For decades, we were told tales of all-seeing, all-knowing hackers who use sophisticated social-engineering techniques — that is, manipulating folks into handing over secret information with neither threats of violence nor other maltreatment, or getting them to perform other reckless actions from an information show more ...
A China-nexus cyber espionage campaign rages on with the fourth backdoor to surface in the wild that takes advantage of the CVE-2023-2868 zero-day security bug — with severe threat of lateral movement, CISA warns.
A lot of what the strategy proposes is well-intentioned but somewhat aspirational at the moment, industry experts say.
Businesses that develop business-, mission-, or safety-critical software must learn from previous victims of software supply chain attacks.
The Hidden Virtual Network Computing (hVNC) malware infests Macs and silently executes complete takeovers, with no user permission needed. It also sports persistence through reboots.
The open source ecosystem for offensive and defensive security technologies is flourishing, giving security teams access to a wide range of tools to do their jobs.
The attackers have expanded beyond backdoors and recently started using Deed RAT to step up their attacks.
The DarkBART and DarkBERT cybercriminal chatbots, based on Google Bard, represent a major leap ahead for adversarial AI, including Google Lens integration for images and instant access to the whole of the cyber-underground knowledge base.
CISOs are incorporating biometrics as part of their multifactor authentication strategies. This is what they should be thinking about during implementation.
Bill 362 is a perfect template for a nationwide win against data brokers and the privacy infringements they cause.
Nearly 200 models are affected by vulnerability that may give wireless access to unauthorized third parties.
Canon warns that sensitive information on the Wi-Fi connection settings stored in the memories of home and office/large format inkjet printers may not be deleted by the usual initialization process.
Implementing a nimble incident response process and establishing repeatable procedures for investigations are crucial for reducing the impact of data breaches and minimizing legal repercussions.
A sweeping partnership comprising nine government agencies and over 200 nonprofits, corporations, colleges, and universities will together build an organized “whole of society” approach to expanding the cybersecurity workforce, the ONCD announced.
WikiLoader is a sophisticated downloader malware that evades detection and is likely available for sale to multiple cybercriminal groups. It has been observed in multiple campaigns targeting Italian organizations.
The company’s chief financial officer Bhaskar Rao reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday morning that Tempur Sealy’s operations had been hindered by a cyberattack that began on July 23.
Ransomware delivered through URLs has become the leading method for distributing ransomware, accounting for over 77% of cases in 2022 - found Unit 42. This is followed by emails at 12%. Researchers observed attackers using different URLs/hostnames to host or deliver different malware, including ransomware strains. show more ...
Facebook's subsidiaries, including Onavo, have been ordered to pay $14 million in an Australian court case for undisclosed data collection through a now-discontinued VPN, highlighting the company's privacy issues.
Despite both the rise in threats and the high percentage of respondents whose organizations suffered recent attacks, there hasn’t been a corresponding uptick in strategic measures to shore up cyber resilience, according to BigID.
The attackers have been spotted rotating different URLs/hostnames to host the same ransomware or using the same URL to deliver different ransomware. Some attackers do both of these things.
The Android spyware is suspected to be a variant of "Coverlm," which steals data from communication apps such as Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, and Facebook Messenger.
During the conversation, the malicious actors would send seemingly harmless attachments, such as invitations to conferences or files related to the targets’ professional interests, such as studies or articles.
"The cybercriminals' main goals are still espionage and theft of confidential information, but the group has expanded its interests and the geography of its attacks," Positive Technologies said in a deep dive report published last week.
CyFox researchers have discovered a DLL planting/hijacking vulnerability in popular media center application Stremio, which could be exploited by attackers to execute code on the victim’s system, steal information, and more.
The "Meow" campaign, targeting unsecured databases, has resurfaced, with the threat actor using misconfigured Jupyter Notebook instances to gather information and delete databases.
The infection chain typically begins with a deceptive SMS message urging users to install a “new certified banking app,” followed by a redirect to a seemingly authentic TeamViewer app, which is used for technical remote support.
Observability and security platform Dynatrace today announced that it plans to acquire Rookout, a Tel Aviv-based observability startup that focuses on helping developers troubleshoot and debug their code in production.
This archive contains all of the 314 exploits added to Packet Storm in July, 2023.
Eramba version 3.19.1 suffers from a remote command execution vulnerability.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6266-1 - Zac Sims discovered that librsvg incorrectly handled decoding URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files by using an include element.
Joomla JLex Review extension version 6.0.1 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-4411-01 - CJose is C library implementing the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption.
WordPress Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce plugin versions 3.7.7 and below suffer from an authentication bypass vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-4410-01 - The mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache HTTP Server. It enables an Apache HTTP Server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a free replacement for Tripwire(tm). It generates a database that can be used to check the integrity of files on server. It uses regular expressions for determining which files get added to the database. You can use several message digest algorithms to ensure that the files have not been tampered with.
OpenSSL is a robust, fully featured Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security protocols with full-strength cryptography world-wide. The 3.1.x series is the current major version of OpenSSL.
OpenSSL is a robust, fully featured Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security protocols with full-strength cryptography world-wide. The 3.x series is the current major version of OpenSSL.
OpenSSL is a robust, fully featured Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security protocols with full-strength cryptography world-wide.
Uvdesk version 1.1.3 suffers from a remote shell upload vulnerability.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6263-1 - Motoyasu Saburi discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled special characters in file name parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 17. Eirik Bjørsnøs discovered that OpenJDK show more ...
General Device Manager version 2.5.2.2 suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-4409-01 - The mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache HTTP Server. It enables an Apache HTTP Server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.
Online Lab Diagnostic Management version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-4408-01 - The mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache HTTP Server. It enables an Apache HTTP Server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.
CoolAdmin version 1.0 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6242-2 - USN-6242-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSH. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled loading certain PKCS#11 providers. If a user forwarded their ssh-agent to an show more ...
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-4416-01 - Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-4415-01 - Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6264-1 - Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-4414-01 - Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-4380-01 - This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel. Issues addressed include an out of bounds write vulnerability.
City Variety LMS version 2.2 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.
Organizations in Italy are the target of a new phishing campaign that leverages a new strain of malware called WikiLoader with an ultimate aim to install a banking trojan, stealer, and spyware called Ursnif (aka Gozi). "It is a sophisticated downloader with the objective of installing a second malware payload," Proofpoint said in a technical report. "The malware uses multiple mechanisms to evade
A nation-state actor with links to China is suspected of being behind a series of attacks against industrial organizations in Eastern Europe that took place last year to siphon data stored on air-gapped systems. Cybersecurity company Kaspersky attributed the intrusions with medium to high confidence to a hacking crew called APT31, which is also tracked under the monikers Bronze Vinewood,
Various European customers of different banks are being targeted by an Android banking trojan called SpyNote as part of an aggressive campaign detected in June and July 2023. "The spyware is distributed through email phishing or smishing campaigns and the fraudulent activities are executed with a combination of remote access trojan (RAT) capabilities and vishing attack," Italian cybersecurity
Data Security Posture Management is an approach to securing cloud data by ensuring that sensitive data always has the correct security posture - regardless of where it's been duplicated or moved to. So, what is DSPM? Here's a quick example: Let's say you've built an excellent security posture for your cloud data. For the sake of this example, your data is in production, it's protected behind a
The threat actor known as Space Pirates has been linked to attacks against at least 16 organizations in Russia and Serbia over the past year by employing novel tactics and adding new cyber weapons to its arsenal. "The cybercriminals' main goals are still espionage and theft of confidential information, but the group has expanded its interests and the geography of its attacks," Positive
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a Python variant of a stealer malware NodeStealer that's equipped to fully take over Facebook business accounts as well as siphon cryptocurrency. Palo Alto Network Unit 42 said it detected the previously undocumented strain as part of a campaign that commenced in December 2022. NodeStealer was first exposed by Meta in May 2023, describing it as a stealer
Current cryptographic security methods watch out - quantum computing is coming for your lunch.
