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Friday, 02 June 2023 14:46
New APT Group targeting iOS Users with Zero-Click Malware, US gets the Blame
Written by Sean Kalinich
There is a new bit of malware targeting iOS users via iMessage from what appears to be a new APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) group. The campaign appears to have been in play since some time in 2019. The malware, according…
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Friday, 02 June 2023 13:07
AI Drone Decided Humans Were an Obstacle to be Removed in Simulated Test
Written by Sean Kalinich
The arguments for and against AI as a threat all seem to be centered on the point of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). This is the point where the reasons skills of AI are on par with the average human brain.…
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Friday, 02 June 2023 12:01
32 Malicious Google Chrome Extensions Removed from the Chrome Web Store
Written by Sean Kalinich
Google’s Chrome (and derivatives) is one of the more popular browsers on the market. It reached the height of popularity via a well-orchestrated marketing push, dissatisfaction with Microsoft, and being one of the faster and more secure browsers (at the…
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Friday, 02 June 2023 10:00
Microsoft’s Xbox and Activision Both Considering Pulling Games out of the UK to get around CMA Block
Written by Sean Kalinich
Remember how the EU regulators said the Microsoft Activision deal was pro competition and pro-consumer? Well, I wonder what they might be thinking now as news is dropping saying that both Microsoft and Activision are considering pulling games out of…
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Game Thoughts
Thursday, 01 June 2023 13:41
RaaS group Updates their Software with Better Performance and Stealthy Features
Written by Sean Kalinich
The group behind BlackCat ransomware seem to be following some good business practices as they have launched a new variant with improved performance (faster encryption) and detection evasion. First identified in February of 2023 the new variant has been given…
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Thursday, 01 June 2023 11:05
RedFall – How to Enjoy an Awkward, Buggy, and Confusing Game
Written by Sean Kalinich
For the second of our game reviews, since returning to covering games, we decided to look at the Microsoft flagship game RedFall. If you have heard of this game, it has probably been in a negative light. Most reviews have…
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Game Thoughts
Thursday, 01 June 2023 11:02
RedFall Developers Hoped the Game would get Cancelled Before Launch
Written by Sean Kalinich
RedFall by Akrane Austin was not a well-received game. It has been pretty much panned by everyone that played it. The complaints range from a bad story line and plot to bad graphics, game lag and terrible AI (you can…
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Thursday, 01 June 2023 08:26
Claimed EDR Killer Found to be a Vulnerable AV Driver Similar to Past Evasion Techniques
Written by Sean Kalinich
A couple of days ago an email was sent to me about a new tool kit being sold on the darker side of the internet. The claim what that this new tool could kill the processes behind “any” AV, EDR,…
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Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:51
Gigabyte Shipped Millions of Motherboards with a Massively Insecure UEFI Patch Function
Written by Sean Kalinich
This one goes in both the “failure of imagination” and “this is why we can’t have nice things” category. It seems that Gigabyte, for some reason, decided to embed an insecure update function into the UEFI BIOS of their motherboards,…
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Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:08
Cuba Ransomware Group Linked RomCom Being Spread Through Ads for Real and Fake Software
Written by Sean Kalinich
The RomCom backdoor malware appears to have a new campaign running. The new campaign is using impersonation attacks for different software packages (some real, some not). The goal is to trick the unwary into downloading, and hopefully launching malicious payloads.…
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Wednesday, 31 May 2023 13:36
The Barracuda Zero Day Flaw Shows Us Why Mean Time to Remediation Matters
Written by Sean Kalinich
On May 19th 2023 Barracuda disclosed that there was a critical vulnerability in their Email Security Gateway appliances. This vulnerability is tracked under CVE-2023-2868 and is listed as a remote command injection vulnerability. The flaw is present in software versions…
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Wednesday, 31 May 2023 11:51
Microsoft Talks about Now-Patched SIP bypass Bug in macOS
Written by Sean Kalinich
Apple’s System Integrity Protocol (SIP) has been something of a mix bag when it comes to security. It is a great feature from a raw and basic security viewpoint, but the same feature also has created challenges for the installation…
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Wednesday, 31 May 2023 09:14
As Microsoft Deal Slows, Sony Now Under Investigation for Market Abuse
Written by Sean Kalinich
There is no such thing as a coincidence, especially in the business world. If you hear of something and the timing seems suspicious, it is because someone pushed something in the right direction at the right time. This is the…
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Game Thoughts
Tuesday, 30 May 2023 14:17
the Google Way to Break Encryption in RCS by Forcing AI
Written by Sean Kalinich
Google has been very interested in pushing new standards for messaging, Rich Communication Services. RCS started in 2007 as a new way to make “texting” more functional and complete. This included things like read receipts, response indictors (typing icon) and…
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Tuesday, 30 May 2023 10:46
Google’s New Zip Domains Can be Easily Abused for Phishing and Malware Payloads
Written by Sean Kalinich
This one will get filed in the “you knew it was going to happen” file. After the announcement of a few new top-level domains (TLDs) including .zip and .mov by Google the security world silently shook its head. The concept…
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Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:02
Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks, The least Acknowledged Flaw in AI Today
Written by Sean Kalinich
Wait, another danger of AI article? Yes, another one. Since far too many people and companies are ok with ignoring the dangers simply for the sake of the next big shiny thing, we thought we would at least be part…
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