Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new digital skimmer campaign that leverages Unicode obfuscation techniques to conceal a skimmer dubbed Mongolian Skimmer.
"At first glance, the thing that stood out was the script's obfuscation, which seemed a bit bizarre because of all the accented characters," Jscrambler researchers said in an analysis. "The heavy use of Unicode characters, many
Critical Infrastructure Firms Are Hiring - and Paying Well As digital transformation continues to reshape industries, the convergence of operational technology and cybersecurity has emerged as a critical area of focus. But there's a noticeable gap in the workforce. Professionals who truly understand both OT and cybersecurity are in short supply.
Justice Department Aiming to Emphasize Privacy and Security in AI Deployment The U.S. Department of Justice is drafting new guidelines for law enforcement on the use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition tools to enhance public safety while safeguarding civil rights and ensuring ethical deployment, a senior official said Wednesday.
WestCap-Led Funding to Drive Click-Fraud Protection, Ad Integrity Expansion Human Security's recent $50 million growth funding, led by WestCap, will drive the development of click-fraud defense and enhance advertising integrity solutions. CEO Stu Solomon aims to leverage the funding for scaling the engineering and data science teams, addressing emerging fraud threats.
Hotel Chain Also Settles with Federal Trade Commission The world's largest hotel chain agreed Wednesday to pay $52 million and agree to two decades of third-party monitoring of its cybersecurity program to settle a rash of data breaches affecting millions of guests. The multi-million payout is part of a settlement reached with 50 U.S. attorneys general.
Cyber Bill Says the Government Can't Use Information to Prosecute Victims Ransom payments are typically tightly held secrets between cybercriminals and their victims, but the Australian government has introduced a cybersecurity bill in Parliament that would require larger businesses to report ransom payments to the government.
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in D-Link DSL-2750U R5B017. This affects an unknown part of the component Port Forwarding Page. The manipulation of the argument PortMappingDescription leads to cross site scripting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-9792. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to replace the affected component with an alternative.
A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 4.4.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ITS Dissector. The manipulation leads to missing initialization of a variable.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-9780. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.