The temptation to save money when buying expensive devices is, well, tempting — gadgets from little-known brands can offer the same spec at a fraction of the price of more popular makes, while having an Android set-top box or Android TV can cut costs on a range of subscriptions. Unfortunately, cheap devices — much show more ...
To combat sophisticated threats, we need to improve how we approach authorization and access controls.
The attackers also use custom wipers to cover their tracks and bypass EDR.
Dark Reading’s special report look at how enterprises turning to zero trust to harden the security of their remote workforce. Challenges are steep.
Companies must recognize AI's utility, while setting clear boundaries to curtail unsafe utilization.
Active ransomware attacks against vulnerable Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Servers ratchets up risk to enterprises, now reflected in the bug's revised CVSS score of 10.
Kim Jong-Un's hackers are scraping the bottom of the barrel, using script kiddie-grade malware to steal devalued digital assets.
The latest vulnerability severity scoring system addresses gaps in the previous version; here's how to get the most out of it.
Unknown attackers have accessed PII for hundreds of thousands of loyalty customers at the high-end Singapore establishment.
Security experts took the wraps off of Socks5Systemz, a proxy botnet distributed through PrivateLoader and Amadey, affecting approximately 10,000 systems globally. BitSight mapped at least 53 servers of Socks5Systemz, all located in Europe and distributed across France, Bulgaria, Netherlands, and Sweden. BitSight show more ...
In a security update yesterday, the firm revealed CVE-2023-38547, a CVSS 9.9-rated flaw in Veeam ONE 11, 11a, and 12. The second critical bug (CVE-2023-38548) affects Veeam ONE version 12 and has a CVSS score of 9.8.
The acquisition aims to strengthen security for unmanaged devices used by employees to access work-related material. Last week, Palo Alto Networks purchased cloud safety firm Dig Security.
The Medusa ransomware group has demanded a ransom of $10,000 to delay the publication of compromised data by another day, and a staggering $200,000 for the complete deletion of the data.
While the pledge is a step in the right direction, legislative measures are needed to effectively deter organizations from paying ransoms and address the growing issue of ransomware attacks.
A new report from Duke University reveals that data brokers are selling highly sensitive information on American military service members, posing a threat to national security.
As per Microsoft, the vulnerabilities do not meet the criteria of actual zero-days and require authentication for exploitation, reducing their chances of being used in malicious attacks.
The scam involved a sophisticated tactic of replicating the look and features of the authentic app, making it challenging for users to differentiate between the real and fake versions.
The database contained over 3.3 million orders from 2015 to 2020, many of which included uploaded copies of customers' government-issued identity cards. The vulnerability was addressed after a security researcher notified the store owners.
These policies will also require MFA for per-user MFA users for all cloud apps and for high-risk sign-ins. The policies will be gradually added to eligible Microsoft tenants, and administrators will have 90 days to review and enable them.
The Jupyter Infostealer malware has resurfaced with new techniques, including PowerShell command modifications and the use of signed certificates, to establish a persistent presence on compromised systems.
SIM box fraud is a type of “interconnected bypass” scam, where threat actors intercept international calls and route them to a local device known as a SIM box. This device then routes the connection back into the network as a local call.
Internet-exposed Apache ActiveMQ servers are being targeted by ransomware attacks exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability. Over 4,770 vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ servers are at risk of exploitation.
Password health and hygiene have improved globally over the past year, reducing the risk of account takeover. However, password reuse remains prevalent, making user accounts vulnerable to password-spraying attacks.
The vulnerability, known as CVE-2023-22518, impacts all versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, and users are strongly advised to update to the latest version to mitigate the risk.
Cloud infrastructure poses the greatest exposure risk for organizations, requiring effective integration of user identity and access privileges into preventive cybersecurity practices.
This attack on the flour plant is part of a series of cyber attacks by the group on Israeli organizations, including a successful attack on the Ashalim Power Station and taking control of military servers and systems.
Five Canadian hospitals have confirmed that patient and employee data stolen in a ransomware attack has been leaked online, impacting millions of patient visits and employee information.
GootBot is designed to connect to compromised WordPress sites for command and control, making use of unique hard-coded C2 servers for each sample, posing a challenge for detection and prevention.
The November 2023 Android security update addresses high-severity vulnerabilities in the System component, with additional fixes for Arm, MediaTek, and Qualcomm components.
Mandiant/Google Cloud’s Jill C. Tyson offers up timelines, checklists, and other guidance around enterprise-wide readiness to ensure compliance with the new rule.
Multiple ransomware groups have begun to actively exploit recently disclosed flaws in Atlassian Confluence and Apache ActiveMQ. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said it observed the exploitation of CVE-2023-22518 and CVE-2023-22515 in multiple customer environments, some of which have been leveraged for the deployment of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. Both vulnerabilities are critical, allowing threat
Veeam has released security updates to address four flaws in its ONE IT monitoring and analytics platform, two of which are rated critical in severity. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2023-38547 (CVSS score: 9.9) - An unspecified flaw that can be leveraged by an unauthenticated user to gain information about the SQL server connection Veeam ONE uses to access its configuration
ChatGPT: Productivity tool, great for writing poems, and… a security risk?! In this article, we show how threat actors can exploit ChatGPT, but also how defenders can use it for leveling up their game. ChatGPT is the most swiftly growing consumer application to date. The extremely popular generative AI chatbot has the ability to generate human-like, coherent and contextually relevant responses.
The Pakistan-linked threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging the recent WinRAR security vulnerability in its attacks targeting Indian government entities to deliver various remote access trojans such as AllaKore RAT, Ares RAT, and DRat. Enterprise security firm SEQRITE described the campaign as multi-platform, with the attacks also designed to infiltrate Linux systems with a
The North Korea-linked nation-state group called BlueNoroff has been attributed to a previously undocumented macOS malware strain dubbed ObjCShellz. Jamf Threat Labs, which disclosed details of the malware, said it's used as part of the RustBucket malware campaign, which came to light earlier this year. "Based on previous attacks performed by BlueNoroff, we suspect that this malware was a late
A new variant of the GootLoader malware called GootBot has been found to facilitate lateral movement on compromised systems and evade detection. "The GootLoader group's introduction of their own custom bot into the late stages of their attack chain is an attempt to avoid detections when using off-the-shelf tools for C2 such as CobaltStrike or RDP," IBM X-Force researchers Golo Mühr and Ole
Numerous industries—including technology, financial services, energy, healthcare, and government—are rushing to incorporate cloud-based and containerized web applications. The benefits are undeniable; however, this shift presents new security challenges. OPSWAT's 2023 Web Application Security report reveals: 75% of organizations have modernized their infrastructure this year. 78% have
Google has added a new real-time app scanning capability to Google Play Protect in order to help it better protect against malicious apps installed from outside the official app store. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
