Hardware wallets are considered to be the most reliable cryptocurrency storage solution of all. A special device that signs all of its owners blockchain operations offline looks so much more reliable than online storage or computer apps. After all, we hear news of hacks and bankruptcies of online cryptocurrency show more ...
Attackers are using custom malware to exploit drivers and terminate security processes so they can deploy ransomware.
Today's LLMs pose too many trust and security risks.
As is typical with emerging technologies, both innovators and regulators struggle with developments in generative AI, much less the rules that should govern its use.
Vulnerable MS-SQL database servers have external connections and weak account credentials, researchers warn.
Overcoming the limitations of consumer MFA with a new flavor of passwordless.
Organizations are planning on newer multifactor authentication methods such as invisible MFA and passwordless, says SecureAuth in its State of Authentication report.
Campaigns that wielded NSO Group's Pegasus against high-risk users over a six-month period demonstrate the growing sophistication and relentless nature of spyware actors.
The sensitivity of the personal information involved in the breach has yet to be determined by agency officials, but it affects 256,000 consumers.
Mandiant found that North Korea's UNC4736 gained initial access on 3CX's network when an employee downloaded a weaponized but legitimately-signed app from Trading Technologies.
This scam is all a spin on the much older fake check scam, covered in detail by the FTC. Some of the variations include personal assistant scams, car wrap scams, and overpayments scams.
An independent security analyst and bug hunter, Nagli (@naglinagli), recently uncovered a critical security vulnerability in ChatGPT that allow attackers to easily exploit the vulnerability and gain complete control of any ChatGPT user’s account.
Developers using GitHub Actions to build software packages for NPM can now add a command flag that will publish details about the code's origin. This feature is intended to further enhance the security of the open-source software supply chain.
A ransomware attack interrupted access to services provided by one of New England's largest healthcare insurers, though the scope of affected customers and data remains unknown.
Print management software developer PaperCut is warning customers to update their software immediately, as hackers are actively exploiting flaws to gain access to vulnerable servers.
GitHub has released features for secure vulnerability reporting and npm package provenance. In other news, the Node.js open source package repository, npm, was overwhelmed with fake packages by malicious actors, which caused a temporary denial-of-service (DoS) attack.
"This leak is of more interest to programmers, since it contains the source codes of the following Bing products, Bing Maps and Cortana," the crew wrote on its website, which was screenshotted and shared by Emsisoft threat analyst Brett Callow.
Since the content hosted on IPFS is decentralized and distributed, there are challenges in locating and removing malicious content from the ecosystem, making it akin to bullet-proof hosting.
Researchers started observing attackers making use of an unorthodox type of backdoor and reinfection method which would go completely undetected if website monitoring doesn’t happen to include the database.
Names, bank account numbers, property transaction amounts, as well as identity card numbers were extracted from outdated database servers of the real estate firm by a cybercrime group in 2021.
Several of the new methods Raspberry Robin uses are related to its ability to avoid being run on virtual machines (VMs), which security researchers often use to analyze malware.
Within the largest financial institutions, insurers, and retailers, the rise and adoption of AI, an impending recession, and the return of pre-pandemic fraud techniques are driving record rates of fraud attacks, according to Pindrop.
An investigation into last month's 3CX supply chain attack revealed that it was caused by another supply chain compromise where suspected North Korean attackers breached the site of Trading Technologies to push trojanized software builds.
In a confusing mess, a recent Microsoft Defender update rolled out a new security feature called 'Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection,' while removing the LSA protection feature.
The campaign makes use of "previously unseen plugins from the MgBot malware framework," Symantec said. "The attackers were also seen using a PlugX loader and abusing the legitimate AnyDesk remote desktop software."
The use of stolen credentials can then be detected when a logging event deviates from the baseline. A similar approach could be applied to detect AWS credentials stolen from other services.
Before encrypting the system and deploying ransom notes, the malware disables system recovery and deletes any Windows Volume Shadow copies, making recovery impossible without the decryption key.
Foreseeing every possible twist and turn of a breach may be impossible, but through extensive wargaming, security teams can simulate diverse situations to give them a proactive edge.
Google’s Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) and Mandiant researched a list of techniques and methods used by threat actors over the period for penetrating the environments and other malicious activities.
Experts say insurance companies’ demand for stronger cybersecurity practices from policyholders contributed toward fewer ransomware claims and decelerating premiums in 2022.
The AuKill tool abuses an outdated version of the driver used by version 16.32 of the Microsoft utility, Process Explorer, to disable EDR processes before deploying either a backdoor or ransomware on the target system.
For less than a dollar per day, Faceless customers can route their malicious web traffic through tens of thousands of compromised systems advertised on the proxy service.
MalwareHunterTeam discovered a ZIP archive—belonging to the LockBit ransomware group—uploaded to VirusTotal containing previously unknown encryptors for macOS, ARM, FreeBSD, MIPS, and SPARC. Security analysts from BleepingComputer assert that the discovered builds could have been created for testing purposes.
With the tax reason around, the frequency of campaigns related to taxes and accounting has increased with threats like Remcos RAT, Emotet, and GuLoader hovering to scam users. The IRS issued an advisory, urging taxpayers to be wary and vigilant of new tax-related scams.
MuddyWater has been employing SimpleHelp, a lawful tool used for managing and controlling remote devices, to establish persistence on compromised devices, revealed researchers. The attackers send phishing emails containing links to file storage systems such as OneDrive, Dropbox, or OneHub to download SimpleHelp installers.
Government agencies in the U.S. and the U.K. issued a joint advisory to warn organizations about attacks exploiting an old vulnerability in Cisco routers. The attacks are attributed to the Fancy Bear threat group and the flaw in question is CVE-2017-6742. The attackers are exploiting the vulnerability to deploy a custom malware, named Jaguar Tooth.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6034-1 - It was discovered that Dnsmasq was sending large DNS messages over UDP, possibly causing transmission failures due to IP fragmentation. This update lowers the default maximum size of DNS messages to improve transmission reliability over UDP.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1888-01 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.7.3 images Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides the capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of public and private show more ...
FUXA version 1.1.13-1186 suffers from an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6033-1 - It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform filter deactivation in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges. Please note that with the fix for thisCVE, kernel support for the show more ...
WordPress PowerPress plugin versions 10.0 and below suffer from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1899-01 - The java-11-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.
Chitor-CMS version 1.1.2 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6032-1 - Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Gerald Lee discovered that the USB Gadget file system implementation in the Linux kernel show more ...
ProjeQtOr Project Management System version 10.3.2 suffers from a remote shell upload vulnerability.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6031-1 - It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index 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. It was discovered that the Integrity Measurement Architecture show more ...
Piwigo version 13.6.0 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1893-01 - Red Hat Multicluster Engine Hotfix Security Update for Console. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical.
Franklin Fueling Systems TS-550 suffers from a password hash disclosure vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1822-01 - The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6028-1 - It was discovered that lixml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6030-1 - It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index 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. It was discovered that the System V IPC implementation in the show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 6029-1 - It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index 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. It was discovered that the infrared transceiver USB driver did show more ...
Swagger UI version 4.1.3 user interface misrepresentation of information proof of concept exploit.
Lilac-Reloaded for Nagios version 2.0.l8 remote code execution exploit.
Serendipity version 2.4.0 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1879-01 - The java-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6027-1 - It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index 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. Jiasheng Jiang discovered that the HSA Linux kernel driver for show more ...
Serendipity version 2.4.0 suffers from a remote shell upload vulnerability.
Why is Visibility into OT Environments Crucial? The significance of Operational Technology (OT) for businesses is undeniable as the OT sector flourishes alongside the already thriving IT sector. OT includes industrial control systems, manufacturing equipment, and devices that oversee and manage industrial environments and critical infrastructures. In recent years, adversaries have recognized the
The notorious North Korea-aligned state-sponsored actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new campaign aimed at Linux users. The attacks are part of a persistent and long-running activity tracked under the name Operation Dream Job, ESET said in a new report published today. The findings are crucial, not least because it marks the first publicly documented example of the
Fortra, the company behind Cobalt Strike, shed light on a zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its GoAnywhere MFT tool that has come under active exploitation by ransomware actors to steal sensitive data. The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-0669 (CVSS score: 7.2), concerns a case of pre-authenticated command injection that could be abused to achieve code execution. The
In the short time since their inception, ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms have rightfully gained the reputation of ultimate productivity boosters. However, the very same technology that enables rapid production of high-quality text on demand, can at the same time expose sensitive corporate data. A recent incident, in which Samsung software engineers pasted proprietary code into ChatGPT,
Telecommunication services providers in Africa are the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a China-linked threat actor at least since November 2022. The intrusions have been pinned on a hacking crew tracked by Symantec as Daggerfly, and which is also tracked by the broader cybersecurity community as Bronze Highland and Evasive Panda. The campaign makes use of "previously unseen plugins from
Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three novel "zero-click" exploits against iPhones in 2022 to infiltrate defenses erected by Apple and deploy Pegasus, according to the latest findings from Citizen Lab. "NSO Group customers widely deployed at least three iOS 15 and iOS 16 zero-click exploit chains against civil society targets around the world," the interdisciplinary laboratory
A chain of two critical flaws has been disclosed in Alibaba Cloud's ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL and AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL that could be exploited to breach tenant isolation protections and access sensitive data belonging to other customers. "The vulnerabilities potentially allowed unauthorized access to Alibaba Cloud customers' PostgreSQL databases and the ability to perform a supply chain
Graham wonders what would happen if his bouncing buttocks were captured on camera by a Tesla employee, and we take a look at canny scams connected to China's Operation Fox Hunt. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Three Nigerian nationals face charges in a US federal court related to a business email compromise (BEC) scam that is said to have stolen more than US $6 million from victims. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
In the last couple of days it has become clear that the notorious LockBit ransomware gang has been exploring creating what could become a big headache for users of Mac computers.
I'm still encountering people who, even after all these years, believe that their Apple Mac computers are somehow magically invulnerable to ever being infected by malware. Maybe details of this new Mac malware will change their mind...
A Finnish court has given the former CEO of a chain of psychotherapy clinics a suspended jail sentence after failing to adequately protect highly sensitive notes of patients' therapy sessions from falling into the hands of blackmailing hackers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Multinational payment processing firm Nexway has been rapped across the knuckles by the US authorities, who claim that the firm knowingly processed fraudulent credit card payments on behalf of tech support scammers. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
