Weve decided to revise our portfolio and make it as seamless and customer-friendly as possible. This post explains what exactly were changing and why. The evolution of protection As the threat landscape constantly changes — so do corporate security needs in response. Just a decade ago, the only tool required to show more ...
Episode 342 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast focuses on political news this week, kicking off with a story that China is being accused of using AI-generated content to sow discontent in the upcoming American election. From there the team look news that YouTube is being accused of complacent in blocking malicious show more ...
On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention “twitter.com” to read “x.com” instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that demonstrate how this change could be used to craft convincing phishing links — such as show more ...
Agency encourages broader use of encryption, data-loss prevention, as well as data rights management to safeguard data, networks, and users.
The device management company introduced a Fleet Hardening Score and Privilege Escalation (the good kind) to its endpoint security platform for Apple devices.
Global organizations and geopolitical entities must adopt new strategies to combat the growing sophistication in attacks that parallel the complexities of our new geopolitical reality.
A cheat sheet for all of the most common techniques hackers use, and general principles for stopping them.
Various anti-detection features, including the use of the ScrubCrypt antivirus-evasion tool, fuel an attack that aims to take over Microsoft Windows machines.
In a cyberattack more reminiscent of the 2010s, a seemingly lone hacker fleeced a major corporation for millions of open customer records.
It's finally happening: Rather than just for productivity and research, threat actors are using LLMs to write malware. But companies need not worry just yet.
Prioritizing security and user experience will help you build a robust and reliable authentication system for your business.
Though a municipal agency assures the public that few are affected, hundreds have their data held ransom for $100,000 by the ransomware gang.
The researchers presented two variations of what they call Ahoi attacks. One of them, dubbed Heckler, involves a malicious hypervisor injecting interrupts to alter data and control flow, breaking the integrity and confidentiality of CVMs.
The Vedalia APT group has ingeniously utilized LNK files with double extensions, effectively masking the malicious .lnk extension. This tactic deceives users into believing the files are harmless, increasing the likelihood of execution.
According to Cisco’s Talos threat research team, Starry Addax has been active since January 2024, orchestrating spear-phishing campaigns aimed at individuals sympathetic to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) cause.
These techniques can bypass the detection and enforcement policies of traditional tools, such as cloud access security brokers, data loss prevention, and SIEMs, by hiding downloads as less suspicious access and sync events.
One of the key findings from the technical write-up, published by Sysdig today, is the group’s use of a script capable of simultaneously deploying multiple cryptocurrency miners.
The gang, which researchers at the Moscow-based cybersecurity company F.A.C.C.T. have dubbed “Muliaka," or Muddy Water in English, has left minimal traces from its attacks but has likely been active since at least December 2023.
Cybersecurity researchers from Bitdefender discovered critical vulnerabilities in LG TVs running webOS versions 4 through 7. These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to gain complete control over the TV, steal data, or install malware.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6719-2 - USN-6719-1 fixed a vulnerability in util-linux. Unfortunately, it was discovered that the fix did not fully address the issue. This update removes the setgid permission bit from the wall and write utilities. Skyler Ferrante discovered that the util-linux wall command did not filter show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 6721-2 - USN-6721-1 fixed vulnerabilities in X.Org X Server. That fix was incomplete resulting in a regression. This update fixes the problem. It was discovered that X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
CHAOS RAT web panel version 5.0.1 is vulnerable to command injection, which can be triggered from a cross site scripting attack, allowing an attacker to takeover the RAT server.
Joomla SP Page Builder component version 5.2.7 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
This report seems to detail an operation to disable Russia's industrial sensor and monitoring infrastructure at www.moscollector.ru.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1750-03 - An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1747-03 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Advanced Update Support. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1746-03 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1722-03 - An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service. Issues addressed include a buffer overflow vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1719-03 - An update for rear is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Google integrated Mandiant's security offerings into its AI platform to detect, stop, and remediate cybersecurity attacks as quickly as possible.
Microsoft has released security updates for the month of April 2024 to remediate a record 149 flaws, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 149 flaws, three are rated Critical, 142 are rated Important, three are rated Moderate, and one is rated Low in severity. The update is aside from 21 vulnerabilities that the company addressed in its
A critical security flaw in the Rust standard library could be exploited to target Windows users and stage command injection attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24576, has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. That said, it only impacts scenarios where batch files are invoked on Windows with untrusted arguments. "The Rust standard library did not properly escape
We all know passwords and firewalls are important, but what about the invisible threats lurking beneath the surface of your systems? Identity Threat Exposures (ITEs) are like secret tunnels for hackers – they make your security way more vulnerable than you think. Think of it like this: misconfigurations, forgotten accounts, and old settings are like cracks in your digital fortress walls. Hackers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Raspberry Robin campaign wave that propagates the malware through malicious Windows Script Files (WSFs) since March 2024. "Historically, Raspberry Robin was known to spread through removable media like USB drives, but over time its distributors have experimented with other initial infection vectors," HP Wolf Security said in a report
Threat actors are now taking advantage of GitHub's search functionality to trick unsuspecting users looking for popular repositories into downloading spurious counterparts that serve malware. The latest assault on the open-source software supply chain involves concealing malicious code within Microsoft Visual Code project files that's designed to download next-stage payloads from a remote URL,
The need for vCISO services is growing. SMBs and SMEs are dealing with more third-party risks, tightening regulatory demands and stringent cyber insurance requirements than ever before. However, they often lack the resources and expertise to hire an in-house security executive team. By outsourcing security and compliance leadership to a vCISO, these organizations can more easily obtain
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is the "first native Spectre v2 exploit" against the Linux kernel on Intel systems that could be exploited to read sensitive data from the memory. The exploit, called Native Branch History Injection (BHI), can be used to leak arbitrary kernel memory at 3.5 kB/sec by bypassing existing Spectre v2/BHI mitigations, researchers from Systems and
An active Android malware campaign dubbed eXotic Visit has been primarily targeting users in South Asia, particularly those in India and Pakistan, with malware distributed via dedicated websites and Google Play Store. Slovak cybersecurity firm said the activity, ongoing since November 2021, is not linked to any known threat actor or group. It's tracking the group behind the operation under the
Targus, the well-known laptop bag and case manufacturer, has been hit by a cyber attack that has interrupted its normal business operations. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
ESET researchers uncovered the eXotic Visit espionage campaign that targets users mainly in India and Pakistan with seemingly innocuous apps
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Dark Reading Staff 2 Min Read Source: baosheng feng via Alamy Stock Photo Enterprise IT teams responsible for managing Macs and iOS devices are getting new compliance and security tools, device management company Jamf said during its Spring Event. A new capability in Jamf show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading Source: redbrickstock.com via Alamy Stock Photo Microsoft outdid itself with this month’s Patch Tuesday releases, which contain no zero-day patches, though at least one of the patches addresses a flaw already being actively show more ...
Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: PRESS RELEASE SAN DIEGO, April 9, 2024/PRNewswire/ — ESET, a global leader in digital security, is pleased to announce the introduction of ESET Small Business Security, which has been specifically designed to meet the cybersecurity needs of Small Office/Home Office show more ...
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Many threat actors are turning to malware to scan software vulnerabilities that they can use in future cyber-attacks. Security researchers at Unit 42, the threat intelligence branch of cybersecurity provider Palo Alto Networks, discovered a significant number of show more ...
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, has been facing renewed extortion from cybercriminals just a month after paying a ransom to prevent the release of data stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack. The attack, orchestrated by the show more ...
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 A recent research study has shed light on the decade-long activities of a Romanian cyber threat group known as RUBYCARP, which uses techniques such as cryptocurrency mining and phishing. One of the key findings from the technical write-up, published by Sysdig show more ...
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Hostile foreign states are behind a surge in malicious insider breaches, driving IP theft and industrial espionage to an all-time high, according to DTEX. The insider threat specialist analyzed over 1300 investigations across its global customer base to compile show more ...
Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com – Author: 1 Network attached storage (NAS) vendor D-Link has urged users of end-of-life (EOL) products to retire and replace them, after news emerged of mass exploitation of legacy kit via a newly discovered vulnerability. Security researcher “netsecfish” published show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Wajahat Raja In light of recent cyber threats, the Dracula phishing platform has prevailed, targeting organizations in over 100 countries. The Dracula phishing attacks are centered on leveraging an immense network of over 20,000 counterfeit domains to scale the show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Sectrio ISA/IEC 62443-3-2 is a globally recognized standard designed specifically to address the unique cybersecurity challenges faced by industrial control systems and critical infrastructure. Throughout this guide, we dive deep into the complexities of ISA/IEC show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Joe Breen Looking at billing services’ impact on healthcare organizations Last week’s blog talked about the events that nearly brought Change Healthcare’s services to a halt. This week, we’re going to look Read More The post Navigating Third-Party Cyber Risks in show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Digital Defense by Fortra CVE/Advisory Title Tag Microsoft Severity Rating Base Score Microsoft Impact Exploited Publicly Disclosed CVE-2024-20669 Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability Windows Secure Boot Important 6.7 Security Feature Bypass No No show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Jeffrey Burt In January, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent letters to automakers and wireless service providers to hear what they were doing to protect survivors of domestic violence from being stalked by their abusers through real-time location, show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Marc Handelman Security Bloggers Network Home » Security Bloggers Network » USENIX Security ’23 – Qifan Xiao, Xudong Pan, Yifan Lu, Mi Zhang, Jiarun Dai, Min Yang,- xorcising “Wraith”: Protecting LiDAR-based Object Detector In Automated Driving System From show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Kevin Smith For many businesses, it’s a worst-case scenario. You open your laptop and try to access your latest presentation, report, or financial statement. However, when you click on the files, all you see is gibberish and error messages. On your desktop, you show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Marc Handelman via the inimitable Daniel Stori at Turnoff.US! Permalink *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: http://turnoff.us/geek/minimum-viable-elevator/ Original Post URL: show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Team Nuspire Microsoft Office 365 is a stalwart suite of apps that powers collaboration, communication and productivity for companies of all sizes. Companies gravitate toward tools like Exchange Online for email communications, SharePoint for document management and show more ...
Source: www.databreachtoday.com – Author: 1 Governance & Risk Management , Government , Industry Specific American Privacy Rights Act Has Genuine Chance of Becoming Law Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • April 9, 2024 A bipartisan privacy proposal in the U.S. Congress would require companies to protect show more ...
Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Dana Epp We all know poor input validation is a critical attack vector for exploiting software. But did you know that a data set codenamed the Big List of Naughty Strings (BLNS) takes that to an entirely different level? Yep. There is. Let me show you how to use these show more ...
