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North Korean Hackers Deploy FERRET Malware via Fake Job Interviews on macOS

North Korean Hackers Deploy FERRET Malware via Fake Job Interviews on macOS

The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed delivering a collection of Apple macOS malware strains dubbed FERRET as part of a supposed job interview process. “Targets are typically asked to communicate with an interviewer through a link that throws an error message and a request to install or update

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Microsoft Patches Critical Azure AI Face Service Vulnerability with CVSS 9.9 Score

Microsoft Patches Critical Azure AI Face Service Vulnerability with CVSS 9.9 Score

Microsoft has released patches to address two Critical-rated security flaws impacting Azure AI Face Service and Microsoft Account that could allow a malicious actor to escalate their privileges under certain conditions. The flaws are listed below – “Authentication bypass by spoofing in Azure AI Face Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a

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Italy Bans Chinese DeepSeek AI Over Data Privacy and Ethical Concerns

Italy Bans Chinese DeepSeek AI Over Data Privacy and Ethical Concerns

Italy’s data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek’s service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users’ personal data. The development comes days after the authority, the Garante, sent a series of questions to DeepSeek, asking about its data handling practices and where it obtained its training data. In particular,

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Palo Alto Firewalls Found Vulnerable to Secure Boot Bypass and Firmware Exploits

Palo Alto Firewalls Found Vulnerable to Secure Boot Bypass and Firmware Exploits

An exhaustive evaluation of three firewall models from Palo Alto Networks has uncovered a host of known security flaws impacting the devices’ firmware as well as misconfigured security features. “These weren’t obscure, corner-case vulnerabilities,” security vendor Eclypsium said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “Instead these were very well-known issues that we wouldn’t expect to

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