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Jobs, QNAP, NIST, Spectral Blur, Stuxnet, Swatting, Volkswagen, Jason Wood – SWN #352

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1. Jobs, QNAP, NIST, Spectral Blur, Stuxnet, Swatting, Volkswagen, Jason Wood – SWN #352

Jobs and Money, QNAP, NIST, Spectral Blur, Stuxnet, Swatting, Volkswagen, Jason Wood, and more on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.

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Professor at Roger Williams University
  1. 1. Cybersecurity Funding Dropped 40% in 2023: Analysis
  2. 2. Only 700 new IT jobs were created in the US in 2023
  3. 3. QNAP Patches High-Severity Flaws in QTS, Video Station, QuMagie, Netatalk Products
  4. 4. 4 key takeaways from NIST’s new guide on AI cyber threats
  5. 5. New macOS malware SpectralBlur ID’d as North Korean backdoor
  6. 6. Dutch media uncovers culprit in Iranian nuclear program 2007 sabotage
  7. 7. ‘Swatting’ Becomes Latest Extortion Tactic in Ransomware Attacks
  8. 8. Volkswagen to integrate ChatGPT as in-car AI assistant
Security Researcher
  1. 1. After injecting cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients


    Formal ban on ransomware payments? Asking orgs nicely to not cough up ain't working

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