Have you ever seen a movie or TV-show where the stalker finds out everything about their victim by means of a spying app on their phone? Such plot twists often seem over-the-top: how can an ordinary person with no special technical skills really pull something like that off? However, unfortunately this is indeed show more ...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums, an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches since 2015. The DOJ also charged the alleged show more ...
Analyzing the attack goals of adversaries is important to be able to better align defenses against the speed of changing attack techniques and effectively shut down malware’s methods for getting in and making itself at home.
The flaw can only be exploited if they are configured to allow unrestricted management access from the Internet. By default, all WatchGuard appliances are configured for restricted management access.
Lightspin's Research Team obtained credentials to an internal AWS service by exploiting a local file read vulnerability on the RDS EC2 instance using the log_fdw extension.
The dump includes three datasets, the largest one is related to the Ministry of Culture at 446 GB (containing 230,000 emails), which is responsible for state policy on art, cinematography, archives, copyright, cultural heritage, and censorship.
The disclosure came in today's filing of an SEC Form 424B3 that updates their investment prospectus to alert investors of business disruption and data breach risks resulting from sophisticated cyberattacks.
Whether driven by a need to meet compliance requirements based on industry frameworks or as an effort to improve its cyber defense program, the journey can be daunting—especially when there is a lack of clear, actionable guidance.
Most recently, the developer of the 'event-source-polyfill' npm package has peacefully protested Russia's "unreasonable invasion" of Ukraine, to Russian consumers by showing anti-war messages in version 1.0.26.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity are among the top priorities when it comes to the technology strategy of banking institutions in Brazil, a new study has found.
European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders and at least four commission staffers were targeted, according to a Reuters report, citing two EU officials and documentation.
Puppet’s infrastructure automation technology provides solutions to strengthen its customers’ security posture, compliance, and business resiliency beyond the data center to the cloud.
The maintainers of the NGINX web server project have issued mitigations to address security weaknesses in its Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Reference Implementation.
The latest Chrome security update started rolling out on Monday with patches for 11 vulnerabilities. Ten of the addressed vulnerabilities were reported by external researchers. Of these, eight are rated “high severity” and two “medium severity.”
The system can alert developers or researchers when websites or front-end applications are accidentally leaking keys. TruffleHog can also be used to find exposed .git repository credentials.
Mobile robot maker Aethon has fixed a series of vulnerabilities in its Tug hospital robots that, if exploited, could allow a cybercriminal to remotely control thousands of medical machines.
This is the first time the Qbot operators are using this tactic, switching from their standard way of delivering the malware via phishing emails dropping Microsoft Office documents with malicious macros on targets' devices.
Most organizations are unprepared for an attack through the exploitation of weak IAM policies. Adversaries target cloud IAM credentials and are ultimately able to collect these credentials as part of their standard operating procedures.
Before implementing the policy, the CSA sought feedback from a mix of local and foreign industry players, industry associations, and members of the public. It said that the new framework would protect consumers and improve practitioner standards.
Cluster25 traced a recent activity that started in the first days of April 2022 from a DPRK-nexus threat actor using spear-phishing emails containing Korean-based malicious documents with different lures to compromise its victims.
The ark-x2[.]org site pretended to be a crypto giveaway website run by Cathie Wood, the founder and CEO of ARKinvest, an established Florida company that manages several exchange-traded investment funds.
In a statement provided to TechCrunch, Panasonic said that it was a victim of a “targeted cybersecurity attack” in February that affected some of its systems, processes, and networks.
The all-cash transaction will be funded by an equity consortium led by Insight Partners, with significant investment from TPG Capital and Temasek, and participation from notable investors including Sixth Street.
The ransomware group, which most recently attacked North Carolina A&T University, claimed it has stolen a range of personal information from students, teachers, and staff.
ESET researchers responded to a cyber-incident affecting an energy provider in Ukraine. The collaboration resulted in the discovery of a new variant of Industroyer malware named Industroyer2.
The company’s $24 million Series A investment was led by Sequoia Capital, with backing from a number of investors including Insight Partners, IA Ventures, Four Rivers, and Rise of the Rest.
Christie Business Holdings Company (Christie Clinic), a major medical practice in Illinois, is informing roughly 500,000 individuals that their personal information was potentially compromised in a data breach.
Researchers have disclosed a previously undocumented local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Hashnode that could be abused to access sensitive data such as SSH keys, server IP addresses, and other network information.
Check Point researchers discovered seven malicious apps on the Google Play Store posing as antivirus solutions to drop the SharkBot banking trojan. These malicious apps were downloaded more than 15,000 times before Google removed them. Researchers advise downloading apps only from trusted/verified publishers and reporting any suspicious apps to the store.
ThreatFabric stumbled across Octo, a rental banking trojan capable of gaining remote access to compromised devices. It is said to be a rebrand of a similar Android threat called ExobotCompact. The malicious apps acting as droppers are identified as Pocket Screencaster, Fast Cleaner 2021, Play Store, and others. For show more ...
A researcher unearthed a malspam campaign distributing the new META infostealer to steal passwords stored in browsers, including Google Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, as well as cryptocurrency wallets. META tampers with Windows Defender using PowerShell to exclude .exe files from scanning to avoid detection. Users must stay cautious and protect their sensitive info with proper encryption.
Researchers stumbled across a new malware variant, dubbed Denonia, that targets AWS Lambda, a scalable cloud computing service used by SMBs and enterprise players worldwide. It is a Go-based wrapper designed to deploy a custom XMRig crypto miner for Monero mining. Experts suggest always using reliable anti-malware solutions and keeping software up-to-date for better protection.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1309-01 - Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents. Issues addressed include code execution and integer overflow vulnerabilities.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1326-01 - Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 91.8.0. Issues addressed include denial of service, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Easy!Appointments versions prior to 1.4.3 suffers from an unauthenticated PII disclosure vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1324-01 - The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Issues addressed include privilege escalation and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1154-01 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.36.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1329-01 - OpenShift Virtualization is Red Hat's virtualization solution designed for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. This advisory contains OpenShift Virtualization 4.8.5 RPMs.
Instagram API suffers from an information disclosure vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1292-01 - This version of the OpenShift Serverless Operator, which is supported on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, and 4.10, includes a security fix. For more information, see the documentation listed in the References section. Issues addressed include a code execution vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1153-01 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.36. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
Explore CMS version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
A new traffic direction system (TDS) called Parrot has been spotted leveraging tens of thousands of compromised websites to launch further malicious campaigns. "The TDS has infected various web servers hosting more than 16,500 websites, ranging from adult content sites, personal websites, university sites, and local government sites," Avast researchers Pavel Novák and Jan Rubín said in a report
The maintainers of the NGINX web server project have issued mitigations to address security weaknesses in its Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Reference Implementation. "NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus are not themselves affected, and no corrective action is necessary if you do not use the reference implementation," Liam Crilly and Timo Stark of F5 Networks said in an advisory
Google on Monday disclosed that it's taking legal action against a nefarious actor who has been spotted operating fraudulent websites to defraud unsuspecting people into buying non-existent puppies. "The actor used a network of fraudulent websites that claimed to sell basset hound puppies — with alluring photos and fake customer testimonials — in order to take advantage of people during the
Researchers have disclosed a previously undocumented local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Hashnode, a developer-oriented blogging platform, that could be abused to access sensitive data such as SSH keys, server's IP address, and other network information. "The LFI originates in a Bulk Markdown Import feature that can be manipulated to provide attackers with unimpeded ability to download
Senior officials in the European Union were allegedly targeted with NSO Group's infamous Pegasus surveillance tool, according to a new report from Reuters. At least five individuals, including European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders, are said to have been singled out in total, the news agency said, citing documents and two unnamed E.U. officials. However, it's not clear who used the
The mass adoption of cloud infrastructure is fully justified by innumerable advantages. As a result, today, organizations' most sensitive business applications, workloads, and data are in the cloud. Hackers, good and bad, have noticed that trend and effectively evolved their attack techniques to match this new tantalizing target landscape. With threat actors' high reactivity and adaptability, it
