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China's Largest Bank Forced to Settle Trades by USB Stick After Ransomware Attack
By Brandon Hill published
China's ICBC is the world's largest bank, and it was hit with ransomware earlier this week.

Phony Corsair LinkedIn Listing Contains DarkGate Malware
By Brandon Hill published
The DarkGate malware is distributed by a Vietnamese cybercriminal ring.

WinRAR Flaw Let Hackers Run Programs When Opening RAR Files, Patch Issued
By Mark Tyson published
WinRAR has been updated to version 6.23 to fix a glaring arbitrary code execution flaw disclosed to the firm in June.

Intel 'Downfall' Bug Steals Encryption Keys, Data From Years of CPUs (Update)
By Andrew E. Freedman last updated
A Google researcher has found a speculative execution vulnerability in several generations of Intel processors.

'Call of Duty' Players Are Being Hit With Self-Spreading Malware
By Francisco Pires published
'Modern Warfare 2' (2009) players, beware.

AMD 'Zenbleed' Bug Leaks Data From Zen 2 Ryzen, EPYC CPUs: Most Patches Coming Q4 (Updated)
By Paul Alcorn published
A security researcher revealed a new Zenbleed vulnerability that allows the stealing of sensitive data from AMD's Zen 2 processors.

Google Docs AI Open to Prompt Injection Attacks, Exposing Users to Phishing or Misinformation
By Avram Piltch last updated
Adding a prompt in your document will cause the 'refine text' to follow it, changing the output and leaving readers open to phishing.

Chinese Spy Balloons Used American Tech, Report Says
By Mark Tyson published
Preliminary investigations indicate that the Chinese ‘weather balloons’ in the news earlier this year were indeed designed for spying on Americans.

Robot Steals RAM Data by Freezing Chips in Chilling Cybersecurity Demo
By Ash Hill published
Cybersecurity researcher Ang Cui demonstrates a new robot he’s created that automates the process of stealing data from RAM by freezing chips.

NSA, Microsoft Issue Critical Cyberthreat Report to US Infrastructures Backed by Chinese State-Sponsored Actor
By Francisco Pires published
Popular Republic of China (PRC)-linked cybercriminal group Void Typhoon has been the target of a Cybersecurity Advisory bulletin for aiming to compromise critical US communications infrastructure.
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