Ransomware crews investing in custom data stealing malware

BlackByte, LockBit among the criminals using bespoke tools As ransomware crews increasingly shift beyond just encrypting victims' files and demanding a payment to unlock them, instead swiping sensitive info straight away, some of the more mature crime organizations are developing custom malware for their data theft.…
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 RADIUS networking protocol blasted into submission through MD5-based flaw

If someone can do a little MITM'ing and hash cracking, they can log in with no valid password needed Cybersecurity experts at universities and Big Tech have disclosed a vulnerability in a common client-server networking protocol that allows snoops to potentially bypass user authentication via man-in-the-middle (…
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 Transformation chief leaves Asda amid Walmart divorce IT projects

After 28 years' service, Mark Simpson departs 'by mutual agreement' The UK's third-largest supermarket chain, Asda, has parted company with its digital transformation chief amid delays in separating IT systems from former owner Walmart, the US retail giant.…
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 Users rage as Microsoft announces retirement of Office 365 connectors within Teams

Expletives fly as admins deal with recommendation to move to Power Automate workflows Microsoft has thrown some enterprises into a spin after confirming that, with only a few months' notice, Office 365 connectors within Teams will be cut.…
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 Coders' Copilot code-copying copyright claims crumble against GitHub, Microsoft

A few devs versus the powerful forces of Redmond – who did you think was going to win? Claims by developers that GitHub Copilot was unlawfully copying their code have largely been dismissed, leaving the engineers for now with just two allegations remaining in their lawsuit against the code warehouse.…
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