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Daily Crunch: Citizen Lab claims Apple’s ‘Lockdown Mode’ helped block spyware attack by hacker group NSO

TechCrunch

In Apple’s case, researchers looking into spyware vulnerabilities said its “Lockdown Mode” was able to thwart the advances of the infamous mercenary hacking provider NSO Group. One tool to rule them all : Avalor wants to unify cybersecurity tools by aggregating data, Kyle reports. Lorenzo has more.

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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla, the FCC fines robocallers and WeWork finds itself in trouble (again)

TechCrunch

In this week’s edition of WiR, we cover researchers figuring out a way to “jailbreak” Teslas, the AI.com domain name switching hands and the FCC fining robocallers. If you haven’t already, sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday. Now, on with the recap.

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Liberty Strategic Capital nabs majority stake in mobile security startup Zimperium for $525M

TechCrunch

Mnuchin, announced today that it is acquiring a majority stake in mobile security startup Zimperium for $525 million. With Zimperium, the firm takes a dive into mobile security, which Mnuchin sees at the front line of cyber security today.

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Apple releases security updates for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, fixing two actively exploited zero-days

TechCrunch

Apple has released security updates for iPhones, iPads and Macs to patch against two vulnerabilities, which the company says are being actively exploited to hack people. following a vulnerability disclosure by security researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework Gets Major Update, as Advisories on APT29 and ALPHV Blackcat Get Rolled Out

Tenable

Check out what’s new in NIST’s makeover of its Cybersecurity Framework. Also, how to assess the cybersecurity capabilities of a generative AI LLM. 1 - NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 1 - NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 The Cybersecurity Framework at 10.and And the most prevalent malware in Q4. And much more!

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

Researchers announced on May 1 that when they inspected the ingredients of the North Korean antivirus software for Windows computers, they found a mix of spyware and old code stolen from an antivirus vendor. READ MORE ON SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICS. Jaku is a known spyware-botnet combination, spread over BitTorrent.

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The Future of Security

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The future of cybersecurity is being shaped by the need for companies to secure their networks, data, devices, and identities. This includes adopting security frameworks like zero trust, which will help companies secure internal information systems and data in the cloud. Zero Trust Security.

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