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UNC6148 deploys Overstep malware on SonicWall devices, possibly for ransomware operations Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2025 UNC6148 targets SonicWall devices with Overstep malware, using a backdoor and rootkit for data theft, extortion, or ransomware. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group warns that a threat actor tracked as UNC6148 has been targeting SonicWall SMA appliances with new malware dubbed Overstep. Active since at least October 2024, the group uses a backdoor and user-mode rootkit to potentially enable data theft, extortion, or ransomware attacks. While these activities suggest financial motives, researchers have not yet confirmed them definitively. “GTIG assesses with high confidence that UNC6148…

What the Israel-Iran ceasefire means for U.S. critical infrastructure Even though the bombs and missiles have stopped falling, that doesn’t mean nothing is happening between Iran, Israel, and the United States. Terry Gerton July 16, 2025 9:48 pm < a min read Guest: James Turgal Title: Vice president of global cyber risk at Optiv Summary: Even though the bombs and missiles have stopped falling, that doesn’t mean nothing is happening between Iran, Israel, and the United States. In fact, it may mean that certain dangers like cyber attacks are actually increasing. The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton provides expert insights…

Telecom networks have become high-value targets in today’s threat landscape, drawing interest from nation-state actors, cybercriminals, and proxy groups alike. The surge in attacks throughout 2024 exposed critical gaps across mobile infrastructure, putting national security and public safety on the line. With 2025 expected to bring more advanced, coordinated campaigns, telecom operators face mounting pressure to move beyond perimeter defenses. Ericsson is stepping in with a security-first approach tailored to operationalize U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) directives, equipping providers to fortify their networks, meet regulatory demands, and counter threats with real-world resilience. “Ericsson Security Solutions team focuses on…

are now able to handle vast inputs — their context windows range between 200K (Claude) and 2M tokens (Gemini 1.5 Pro). That’s between 280 and 2800 pages of text! These massive context windows suggest that in most practical scenarios, we don’t need to worry too much about hitting LLM limits regarding the input. However, our newest research shows that this is not true. For many problems with complex context, the LLM’s effective working memory can get overloaded with relatively small inputs — far before we hit context window limits. Our paper introduces a new theoretical model of computation to explain why this happens and…

A statute that requires identity verification to read news articles or shop for groceries would be problematic; one that does so for pornography is catastrophic. The post “Prove Your Age, Lose Your Privacy”: How Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Turns Porn Sites into Surveillance Platforms appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Privacy isn’t a luxury, or even an upgrade. It’s a fundamental enabler that allows businesses and end users to engage with blockchain without fear or compromise. We are hurtling towards an age of digital immersion, facilitated and accelerated by AI. Our identities, the services we access, our voting and interactions with the state, and almost everything else we do, will soon be mediated by technology.We’re already well on the way to this future, and it has a lot to recommend it. Think 24/7 access, instant approvals, seamless processes, and never having to wait “three to five working days” for anything…

Machine learning models are everywhere now, from chatbots to credit scoring tools, and they carry traces of the data they were trained on. When someone asks to have their personal data erased under laws like the GDPR, their data also needs to be wiped from the machine learning models that learned from it. Retraining a model from scratch every time a deletion request comes in isn’t feasible in most production settings. Machine unlearning, which refers to strategies for removing the influence of specific training data from a model, has emerged to fill the gap. But until now, most approaches have…

When it comes to sharing sensitive documents online, security sits at the top of everyone’s checklist. Online faxing is generally considered one of the safest ways to send and receive important information, offering advanced encryption and secure transmission that outpaces many traditional methods. But let’s be honest, anyone who has ever lost sleep over data breaches knows that no digital tool is entirely without risk. People often wonder if faxing online is as safe as the buzz suggests, especially those working with medical, legal, or financial records. It’s a fair question. Security features like data encryption, user authentication, and secure cloud storage…

Cash App says its business sellers now have a new way to accept contactless payments. The company on Tuesday (July 15) announced the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone for Cash App Business sellers, letting them accept contactless payments directly on their iPhone using the Cash App iOS app, including from customers who don’t have Cash App. “Tap to Pay on iPhone opens up sellers to businesses outside the Cash App community, to the growing share of customers who use contactless debit or credit card, or a mobile wallet,” Owen Jennings, head of business at Cash App parent Block,…