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Peter Courtney, Oregon’s longest-serving legislator, dies at 81
Gov. Tina Kotek hailed Courtney for his compassion and steadfast commitment for protecting people.
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Adidas raises annual guidance again, expects revenue to grow high-single-digit
Along with a raised revenue outlook, Adidas also raised its annual operating profit outlook to a little more than $1 billion. During the second quarter, its operating profit increased nearly 100%, from $191 million last year to $376 million.
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‘Konfety’ Ad Fraud Uses 250+ Google Play Decoy Apps to Hide Malicious Twins
Details have emerged about a “massive ad fraud operation” that leverages hundreds of apps on the Google Play Store to perform a host of nefarious activities. The campaign has been codenamed Konfety – the Russian word for Candy – owing to its abuse of a mobile advertising software development kit (SDK) associated with a Russia-based…
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Naomi Pomeroy: Remembering the career of a singular Portland chef
Looking back at the James Beard Award-winning chef who died July 13 at the age of 49.
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Two local offices in August Primary
KLICKITAT CO. — There will be two local offices on the upcoming August Primary ballot: Klickitat County Commissioner, Districts 1 and 3. Both seats are contested.
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Permanent jail admin approved by commissioners
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Threat Prevention & Detection in SaaS Environments – 101
Identity-based threats on SaaS applications are a growing concern among security professionals, although few have the capabilities to detect and respond to them. According to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 90% of all cyberattacks begin with phishing, an identity-based threat. Throw in attacks that use stolen credentials, over-provisioned accounts, and
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Malicious npm Packages Found Using Image Files to Hide Backdoor Code
Cybersecurity researchers have identified two malicious packages on the npm package registry that concealed backdoor code to execute malicious commands sent from a remote server. The packages in question – img-aws-s3-object-multipart-copy and legacyaws-s3-object-multipart-copy – have been downloaded 190 and 48 times each. As of writing, they have been taken down by the npm security team.…
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Iranian Hackers Deploy New BugSleep Backdoor in Middle East Cyber Attacks
The Iranian nation-state actor known as MuddyWater has been observed using a never-before-seen backdoor as part of a recent attack campaign, shifting away from its well-known tactic of deploying legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software for maintaining persistent access. That’s according to independent findings from cybersecurity firms Check Point and Sekoia, which have
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Void Banshee APT Exploits Microsoft MHTML Flaw to Spread Atlantida Stealer
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group called Void Banshee has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in the Microsoft MHTML browser engine as a zero-day to deliver an information stealer called Atlantida. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which observed the activity in mid-May 2024, the vulnerability – tracked as CVE-2024-38112 – was used as…