Volkswagen, the automotive giant, finds itself at the center of a large-scale cyber operation, with suspicions pointing toward hackers operating from China. The Volkswagen cyberattack, which occurred over a decade ago but continues to reverberate today, sheds light on Chinese hackers and their espionage activities. show more ...
The FBI in a Thursday warning emphasized the financial risks associated with using unregistered cryptocurrency transfer services, especially considering potential law enforcement actions against these platforms. The focus of this public service announcement is on crypto transfer platforms that operate without proper show more ...
American private equity firm Thoma Bravo has inked an agreement to acquire British cybersecurity giant Darktrace for $4.6bn. This all-cash transaction between Thoma Bravo and Darktrace, valued at $5.3bn, marks a pivotal moment for both companies and the cybersecurity sector at large. The Darktrace acquisition, though show more ...
SpaceX, the aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company founded by Elon Musk, has allegedly met with a cybersecurity incident, involving a data breach with Hunters International, a notorious hacking group that reportedly posted samples of SpaceX data breach. The Space X data breach seems to involve show more ...
In response to this growing threat, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has launched the Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP). This initiative focuses on proactive risk reduction through direct communication with the federal government, state, local, tribal, territorial (SLTT) show more ...
CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) has shared an ICS (Industrial Control Systems) advisory regarding several vulnerabilities present in Honeywell products, including Experion PKS, Experion LX, PlantCruise by Experion, Safety Manager, and Safety Manager SC. The advisory outlines multiple show more ...
The infamous Everest ransomware group has struck again, this time targeting Les Miroirs St-Antoine Inc., a longstanding company based in the St-Jérôme region. As of now, the extent of the data breach, the level of data compromise, and the motive behind the cyberattack on Les Miroirs St-Antoine remain undisclosed by show more ...
With more than 2 billion voters ready to cast a vote this year across 60 plus nations -including the U.S., U.K. and India - Russian state hackers are posing the biggest cyber threat to election security, researchers said. Google-owned Mandiant in a detailed report stated with “high confidence” that Russian show more ...
Youve probably received more than a few spam or phishing emails from addresses belonging to seemingly reputable organizations. This may have left you wondering how attackers manage this feat, and perhaps even concerned if anyone out there sends malicious emails under your own companys name. The good news is that show more ...
Episode 344 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that Grindr is being sued or sharing sensitive user data with third-parties. From there the team talk about news from the U.K, which shows that a third of 5-7 year old children already have their own mobile phones. To wrap up, the team talk about news show more ...
The semiconductor manufacturing giant's security team describes how hardware hackathons, such as Hack@DAC, have helped chip security by finding and sharing hardware vulnerabilities.
Though PAN originally described the attacks exploiting the vulnerability as being limited, they are increasingly growing in volume, with more exploits disclosed by outside parties.
The business intelligence servers contain vulnerabilities that Qlik patched last year, but which Cactus actors have been exploiting since November. Swathes of organizations have not yet been patched.
The targeted operation utilized CVE-2017-8570 as the initial vector and employed a notable custom loader for Cobalt Strike, yet attribution to any known threat actor remains elusive.
Our collection of the most relevant reporting and industry perspectives for those guiding cybersecurity strategies and focused on SecOps. Also included: security license mandates; a move to four-day remediation requirements; lessons on OWASP for LLMs.
Attackers will likely use software bills-of-material (SBOMs) for searching for software potentially vulnerable to specific software flaws.
You can't thinking about inclusion in the workplace without first understanding what kinds of exclusive behaviors prevent people from advancing in their careers.
Understand what security measures you have in place, what you need to keep secure, and what rules you have to show compliance with.
The payment card industry pushes for more security in financial transactions to help combat increasing fraud in the region.
A critical severity flaw (CVE-2024-27956) in the WP-Automatic plugin for WordPress allows threat actors to gain unauthorized access to WordPress sites, create admin-level user accounts, and potentially take full control of the affected sites.
The Lazarus Group's use of job offer lures to infiltrate targets is not new. Dubbed Operation Dream Job, the long-running campaign has a track record of using various social media and instant messaging platforms to deliver malware.
First discovered in 2022, Godfather — which can record screens and keystrokes, intercepts 2FA calls and texts, initiates bank transfers, and more — has quickly become one of the most widespread malware-as-a-service offerings in cybercrime.
Three of the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to send malicious data, intercept credentials sent in clear text, and potentially compromise the entire Fibre Channel infrastructure.
Researchers discovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that is using compromised email accounts and Autodesk's file sharing platform to steal Microsoft login credentials from victims.
The round was led by existing investor General Atlantic, with participation from other major investors StepStone Group and the D. E. Shaw group. The company intends to use the funds to drive product innovation and accelerate its global expansion.
Researchers have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million connections from unique IP addresses.
The malware is delivered through a fake Google Chrome update that is shown while using the web browser. Brokewell is under active development and features a mix of extensive device takeover and remote control capabilities.
Whitepaper called The not-so-silent type - Vulnerabilities across keyboard apps reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6754-1 - It was discovered that nghttp2 incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nghttp2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It was discovered that show more ...
Ubuntu Security Notice 6753-1 - Thomas Neil James Shadwell discovered that CryptoJS was using an insecure cryptographic default configuration. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5674-1 - It was discovered that PDNS Recursor, a resolving name server, was susceptible to denial of service if recursive forwarding is configured.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6751-1 - It was discovered that Zabbix incorrectly handled input data in the discovery and graphs pages. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to perform reflected cross-site scripting attacks.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6752-1 - It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2066-03 - An update for buildah is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2064-03 - An update for buildah is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2063-03 - An update for yajl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include buffer overflow, integer overflow, and memory leak vulnerabilities.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2062-03 - An update is now available for Service Telemetry Framework 1.5.4 for RHEL 9. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1899-03 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.12.56 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1896-03 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.12.56 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements. Issues addressed include denial of service and traversal vulnerabilities.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1892-03 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.15.10 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1887-03 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.15.10 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
Threat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw in the WP‑Automatic plugin for WordPress that could allow site takeovers. The shortcoming, tracked as CVE-2024-27956, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10. It impacts all versions of the plugin prior to 3.9.2.0. "This vulnerability, a SQL injection (SQLi) flaw, poses a severe threat as
In today's digital world, where connectivity is rules all, endpoints serve as the gateway to a business’s digital kingdom. And because of this, endpoints are one of hackers' favorite targets. According to the IDC, 70% of successful breaches start at the endpoint. Unprotected endpoints provide vulnerable entry points to launch devastating cyberattacks. With IT
Fake browser updates are being used to push a previously undocumented Android malware called Brokewell. "Brokewell is a typical modern banking malware equipped with both data-stealing and remote-control capabilities built into the malware," Dutch security firm ThreatFabric said in an analysis published Thursday. The malware is said to be in active development,
Palo Alto Networks has shared remediation guidance for a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting PAN-OS that has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-3400 (CVSS score: 10.0), could be weaponized to obtain unauthenticated remote shell command execution on susceptible devices. It has been addressed in
Several security vulnerabilities disclosed in Brocade SANnav storage area network (SAN) management application could be exploited to compromise susceptible appliances. The 18 flaws impact all versions up to and including 2.3.0, according to independent security researcher Pierre Barre, who discovered and reported them. The issues range from incorrect firewall rules,
The investigation uncovered at least 40,000 phishing domains that were linked to LabHost and tricked victims into handing over their sensitive details
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Apr 25, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Lazarus Group employed its time-tested fabricated job lures to deliver a new remote access trojan called Kaolin RAT as part of attacks targeting specific individuals in the Asia show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Follow this real-life network attack simulation, covering 6 steps from Initial Access to Data Exfiltration. See how attackers remain undetected with the simplest tools and why you need multiple choke points in your defense strategy. Surprisingly, most network attacks are show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Apr 25, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the arrest of two co-founders of a cryptocurrency mixer called Samourai and seized the service for allegedly facilitating over $2 billion in illegal show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Apr 25, 2024NewsroomTechnology / Privacy Google has once again pushed its plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser as it works to address outstanding competition concerns from U.K. regulators over its Privacy Sandbox initiative. The show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Apr 25, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Zero-Day A new malware campaign leveraged two zero-day flaws in Cisco networking gear to deliver custom malware and facilitate covert data collection on target environments. Cisco Talos, which dubbed the activity ArcaneDoor, show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Apr 24, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Cyber Espionage The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned two firms and four individuals for their involvement in malicious cyber activities on behalf of the Iranian Islamic show more ...
Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Apr 24, 2024NewsroomMalware / Endpoint Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing attack campaign that’s leveraging phishing emails to deliver a malware called SSLoad. The campaign, codenamed FROZEN#SHADOW by Securonix, also involves the show more ...
Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for accepting a USD $1.7 million bribe to ignore the activities of a prolific Russian cybercrime group that hacked show more ...
