Month: November 2024


  • QNAP pulls buggy QTS firmware causing widespread NAS issues

    ![QNAP](https://www.bleepstatic.com/content/hl-images/2022/04/27/QNAP_headpic.jpg) QNAP has pulled a recently released firmware update after widespread customer reports that it’s breaking connectivity and, in some…


  • Hackers breach US firm over Wi-Fi from Russia in ‘Nearest Neighbor Attack’

    ![Hackers breach US firm over Wi-Fi from Russia in ‘Nearest Neighbor Attack’](https://www.bleepstatic.com/content/hl-images/2023/12/07/Russian_hackers.jpg)Russian state hackers APT28 (Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard/Sofacy) breached a…


  • Threat Brief: Operation Lunar Peek, Activity Related to CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474 (Updated Nov

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  • Unveiling WolfsBane: Gelsemium’s Linux counterpart to Gelsevirine

    ESET ResearchUnveiling WolfsBane: Gelsemium’s Linux counterpart to Gelsevirine=================================================================ESET researchers analyzed previously unknown Linux backdoors that are connected to known Windows…


  • RSA Conference to invest $5 million in sandbox contest finalists

    ![RSA](https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_rsa_conference_eabf620027.jpg?w=3840)Image: RSA Conference/Flickr [Jonathan Greig](/author/jonathan-greig)November 22nd, 2024 RSA Conference to invest $5 million in sandbox contest finalists================================================================The owner of the…


  • Experts warn of Palo Alto firewall exploitation after 2,000 compromises spotted

    ![Palo Alto Networks firewall](https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_palo_alto_networks_firewall_4fd38ae307.jpg?w=3840) [Jonathan Greig](/author/jonathan-greig)November 22nd, 2024 Experts warn of Palo Alto firewall exploitation after 2,000 compromises spotted===============================================================================Thousands of…


  • Google takes down fake news sites, wire services run by Chinese influence operation

    ![Tablet news](https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_Tablet_news_sites_72f7eb9a54.jpg?w=3840)Image: Karolina Grabowska via Pexels [Jonathan Greig](/author/jonathan-greig)November 22nd, 2024 Google takes down fake news sites, wire services run by…


  • Nearest Neighbor Attack: Hackers Breach Organizations via Wi-Fi from Russia

    Russian state-sponsored hacking group GruesomeLarch (also known as APT28 or Fancy Bear) has demonstrated a sophisticated new attack technique dubbed…


  • Education launches 2025-26 FAFSA following weeks of testing

    Education launches 2025-26 FAFSA following weeks of testing===========================================================![](https://cdn.nextgov.com/media/img/cd/2024/11/22/GettyImages_1447820734/860×394.jpg?1732308191) ![](https://cdn.nextgov.com/media/img/cd/2024/11/22/GettyImages_1447820734/860×394.jpg?1732308191)Ekahardiwito Subagio Purwito/Getty Images | Get the latest federal technology news delivered…


  • Lawmakers propose electronic tracking system for federal grant applications

    Lawmakers propose electronic tracking system for federal grant applications===========================================================================![Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) speaks during a markup meeting with the House…