalwareBytes Security

February 10, 2025 admin

A suicide reveals the lonely side of AI chatbots, with Courtney Brown (Lock and Code S06E03)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Courtney Brown about whether an AI chatbot can be blamed for a teenager’s suicide.

MalwareBytes Security

February 10, 2025 admin

A week in security (February 3 – February 9)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Last week on ThreatDown: Stay safe!

Security Wired

February 8, 2025 admin

UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000

Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu gives Donald Trump a golden pager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise blames Russian government hackers for a breach, and more.

Security Wired

February 8, 2025 admin

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law

Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:43:33 +0000

The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.

Independent Krebs

February 7, 2025 admin

Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:32:53 +0000

Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past association with cybercrime communities should have precluded him from gaining the necessary security clearances to do so. As today’s story explores, the DOGE teen is a former denizen of ‘The Com,’ an archipelago of Discord and Telegram chat channels that function as a kind of distributed cybercriminal social network for facilitating instant collaboration.