In a traditional patch Tuesday update, Microsoft fixed a total of 128 vulnerabilities in various products and components. Of those, at least 10 are critical, at least two were known before the release of the patches and at least one of them was already actively exploited by unknown attackers. This is why it is a good show more ...
Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to fix roughly 120 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Two of the flaws have been publicly detailed prior to this week, and one is already seeing active exploitation, according to a report from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Of show more ...
The exhibition has 100 Mona Lisa images. “All look almost the same as the original one by da Vinci for people, though AI recognizes them as 100 different celebrities,” explains Adversa in a blog report.
Microsoft has fixed problems including numerous remote code execution (RCE) bugs, elevation of privilege (EoP) issues, denial-of-service, information leaks, and spoofing.
In the case of Enemybot, although it is mainly based on Gafgyt, it was observed that some of its modules are clearly borrowed from Mirai’s source code. One of these is Enemybot’s scanner module.
The illegal dark web marketplace RaidForums has been shut down and its infrastructure seized as a result of the international law enforcement Operation TOURNIQUET coordinated by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre.
Investment firm KKR has acquired Barracuda Networks from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Barracuda makes security products that cover email protection, application security, network security, and data.
Fake USPS delivery notification spam is a popular tactic for online scammers, and USPS’s recent advisory on the topic includes instructions on how to report bogus SMS messages.
The Intragovernmental Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act was introduced by US senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Gary Peters (D-MI).
To improve market penetration, value for money, quality and acceptance of products, processes and services, performing cybersecurity market analysis has become an important tool for a variety of stakeholders.
A regional U.S. government agency compromised with LockBit ransomware had the threat actor in its network for at least five months before the payload was deployed, security researchers found.
Tracked as CVE-2022-22965, the vulnerability dubbed Spring4Shell impacts Spring, the most popular Java application development framework in the world, and could lead to the execution of code remotely.
The commission is joining the fray in a budding turf fight at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that also involves sector risk management agencies like the Department of Energy.
This hacking tool, dubbed Tarrask, uses a previously unknown Windows bug to hide them from "schtasks /query" and Task Scheduler by deleting the associated Security Descriptor registry value.
The Series C funding was led by Greenfield Partners, alongside GM Ventures, Acrew Capital, Vintage Investment Partners, and existing investors StageOne Ventures, Singtel Innov8, Citi Ventures, Aspect Ventures, and Maor Investments.
Siemens and Schneider Electric have addressed more than two dozen vulnerabilities in their April 2022 Patch Tuesday security advisories, including flaws that have a “critical” severity rating.
HP has found that Teradici is affected by the recently disclosed OpenSSL certificate parsing bug that causes an infinite denial of service loop and multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in Expat.
The San Jose, California software maker's Patch Tuesday drop this month covers holes in Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Commerce.
According to court documents unsealed today and reviewed by Motherboard, a third-party hired by T-Mobile tried to pay the hackers for exclusive access to that data and limit it from leaking more widely.
The vulnerabilities affect Symphony Plus SPIET800 and PNI800, which are network interface modules that enable communications between a control network and a host computer running an engineering tool or a human-machine interface (HMI).
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.
Hardware-assisted security (HAS) uses hardware extensions and components to support the security of higher-level machine layers, from the BIOS up through desktop applications.
In recent weeks, the threat actors have been spotted using recruitment emails and messages to entice individuals considering moving from their current employment to rival financial companies.
Extortion denial-of-service activity, the so-called RDDoS (ransom distributed denial-of-service) attacks have taken a tumble in the first quarter of the year, according to recent statistics from Cloudflare.
Based on recent Emotet protocol analysis and C2 responses, Kaspersky researchers say that now Emotet can download 16 additional modules for spamming, credential theft, and other purposes.
The Operational Technology Cybersecurity Coalition will work with government and industry stakeholders for the development of vendor-neutral, standards-based cybersecurity solutions.
Sandworm APT has been associated with a new Industroyer-2 malware that was used to target electric power systems in Ukraine. Besides, the Sandworm group also uses other malware families such as CaddyWiper, AwfulShred, OrcShred, and SoloShred. Organizations are suggested to follow the recommendation provided by CERT-UA to stay protected.
The CISA issued an order urging federal civilian agencies and organizations to fix the actively exploited bug impacting WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances. Cyclops Blink, before getting disrupted, targeted nearly one percent WatchGuard Firebox firewall appliances with CVE-2022-23176 exploits. Infected users are suggested to follow shared instructions on recovering the infected Firebox appliances.
A new banking trojan called Fakecalls hijacks phone conversations between a potential victim and its bank customer support to steal files stored on devices. The trojan can play a pre-recorded message that mimics the ones often used by banks to greet customers seeking support. Experts suggest downloading apps only from official stores and paying attention to the requested permissions of an app.
An email was sent on April 7th to thousands of drivers confirming that a security breach had occurred. CitySprint, which was recently acquired by parcel delivery giant DPD Group, uses self-employed drivers to deliver packages across the UK.
Python exploit for CVE-2022-22965 that provides a prompt to the user in the style of an ssh session. The script is designed to be easy to understand and execute, with both readability and accessibility - depending on the user's choice. Designed for exploiting the vulnerability on tomcat servers. The fileDateFormat show more ...
Verizon's 4G LTE Network Extender is utilizing a weak default admin password generation algorithm. The password is generated using the last 4 values from device's MAC address which is disclosed on the main webUI login page to an unauthenticated attacker. The values are then concatenated with the string show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 5378-1 - Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that Gzip incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing zgrep operations with specially crafted filenames, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary files.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5378-2 - Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that XZ Utils incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing xzgrep operations with specially crafted filenames, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary files.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5371-1 - It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. This issue only affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain inputs. An show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 5377-1 - It was discovered that the network traffic control implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang discovered that the cgroups show more ...
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1179-01 - Red Hat support for Spring Boot provides an application platform that reduces the complexity of developing and operating applications for OpenShift as a containerized platform. This release of Red Hat support for Spring Boot 2.5.10 serves as a replacement for Red Hat support show more ...
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-1333-01 - A micro version update is now available for Red Hat Camel K that includes CVE fixes in the base images, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked in the References section.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5376-1 - 俞晨东 discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain repository paths in platforms with multiple users support. An attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5372-1 - Evgeny Kotkov discovered that Subversion servers did not properly follow path-based authorization rules in certain cases. An attacker could potentially use this issue to retrieve information about private paths. Thomas Wei
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates for the month of April have addressed a total of 128 security vulnerabilities spanning across its software product portfolio, including Windows, Defender, Office, Exchange Server, Visual Studio, and Print Spooler, among others. 10 of the 128 bugs fixed are rated Critical, 115 are rated Important, and three are rated Moderate in severity, with one of the flaws
Unsurprisingly, here at Rewind, we've got a lot of data to protect (over 2 petabytes worth). One of the databases we use is called Elasticsearch (ES or Opensearch, as it is currently known in AWS). To put it simply, ES is a document database that facilitates lightning-fast search results. Speed is essential when customers are looking for a particular file or item that they need to restore using
An international law enforcement operation raided and took down RaidForums, one of the world's largest hacking forums notorious for selling access to hacked personal information belonging to users. Dubbed Tourniquet, the seizure of the cybercrime website involved authorities from the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Portugal, and Romania, with the criminal investigation resulting in the arrest of the forum's
The Chinese-backed Hafnium hacking group has been linked to a piece of a new malware that's used to maintain persistence on compromised Windows environments. The threat actor is said to have targeted entities in the telecommunication, internet service provider and data services sectors from August 2021 to February 2022, expanding from the initial victimology patterns observed during its attacks
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) on Tuesday disclosed that it thwarted a cyberattack by Sandworm, a hacking group affiliated with Russia's military intelligence, to sabotage the operations of an unnamed energy provider in the country. "The attackers attempted to take down several infrastructure components of their target, namely: Electrical substations, Windows-operated
Extended detection and response (XDR) is expected to be the future of cybersecurity, merging security technologies with the evolving approach to the way we do cybersecurity. And while many organizations are scrambling to integrate XDR into their cybersecurity strategies – even more are still trying to figure out what XDR really is and if it’s even the right solution for their organization. But
Same-day delivery firm CitySprint has warned couriers it has suffered a data breach that may have allowed hackers to access their sensitive personal data.
Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Perception Point. Thanks to the great team there for their support! The need to communicate, collaborate and do business on a global level has created a proliferation of cloud based applications and services: Email. Cloud Storage. Messaging platforms. show more ...
One of the world’s largest hacker forums, which has been operating since 2015 helping cybercriminals sell and purchase the hacked personal data of millions of innocent people, has been taken down by the police. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
