Open source has changed the software game from build or buy to assemble with care.
New research shows that 57 vulnerabilities that threat actors are currently using in ransomware attacks enable everything from initial access to data theft.
The system based on deep reinforcement learning can adapt to defenders' tactics and stop 95% of simulated attacks, according to its developers.
What's scarier than keeping all of your passwords in one place and having that place raided by hackers? Maybe reusing insecure passwords.
When a targeted visitor tries to watch videos on the website, a malicious script injected by the attacker displays a message prompt notifying the victims with a video codec error to entice them to download and install a trojanized codec installer.
An estimated 14,000 employees at a Liverpool NHS hospital trust have been informed that their data was leaked via email due to human error, according to recent media reports.
A new report, titled "Fog of War: How the Ukraine conflict transformed the cyber threat landscape," offers insights involving the Russian invasion from two of Google's groups -- TAG as well as Trust and Safety -- and subsidiary Mandiant.
In one case against a single company, the fraudsters managed to pilfer €38,000,000 ($40.3M) within a couple of days, quickly moving the money across Europe, China, and eventually cashing out in Israel.
Among the airports affected were Düsseldorf, Nüremberg, Erfurt-Weimar, and Dortmund. The websites were unreachable or flagged up failure messages. The websites of the biggest airports, in Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin, were operating normally.
The latest campaign is said to have commenced in November 2022 and marks the first time the threat actors behind the activity have expanded their focus beyond Azerbaijan.
The FBI is reportedly investigating malicious cyber activity on the agency’s network. The federal law enforcement agency says it already contained the "isolated incident" and is working to uncover its scope and overall impact.
As per newly published research, when faced with sophisticated cyberattacks in a rigorous simulation setting, deep reinforcement learning was effective at stopping adversaries from reaching their goals up to 95 percent of the time.
Multibillion-dollar corporation Applied Materials, which provides technology for the semiconductor industry, said during an earnings call this week that a ransomware attack on one of its suppliers would cost it $250 million in the next quarter.
A majority of the zero-click exploits are engineered to take advantage of vulnerabilities in applications such as messaging, SMS, or email apps that receive and process untrusted data.
Check Point observed a new malicious campaign targeting corporate entities in Armenia with a new OxtaRAT backdoor variant, with an aim to conduct surveillance. The attack involved a geo-political bait wherein hackers would share an image file (.SCR) masquerading as a PDF file. It is a polyglot file that combines the image and compiled AutoIT script (the OxtaRAT).
Platypus confirmed a loss of “8.5 million” from its main pool and said that deposits were covered at 85%. Other pools were unaffected. The company has contacted the hacker to negotiate a bounty for the return of the funds.
The number of data breaches affecting healthcare providers declined in the second half of 2022, consistent with a downward trend over the past two years, according to Critical Insight.
In a blog post released this week, Twitter said that non-Twitter Blue users using SMS 2FA authentication have until March 20th, 2023, to switch to another 2FA method, or it will be disabled.
In an annual disclosure to investors, internet domain registrar GoDaddy said it is the victim of a three-year-long hacking campaign that installed malware on internal systems and obtained source code.
Lockbit added the municipal water utility company to the list of victims on its Tor leak site, the deadline is March 07, 2023. CNN Portugal confirmed that the National Cybersecurity Center and the Judiciary Police are investigating the breach.
Spain’s National Court has agreed to the extradition to the US of a British citizen who allegedly took part in computer attacks, including the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of public figures such as Joseph Biden, Barack Obama, and Bill Gates.
The breach was announced by Mount Pleasant Central School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo on Friday, February 17, who said that several student email passwords may have been compromised by the incident.
At the time of writing, the total number of impacted customers was 65,000; however, at the time of publishing this article, the number had increased to 67,000, meaning the leak is ongoing.
The author of the phishing email pretended to be an existing vendor and persuaded the finance worker in the Columbus suburb of Hilliard, Ohio, to change bank-routing information for the vendor.
The joint report focus on cyber activities conducted by multiple Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups, including APT27, APT30, APT31, Ke3chang, GALLIUM, and Mustang Panda.
Security analysts at ESET unearthed a malware campaign targeting Chinese-speaking people in Southeast and East Asia. The unknown hacker group has created copycat websites of popular apps, such as Firefox, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Along with legitimate software, cyber foes also deliver FatalRAT to take over the system of a victim.
Suspected North Korean nation-state actors targeted a journalist in South Korea with a malware-laced Android app as part of a social engineering campaign. The findings come from the South Korea-based non-profit Interlab.
The compromised data includes email addresses, full names, genders, phone numbers, and locations, which could put millions of users at risk of identity theft, phishing attacks, and other cybercrimes.
As a result of the intrusion, the attacker obtained some contact information belonging to multiple Coinbase employees, the company said, adding that customer funds and data remained unaffected.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5355-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5354-1 - Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in snort, a flexible Network Intrusion Detection System, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or bypass filtering technology on an affected device and ex-filtrate data from a compromised host.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5353-1 - Christian Holler discovered that incorrect handling of PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes in nss, the Mozilla Network Security Service library, may result in execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted PKCS 12 certificate bundle is processed.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5880-1 - Christian Holler discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when using PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes. An attacker could construct a PKCS 12 cert bundle in such a way that could allow for arbitrary memory writes. Johan Carlsson discovered that Firefox did not properly manage show more ... child iframe's unredacted URI when using Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only header. An attacker could potentially exploits this to obtain sensitive information.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0809-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0805-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0808-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
AIEngine is a next generation interactive/programmable Python/Ruby/Java/Lua and Go network intrusion detection system engine. AIEngine also helps network/security professionals to identify traffic and develop signatures for use them on NIDS, Firewalls, Traffic classifiers and so on.
Sysdig Falco is a behavioral activity monitoring agent that is open source and comes with native support for containers. Falco lets you define highly granular rules to check for activities involving file and network activity, process execution, IPC, and much more, using a flexible syntax. Falco will notify you when these rules are violated. You can think about Falco as a mix between snort, ossec and strace.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0810-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0811-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0807-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0812-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0806-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 102.8.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
This advisory ties together older research on a contact file handling flaw on Microsoft Windows as well as recent research discovered that uses the same methodologies.
Norwegian police agency Økokrim has announced the seizure of 60 million NOK (about $5.84 million) worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the Lazarus Group in March 2022 following the Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack. "This case shows that we also have a great capacity to follow the money on the blockchain, even if the criminals use advanced methods," the Oslo-based crime-fighting unit said in a
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Russia's cyber attacks against Ukraine surged by 250% in 2022 when compared to two years ago, Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant disclosed in a new joint report. The targeting, which coincided and has since persisted following the country's military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, focused heavily on the Ukrainian government and military entities, alongside critical
The cyber espionage threat actor tracked as Earth Kitsune has been observed deploying a new backdoor called WhiskerSpy as part of a social engineering campaign. Earth Kitsune, active since at least 2019, is known to primarily target individuals interested in North Korea with self-developed malware such as dneSpy and agfSpy. Previously documented intrusions have entailed the use of watering holes
Samsung has announced a new feature called Message Guard that comes with safeguards to protect users from malware and spyware via what's referred to as zero-click attacks. The South Korean chaebol said the solution "preemptively" secures users' devices by "limiting exposure to invisible threats disguised as image attachments." The security feature, available on Samsung Messages and Google
Many Twitter users have been presented with a message telling them that SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) will be removed next month. According to Twitter, only subscribers to its premium Twitter Blue service will be able to use text message-based 2FA to protect their accounts. Is that such a good idea?
