Largest Croatian hospital under cyberattack

The University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb) is under cyberattack that started on Wednesday night, the Croatian Radiotelevision has reported. Because of the attack, the hospital has shut down its information system and will be switching parts of … Continue reading Largest Croatian hospital under cyberattack

Car Dealerships in North America Revert to Pens and Paper After Cyberattacks on Software Provider

Car dealerships in North America are still wrestling with major disruptions that started last week with cyberattacks on a company whose software is used widely in the auto retail sales sector.
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Hackaday Links: June 23, 2024

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When a ransomware attack targets something like a hospital, it quickly becomes a high-profile event that understandably results in public outrage. Hospitals are supposed to be backstops for society, a …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: June 23, 2024

Disruptions at Many Car Dealerships Continue as CDK Hack Worsens

Car dealership software provider CDK Global was in the process of restoring services impacted by a cyberattack when it discovered an additional hack.
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Crown Equipment cyberattack confirmed, manufacturing disrupted for weeks

Ohio-based Crown Equipment, which is among the largest industrial and forklift truck manufacturers in the world, has become a victim of a cyberattack “by an international cybercriminal organization,” the company has finally confirmed to its… Continue reading Crown Equipment cyberattack confirmed, manufacturing disrupted for weeks

CDK Global cyberattack cripples 15,000 US auto dealerships

CDK Global, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for car dealers and auto equipment manufacturers, has suffered a cyberattack that has temporarily disrupted its customers’ operations. About CDK and its platform CDK’s platform is used by … Continue reading CDK Global cyberattack cripples 15,000 US auto dealerships

Using LLMs to Exploit Vulnerabilities

Interesting research: “Teams of LLM Agents can Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities.”

Abstract: LLM agents have become increasingly sophisticated, especially in the realm of cybersecurity. Researchers have shown that LLM agents can exploit real-world vulnerabilities when given a description of the vulnerability and toy capture-the-flag problems. However, these agents still perform poorly on real-world vulnerabilities that are unknown to the agent ahead of time (zero-day vulnerabilities).

In this work, we show that teams of LLM agents can exploit real-world, zero-day vulnerabilities. Prior agents struggle with exploring many different vulnerabilities and long-range planning when used alone. To resolve this, we introduce HPTSA, a system of agents with a planning agent that can launch subagents. The planning agent explores the system and determines which subagents to call, resolving long-term planning issues when trying different vulnerabilities. We construct a benchmark of 15 real-world vulnerabilities and show that our team of agents improve over prior work by up to 4.5×…

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