Episode 284 kicks off with a story that is going to surprise no one: over 50% of smart appliances are not connected to the internet, which is a surprise to only the manufacturers – it seems people arent really convinced by Wi-Fi enabled refrigerators or washing machines. Moving on from that, the team discuss news show more ...
A customer holds their handheld device to the POS terminal — but the contactless payment doesnt work. Why? Maybe the device itself is damaged, or maybe the NFC reader chip is failing, but it could be something else: the POS terminal might be infected with Prilex malware, which hunts for bank cards; and its now able show more ...
Companies need to keep security priorities top of mind during economic downturns so all-important revenue generation doesn't come with a heaping side order of security problems.
Google Fi mobile customers have been alerted that their SIM card serial numbers, phone numbers, and other data were exposed in T-Mobile hack.
The average organization does business with 11 third parties, and 98% of organizations do business with a third party who has suffered a breach, an analysis finds.
Two security holes — one particularly gnarly — could allow hackers the freedom to do as they wish with the popular edge equipment.
The new API incorporates threat intelligence research and employs machine learning to identify threats in the supply chain.
Killnet is building its profile, inspiring jewelry sales and rap anthems. But the impact of its DDoS attacks, like the ones that targeted 14 major US hospitals this week, remain largely questionable.
Malware eventually has to exfiltrate the data it accessed. By watching DNS traffic for suspicious activity, organizations can halt the damage.
Companies need to be aware of the work culture they foster. Diversity and inclusion aren't just buzzwords. Increasing female visibility and improving female mentoring to help women enter and advance within the cybersecurity industry are key steps forward.
A new supply chain risk management office aims to help public and private sectors implement recent CISA policies and guidance.
“At first glance, the email seems to be a legitimate communication from DocuSign, with the sender name being manipulated by the attacker, reading Docusign,” reads the technical write-up by Armorblox.
ASEC stumbled across phishing emails warning users that their accounts would be shut down unless they perform a particular action. Hackers used Google's favicon feature to trick users into revealing their credentials. The account credentials entered on the phishing page were sent to a C2 whose address was the same domain as a previous campaign observed by the researchers.
Security researchers at Imperva have suggested that over a quarter of all cyber-attacks (28%) in the UK have hit the financial services and insurance (FSI) industry in the last 12 months.
A new malvertising campaign has surfaced that abuses Google Ads to target users searching for password managers and, in fact, directed them to fake sponsored websites. Previously, the FBI had warned about the explosion of such attacks that impersonated websites involved in finances and duped users into sharing their login credentials and financial data.
Given that the content is written in Spanish, this campaign targets Spanish-speaking people. It shows a blurred picture of a statement that tricks the user into clicking the "Enable Content" button for a clearer view which actually enables macros.
Atlantic General Hospital in Maryland is experiencing network disruptions and outages after a significant ransomware attack deployed this weekend, according to local news outlet WMDT47.
The latest investment was led by Zurich Insurance Company (Zurich). BOXX also unveiled that its business met its combined goal to grow 10x in the last 24 months whilst continuing to outperform its underwriting targets.
The group of Ukrainian hacktivists announced the hack on their Telegram channel claiming that the archive contains more than 6,000 files of the companies of the Gazprom group.
The BlackCat ransomware group claimed to have breached Solar Industries India and stolen 2 TB worth of data, containing military data related to weapons production. The stolen data includes details about the company’s employees and customers, armament supply chains, and information about the other partners and contractors of the firm.
Rising threats to vehicles and industrial operational technology (OT) have led a growing number of enterprises worldwide to invest in advanced technologies and services to better secure their assets, according to an ISG research report.
Google says the hackers accessed limited customer information, including phone numbers, account status, SIM card serial numbers, and information related to details about customers’ mobile service plans.
The security directive, issued Friday, “reinforces existing requirements on handling sensitive security information and personally identifiable information,” a TSA spokesperson said.
The Series A round was led by Standard Investments, with participation from Munich Re Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, Xerox Ventures, INT3, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Zeev Ventures — bringing its total raised to $53 million.
Recently EclecticIQ Threat Research Team spotted samples of Godfather imitating Google Protect apps and fooling users into believing they are protected by an Android service. After successful infection, Godfather obtains the permissions for Accessibility Service and collects the default user agent, country code of the network operator, Bot ID, list of installed apps, Android version, device model, and others.
Two more supply chain security flaws have been disclosed in AMI MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software, nearly two months after three security vulnerabilities were brought to light in the same product.
While it's true that DORA will primarily impact entities operating in the financial sector, DORA's regulations focus on establishing greater cyber-resilience, and will, therefore, also impact information technology roles and companies.
Lockbit ransomware operators have implemented a new version of their malware, dubbed LockBit Green, which was apparently designed to include cloud-based services among its targets.
Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine 11 months ago, hacking groups like Killnet and NoName057 have targeted an array of government institutions, businesses, and organizations across Europe and the United States.
A ransomware attack forced the closure Tuesday of four public schools serving 1,700 students on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, the school district’s superintendent said in an email to parents.
The PBS station KVIE announced the attack on November 23, noting that some of its internal systems were affected on October 31. It immediately took systems offline, notified law enforcement, and hired experts to investigate the incident.
The data from 240,488 customer accounts is now in the hands of hackers, including dates of birth, names, and genders of children having parties, email addresses, IP addresses, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, and purchases.
When OpenAI released ChatGPT in November, programmers were astounded to discover that the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot could not only mimic a huge variety of human speech but could also write code.
The campaign mainly targeted Microsoft customers in Ireland and the UK. The tech giant has taken steps to disrupt the operation and it has published an article on how users can protect against these threats, which the company calls consent phishing.
Security researchers from the Mercury Workshop Team have developed a new exploit called 'Shady Hacking 1nstrument Makes Machine Enrollment Retreat', or 'Sh1mmer,' that lets users unenroll their Chromebooks from enterprise management.
The actors behind this new project have an affiliate platform first introduced on the RAMP underground community, which is known for initial access brokers (IABs) and other cybercriminal actors and ransomware groups.
Updates for the vulnerabilities are available for VMware vRealize Log Insight in the form of version 8.10.2. VMware also published workarounds as an alternative for affected customers.
This archive contains all of the 130 exploits added to Packet Storm in January, 2023.
This Metasploit module exploits a bug in io_uring leading to an additional put_cred() that can be exploited to hijack credentials of other processes. This exploit will spawn SUID programs to get the freed cred object reallocated by a privileged process and abuse them to create a SUID root binary that will pop a shell. show more ...
If the vmwgfx driver fails to copy the fence_rep object to userland, it tries to recover by deallocating the (already populated) file descriptor. This is wrong, as the fd gets released via put_unused_fd() which shouldn't be used, as the fd table slot was already populated via the previous call to fd_install(). show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 5838-1 - It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory while performing read operations on MNG file. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted MNG file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 5837-2 - USN-5837-1 fixed a vulnerability in Django. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Nick Pope discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain Accept-Language headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume memory, leading to a denial of service.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5839-1 - It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_dav module incorrectly handled certain If: request headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. ZeddYu_Lu discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_ajp show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 5837-1 - Nick Pope discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain Accept-Language headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume memory, leading to a denial of service.
Ubuntu Security Notice 4781-2 - USN-4781-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Slurm. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain messages between the daemon and the user. An attacker could possibly use this issue to assume control of an arbitrary file on the system. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
eCommerce Marketplace Platform CMS version 1.7 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
eCommerce Marketplace Platform CMS version 1.7 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.
Online Eyewear Shop version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
Gem Security provides the world's first holistic approach for Cloud TDIR, bridging the gap between cloud complexity and security operations.
The Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) empowers customers to create holistic security programs by leveraging robust end-to-end integration partnerships.
Findings underscore security awareness training that leverages practical, hands-on exercises is essential to creating a security-aware culture.
KnowBe4 partners with the Center for Cyber Safety and Education to support Black Americans in recognition of Black History Month to help further education.
Study also reveals enterprises rely on multiple tools to ensure cloud security.
Noting 13% year-over-year growth in fraudulent instruction as a cause of loss, report predicts organizations must get smarter about educating employees to spot fraudulent tactics.
Move will strengthen position as a leader in the identity governance and analytics market.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it took steps to disable fake Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) accounts that were used for creating malicious OAuth applications as part of a malicious campaign designed to breach organizations' cloud environments and steal email. "The applications created by these fraudulent actors were then used in a consent phishing campaign, which tricked users into granting
Two more supply chain security flaws have been disclosed in AMI MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software, nearly two months after three security vulnerabilities were brought to light in the same product. Firmware security firm Eclypsium said the two shortcomings were held back until now to provide AMI additional time to engineer appropriate mitigations. The issues, collectively
The Brazilian threat actors behind an advanced and modular point-of-sale (PoS) malware known as Prilex have reared their head once again with new updates that allow it to block contactless payment transactions. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said it detected three versions of Prilex (06.03.8080, 06.03.8072, and 06.03.8070) that are capable of targeting NFC-enabled credit cards, taking its
Container technology has gained traction among businesses due to the increased efficiency it provides. In this regard, organizations widely use Kubernetes for deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications. Organizations should audit Kubernetes to ensure compliance with regulations, find anomalies, and identify security risks. The Wazuh open source platform plays a critical role in
A new attack campaign has targeted the gaming and gambling sectors since at least September 2022, just months prior to the ICE London 2023 gaming industry trade fair event that's scheduled next week. Israeli cybersecurity company Security Joes is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ice Breaker, stating the intrusions employ clever social engineering tactics to deploy a JavaScript
A new exploit has been devised to "unenroll" enterprise- or school-managed Chromebooks from administrative control. Enrolling ChromeOS devices makes it possible to enforce device policies as set by the organization via the Google Admin console, including the features that are available to users. "Each enrolled device complies with the policies you set until you wipe or deprovision it," Google
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two security flaws in the open source ImageMagick software that could potentially lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) and information disclosure. The two issues, which were identified by Latin American cybersecurity firm Metabase Q in version 7.1.0-49, were addressed in ImageMagick version 7.1.0-52, released in November 2022. A
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