Security Saturday — the vulnerabilities, advisories, and incidents from the past week worth knowing about.
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- The Chinese Control the Majority of Argentina’s Squid Fleet (Schneier on Security)
Chinese companies control nearly two-thirds of Argentina’s own squid fleet. - FBI Warns Russian Intelligence Hackers Target Signal Backup Recovery Keys (The Hacker News)
The FBI and CISA have updated their March warning about Russian intelligence phishing Signal accounts, and the operators have added a step: they now coax targets into handing over their Signal Backup Recovery Key. Hand it over once, and the - New SharkLoader Malware Deploys Cobalt Strike in StrikeShark Cyberattacks (The Hacker News)
A newly discovered cyber attack campaign has been observed delivering a previously undocumented malware family called SharkLoader that acts as a loader for deploying Cobalt Strike Beacon on compromised hosts. Kaspersky, which is tracking th - Meta Is Testing Facial Recognition for Police and Military (Schneier on Security)
We know that ICE wants to deploy eyeglasses with facial recognition that can identify people in real time. Turns out Meta is prototyping the feature with a Pentagon supplier. (Alternate news story.) - Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial (KrebsOnSecurity)
Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the entity responsible for the public transport network in the Greater London area. The
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