Just in case you havent noticed, Qatar is currently hosting the 22nd FIFA World Cup (from November 20 to December 18). Cyberfraudsters could hardly pass up such an opportunity. The 2018 World Cup in Russia was watched by 3.6 billion people (more than half of the worlds population over four years old), and the viewing show more ...
When it comes to measuring the security level of a device, a checklist of security ‘low hanging fruit’ is a good place to start. But more is needed, says Mike Sheward of Particle.io The post The Future of IoT Security Standards appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Roberts. Related StoriesEpisode 240: show more ...
The manufacturer is working to fix a vulnerability — similar to a previous problem in Lenovo laptops — that allows threat actors to modify or disable Secure Boot settings to load malware.
Elon Musk-owned Starlink, WhiteHouse.gov, and the Prince of Wales were targeted by Killnet in apparent retaliation for its support of Ukraine.
Expect to see attackers expand their use of current consumer-targeting tactics while exploring new ways to target Internet users — with implications for businesses.
Organizations must be prepared to root out bad actors by any means possible, even if it means setting traps and stringing lures.
A lack of federal regulatory legislation leaves US privacy concerns to battle for attention with other business priorities.
Once isolated occurrences, nation-state attacks are now commonplace; security professionals should know the elements of defense.
The bug could allow unauthorized access and takeover, earning it a spot on the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
The enterprise's shift to the cloud means digital forensics investigators have had to adopt new remote techniques and develop custom tools to uncover and process evidence off compromised devices.
The vulnerability, disclosed In October, gives an unauthenticated attacker a way to take control of an affected product.
The new Microsoft Defender for Endpoint capabilities include built-in protection and scanning network traffic for malicious activity.
Today's cyber environment requires less emphasis on detection and perimeter defenses and more focus on bolstering security with resilience.
It appears that one threat actor exploited a vulnerability to obtain information on 5.4 million Twitter accounts, but others obtained even more records. Researcher Chad Loder said that there appear to be tens of millions of impacted accounts.
Reported by ESET malware researcher Martin Smolar, the security vulnerability (CVE-2022-4020) was discovered in the HQSwSmiDxe DXE driver on some consumer Acer Notebook devices.
Fake VPN apps are being used to distribute Bahamut spyware in a campaign that is active since January. The campaign is conducted by a group of the same name and the main purpose is to extract sensitive user data from devices. So far, eight versions of these malicious apps have been discovered to be distributed via a website.
Open source security initiatives might prevent large-scale vulnerabilities such as Log4j, but smaller projects pose risks without more maintainer support, industry experts say.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.
According to Cyble’s research published on November 24, multiple Fortinet products are affected by an alternate path flaw tracked as CVE-2022-40684, including FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager.
SharkBot returned in a new attack targeting Android users. The trojan disguised itself as a fake antivirus app on Google Play Store to steal banking information from users. Most of the affected devices belonged to users in Italy and the U.K. Despite the repeated actions taken by Google to remove malicious apps, the official Play Store app remains a go-to-attack vector for cybercriminals.
Up to $25.4 million in grants have been awarded under the second round of the Cyber Security Skills Partnership Innovation Fund, just weeks after the federal government was charged with making applicants wait for funding.
Hackers are capitalizing on a trending TikTok challenge named 'Invisible Challenge' to install malware on thousands of devices and steal their passwords, Discord accounts, and, potentially, cryptocurrency wallets.
The new directive, NIS2, will set the baseline for cybersecurity risk management measures and reporting obligations across sectors and aims to harmonize cybersecurity requirements and implementation of measures in different member states.
While the app has an overall rating of 3.4, many user reviews complain that it is fake, hijacks their phones, and generates multiple OTPs (one-time passwords) upon installation.
CloudSEK discovered an additional cluster of phishing domains registered using similar naming schemes to those reported in July to target contractors in the UAE with vendor registration, contract bidding, and other types of lures.
The hype and popularity of the FIFA World Cup has attracted audiences from across the globe. And this, in turn attracts a variety of cybercriminals, who want to exploit the huge fan following and the organizations participating, to make a quick buck.
The senders of the email allege that the attachment is some kind of payment document available exclusively to the recipient, which must be studied for a “contract meeting presentation and subsequent payments.”
Community Health Network on November 18 reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services an unauthorized access/disclosure breach affecting 1.5 million individuals involving the use of website tracking code.
A cyber incident at a school district serving Toronto's outer suburbs disabled online learning for thousands of students and plunged school administration into a mainly pre-digital era.
What set WannaCry apart, however, was its use of the SMB vulnerability to replicate itself across multiple network-connected devices. This exploit effort — known as EternalBlue — took WannaCry from mildly annoying to massively problematic.
A spokesperson for the college said the attack occurred in October and law enforcement was immediately notified. The school disconnected its systems and hired outside security experts to help restore systems and investigate the incident.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has announced a fresh crackdown on TXT spam – this time using artificial intelligence, after a previous blockchain-powered effort delivered mixed results.
The CISA urged users' attention toward a high-severity bug in Oracle Fusion Middleware that is under heavy exploitation by hackers. A hacker could completely take over Access Manager instances by abusing the flaw. The CISA has also added s Google Chrome bug that can be abused to take control of systems.
The cybersecurity researchers at Binarly recently discovered that outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library are still being used by Dell, HP, and Lenovo on their devices.
The threat landscape is constantly evolving with new ransomware. FortiGuard Labs and Cyble spotted new Cryptonite and Punisher ransomware variants. The latter targeted users in Chile. Cryptonite is a free and open-source ransomware kit that can be downloaded by anyone willing to deploy it. Punisher ransomware show more ...
The volume of web application and API attacks detected over the past 12 months surged by 3.5 times year-on-year in the financial services sector, the highest of any vertical, according to Akamai.
Attackers are abusing a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-40684 in multiple versions of Fortinet Products, including FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager. Researchers found that there are over a hundred thousand FortiGate firewalls exposed over the internet that are likely under the scope of attackers and are exposed to the vulnerability.
This Metasploit module utilizes the Remote Control Server's protocol to deploy a payload and run it from the server. Remote Control Collection by Steppschuh version 3.1.1.12 was tested and affected at the time of the module writing.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-8662-01 - Kerberos is a network authentication system, which can improve the security of your network by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form. It allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other with the help of a trusted show more ...
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-8663-01 - Kerberos is a network authentication system, which can improve the security of your network by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form. It allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other with the help of a trusted show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 5747-1 - It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled large query name when using lightweight resolver protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled large zone data size received via AXFR show more ...
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-8626-01 - 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 4.11.17. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5746-1 - Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5291-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in MuJS, a lightweight JavaScript interpreter, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-8652-01 - This release of Red Hat Fuse 7.11.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat Fuse 7.11 and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked in the References. Issues addressed include bypass, cross site scripting, denial of service, remote SQL injection, and traversal vulnerabilities.
Concrete CMS version 9.1.3 suffers from an XPATH injection vulnerability.
Nok Nok’s S3 Suite brings next-level MFA to UberEther’s IAM Advantage Platform to protect the US federal government and its suppliers.
Senior cybersecurity professionals reveal their number one frustration is the inability to continuously measure enterprise-wide security posture and identify control failures.
Don’t fuss now — just another spoonful of multifactor authentication to keep the organization strong and the data safer.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-35587, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and impacts Oracle Access Manager (OAM) versions 11.1.2.3.0, 12.2.1.3.0, and 12.2.1.4.0.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has levied fines of €265 million ($277 million) against Meta Platforms for failing to safeguard the personal data of more than half a billion users of its Facebook service, ramping up privacy enforcement against U.S. tech firms. The fines follow an inquiry initiated by the European regulator on April 14, 2021, close on the heels of a leak of a "collated
Threat actors are capitalizing on a popular TikTok challenge to trick users into downloading information-stealing malware, according to new research from Checkmarx. The trend, called Invisible Challenge, involves applying a filter known as Invisible Body that just leaves behind a silhouette of the person's body. But the fact that individuals filming such videos could be undressed has led to a
When the headlines focus on breaches of large enterprises like the Optus breach, it’s easy for smaller businesses to think they’re not a target for hackers. Surely, they’re not worth the time or effort? Unfortunately, when it comes to cyber security, size doesn’t matter. Assuming you’re not a target leads to lax security practices in many SMBs who lack the knowledge or expertise to put simple
Acer has released a firmware update to address a security vulnerability that could be potentially weaponized to turn off UEFI Secure Boot on affected machines. Tracked as CVE-2022-4020, the high-severity vulnerability affects five different models that consist of Aspire A315-22, A115-21, and A315-22G, and Extensa EX215-21 and EX215-21G. The PC maker described the vulnerability as
The end of year holidays mark the busiest time of the year for online shoppers. We’re all rushing around trying to find the right gift that doesn’t break the budget. Throw in family time and stress can get out of hand. Sadly, this time also marks one of the busiest times of year for online hackers. With the show more ...
