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December 30, 2023

Ukraine war: What's the impact of cyber guerrillas?

In response to Russia's invasion, Ukraine called for support from volunteers operating in cyberspace. Since then, hackers have helped Kyiv's war effort. But this new phenomenon also draws criticism.

Things are about to get a lot worse for Generative AI

A full of spectrum of infringment

The cat is out of the bag:

  • Generative AI systems like DALL-E and ChatGPT have been trained on copyrighted materials;

  • OpenAI, despite its name, has not been transparent about what it has been trained on.

  • Generative AI systems are fully capable of producing materials that infringe on copyright.

  • They do not inform users when they do so.

  • They do not provide any information about the provenance of any of the images they produce.

  • Users may not know when they produce any given image whether they are infringing.

Chinese Hackers Exploited New Zero-Day in Barracuda's ESG Appliances

Chinese threat actors exploited a new zero-day vulnerability in Barracuda's Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances.

‘Wall of Flippers’ detects Flipper Zero Bluetooth spam attacks

A new Python project called 'Wall of Flippers' detects Bluetooth spam attacks launched by Flipper Zero and Android devices.

Hackers stole $2 billion in crypto in 2023, data shows

Data shows hackers stole around $2 billion in crypto this year, according to data analyzed by blockchain security firms.

Amnesty confirms Apple warning: Indian journalists’ iPhones infected with Pegasus spyware

Apple's warnings in late October that Indian journalists and opposition figures may have been targeted by state-sponsored attacks prompted a forceful Behind closed doors, senior officials from Modi's administration demanded that Apple soften the political impact of the state-sponsored warnings, according to Washington Post.

Lockbit ransomware disrupts emergency care at German hospitals

German hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) has confirmed that recent service disruptions were caused by a Lockbit ransomware attack where the threat actors gained access to IT systems and encrypted devices on the network.

Steam game mod breached to push password-stealing malware

Downfall, a fan expansion for the popular Slay the Spire indie strategy game, was breached on Christmas Day to push Epsilon information stealer malware using the Steam update system.