InfoSecSherpa’s News Roundup for Friday, May 31, 2024
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2 min readMay 31, 2024
- Ahead of Paris Olympics, Canadian intelligence agency warns attendees to be on guard for cyberattacks
(CBC, May 31st) - China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary
(The Conversation, May 31st) - All Santander staff and ’30 million’ customers in Spain, Chile and Uruguay hacked
(BBC, May 31st) - Using entangled particles to create unbreakable encryption
(Phys.org, May 30th) - Crypto ISAC launched to bolster web3 security
(Crypto News, May 30th) - Japanese Man Arrested for GenAI Ransomware as AI Jailbreak Concerns Grow
(The Cyber Express, May 30th) - Securing The Bounty: Bug Bounties Take Center Stage In Uber CISO’s Criminal Appeal
(Above the Law, May 30th) - RedTail Cryptomining Malware Exploits PAN-OS Vulnerability
(Bank Info Security, May 30th) - Supersharers of fake news on Twitter
(Science, May 30th)
The authors found that supersharers were disproportionately Republican, middle-aged White women residing in three conservative states, Arizona, Florida, and Texas, which are focus points of contentious abortion and immigration battles. Their neighborhoods were poorly educated but relatively high in income. - Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited
(Ars Technica, May 31st)
