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Firewall Bug Under Active Attack Triggers CISA WarningOn August 23, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy ThreatpostCategories: Vulnerabilities, Web Security CISA is warning that Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS is under active attack and needs to be patched ASAP.… Read more |
Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary TravelersOn August 22, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Nate NelsonCategories: Malware, Web Security Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the mise… Read more |
Google Patches Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day of the YearOn August 18, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Elizabeth MontalbanoCategories: Vulnerabilities, Web Security, Google Chrome, zero-day vulnerabilities An insufficient validation input flaw, one of 11 patched in an update this week, could allow for arb… Read more |
Phishers Swim Around 2FA in Coinbase Account HeistsOn August 8, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Elizabeth MontalbanoCategories: Hacks, Web Security Attackers are spoofing the widely used cryptocurrency exchange to trick users into logging in so the… Read more |
Open Redirect Flaw Snags Amex, Snapchat User DataOn August 5, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Elizabeth MontalbanoCategories: Hacks, Vulnerabilities, Web Security Separate phishing campaigns targeting thousands of victims impersonate FedEx and Microsoft, among ot… Read more |
Universities Put Email Users at Cyber RiskOn August 2, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Elizabeth MontalbanoCategories: Vulnerabilities, Web Security DMARC analysis by Proofpoint shows that institutions in the U.S. have among some of the poorest prot… Read more |
Threat Actors Pivot Around Microsoft’s Macro-Blocking in OfficeOn July 28, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Elizabeth MontalbanoCategories: Hacks, Malware, Web Security Cybercriminals turn to container files and other tactics to get around the company’s attempt to thwa… Read more |
IoT Botnets Fuel DDoS Attacks – Are You Prepared?On July 26, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Sponsored ContentCategories: Sponsored, Vulnerabilities, Web Security, indusface The increased proliferation of IoT devices paved the way for the rise of IoT botnets that amplifies… Read more |
Magecart Serves Up Card Skimmers on Restaurant-Ordering SystemsOn July 20, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Elizabeth MontalbanoCategories: Hacks, Malware, Web Security 300 restaurants and at least 50,000 payment cards compromised by two separate campaigns against Menu… Read more |
Authentication Risks Discovered in Okta PlatformOn July 19, 2022Source: Web Security – ThreatpostBy Nate NelsonCategories: Privacy, Web Security Four newly discovered attack paths could lead to PII exposure, account takeover, even organizational… Read more |
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Motherboard
Scientists Claim AI Breakthrough to Generate Boundless Clean Fusion EnergyOn February 21, 2024Source: VICE US - MotherboardBy Mirjam GuesgenCategories: Science, nuclear fusion, AI, Abstract Princeton researchers report that a new AI model has solved one of the major roadblocks to generatin… Read more |
How Starship Troopers’ Psychic Subplot Explains Its Divisive MessageOn February 20, 2024Source: VICE US - MotherboardBy Jordan PearsonCategories: Opinion, starship troopers, helldivers 2, Paul Verhoeven The internet is warring over Paul Verhoeven’s subversive 1997 sci-fi blockbuster, and one puzzling e… Read more |
First Prison Photo of Sam Bankman-Fried Emerges: Bearded, Thin, and ‘Weird as Shit’On February 20, 2024Source: VICE US - MotherboardBy Maxwell StrachanCategories: S.B.F., sam bankman-fried, ftx, alameda research, crypto Independent crypto journalist Tiffany Fong obtained the photo of the former FTX CEO from a former in… Read more |
X Suspends, Then Reinstates, Alexei Navalny’s Widow After Pledge to Continue Anti-Putin Politician’s WorkOn February 20, 2024Source: VICE US - MotherboardBy Jordan PearsonCategories: Tech news, Navalny, X, Twitter, Musk, Putin, Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya Yulia Navalnaya pledged to continue her late husband’s work to unseat Vladimir Putin in videos share… Read more |
Life in a ‘Death Trap’: How Tenants Rose Up Against a Federally Funded Mega-LandlordOn February 20, 2024Source: VICE US - MotherboardBy Roshan AbrahamCategories: housing, HUD, apartments, rentals, section 8 Years of living with rats, snakes, and rotted floorboards has led a group of tenants across the coun… Read more |
Data Breeches
Personal data of 2.7 million Pakistanis ‘stolen’ from government records; some NADRA staffers and officials suspendedOn March 28, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Government Sector, Non-U.S. EFE reports: An investigation has revealed that personal information of more than 2.7 million Pakist… Read more |
Grassley, Wyden Probe Data Breach that Exposed 1.5 Million Organ Transplant Patients’ Sensitive DataOn March 28, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Blog, Commentaries and Analyses, Exposure, Health Data, U.S. AJ Taylor reports: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are holding the United Netwo… Read more |
Too Speculative’: US Judge Throws Out Data Breach Suit Against Ally FinancialOn March 27, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Exposure, Financial Sector, U.S. Jane Wester reports: U.S. District Judge Nelson Román of the Southern District of New York on Monday… Read more |
Utah Enacts Amendments to State Breach Notification LawOn March 27, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Breach Laws, Legislation, Of Note, State/Local, U.S. Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 19, 2024, Utah’s Governor Spencer J. Cox signed Senate Bill (S… Read more |
System Status NoteOn March 26, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Uncategorized The RSS feed should be working again for those who are already subscribed to it or would like to sub… Read more |
Treasury Sanctions China-Linked Hackers for Targeting U.S. Critical InfrastructureOn March 26, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Federal, Hack, Legislation, Of Note, U.S., APT 31, critical infrastructure, OFAC WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctio… Read more |
Major credit bureau slapped with enforcement notice for data breach in South AfricaOn March 26, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Business Sector, Hack, Non-U.S. Jan Vermeulen reports: The Information Regulator has slapped credit bureau TransUnion with an enforc… Read more |
System Status NoteOn March 23, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Uncategorized On March 8, DataBreaches experienced a massive DDoS attack. At the time, I thought all posts had bee… Read more |
Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation breached, patient data involvedOn March 23, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Blog, Hack, Health Data, HIPAA, U.S. A new leaksite appeared this past week that appears to have been created for one particular incident… Read more |
OK: Emergency Medical Services Authority notifies patients of hacking incidentOn March 23, 2024Source: DataBreaches.netBy Dissent Doe PHDCategories: Hack, Health Data, U.S. Terré Gables of KFOR reports: Emergency Medical Services Authority (“EMSA”) says, it has identified… Read more |
Cyberscoop
Plan to resuscitate beleaguered vulnerability database draws criticismOn March 28, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy Tim StarksCategories: Cybersecurity, Technology, Threats, Cisco, Congress, CVE, known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV), Microsoft, National Vulnerability Database, NIST, software bill of materials, vulnerabilities, vulnerability disclosure The National Vulnerability Database has ceased some of its work, but some experts fear the formation… Read more |
CISA releases draft rule for cyber incident reportingOn March 27, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy Christian VasquezCategories: Government, Policy, critical infrastructure, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), incident reporting, Jen Easterly The proposal describes when critical infrastructure organizations will be required to report cyberse… Read more |
Treasury report calls out cyber risks to financial sector fueled by AIOn March 27, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy mbrackenCategories: AI, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Treasury Department The new report sounds the alarm on AI-specific cyber risks while highlighting best practices to comb… Read more |
Spyware and zero-day exploits increasingly go hand-in-hand, researchers findOn March 27, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy eliasgrollCategories: Cybersecurity, Privacy, Technology, Google, Mandiant, spyware, vulnerabilities Researchers found 97 zero-days exploited in the wild in 2023; nearly two thirds of mobile and browse… Read more |
Chinese hackers target family members to surveil hard targetsOn March 26, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy eliasgrollCategories: Cybersecurity, Geopolitics, APT31, China, Department of Justice (DOJ), hacking, Ministry of State Security, surveillance To surveil security conscious politicians and dissidents, hackers linked to Beijing are increasingly… Read more |
US and UK accuse China of cyber operations targeting domestic politicsOn March 25, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy AJ VicensCategories: Geopolitics, China, Treasury Department, sanctions, APT31, Department of Justice (DOJ), cyber espionage, Ministry of State Security Officials in Washington and London say hackers backed by the Chinese state sought to silence disside… Read more |
US must establish independent military cyber service to fix ‘alarming’ problems — reportOn March 25, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy Billy MitchellCategories: Government, Uncategorized A new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies aims to make the case for the creation o… Read more |
Top Democrat proposes minimum cybersecurity standards in wake of Change Healthcare attackOn March 22, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy AJ VicensCategories: Government, Ransomware, Change Healthcare, Ron Wyden, Sen. Mark Warner, UnitedHealth Group The new legislation from Sen. Mark Warner comes as health care groups say they would oppose such pro… Read more |
German political party targeted by SVR-linked group in spearphishing campaign, Mandiant saysOn March 22, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy djohnsonCategories: Geopolitics, Government, malware, Russia, Cozy Bear, germany, spearphishing, Mandiant, SVR The group may have been seeking insights on shifting European sentiments on Ukraine, threat analysts… Read more |
House-passed data privacy bill doesn’t thrill privacy groupsOn March 21, 2024Source: CyberScoopBy Tim StarksCategories: Government, Privacy, Center for Democracy & Technology, Privacy legislation, privacy law, TikTok, data brokers, Executive order, House Energy and Commerce Committee, China, Congress, Russia, Section 702, privacy A measure to address the sale of Americans’ data doesn’t go far enough to rein in the data broker in… Read more |
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The Hacker News
Linux Version of DinodasRAT Spotted in Cyber Attacks Across Several CountriesOn March 28, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByA Linux version of a multi-platform backdoor called DinodasRAT has been detected in the wi… Read more A Linux version of a multi-platform backdoor called DinodasRAT has been detected in the wild targeting China, Taiwan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan, new findings from Kaspersky reveal.
DinodasRAT, also known as XDealer, is a C++-based malware that offers the ability to harvest a wide range of sensitive data from compromised hosts.
In October 2023, Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET  |
Finland Blames Chinese Hacking Group APT31 for Parliament Cyber AttackOn March 28, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByThe Police of Finland (aka Poliisi) has formally accused a Chinese nation-state actor tracked as APT… Read more The Police of Finland (aka Poliisi) has formally accused a Chinese nation-state actor tracked as APT31 for orchestrating a cyber attack targeting the country's Parliament in 2020.
The intrusion, per the authorities, is said to have occurred between fall 2020 and early 2021. The agency described the ongoing criminal probe as both demanding and time-consuming, involving extensive analysis of a " |
New ZenHammer Attack Bypasses RowHammer Defenses on AMD CPUsOn March 28, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByCybersecurity researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new variant of the RowHammer DRAM (dynami… Read more Cybersecurity researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new variant of the RowHammer DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) attack that, for the first time, successfully works against AMD Zen 2 and Zen 3 systems despite mitigations such as Target Row Refresh (TRR).
"This result proves that AMD systems are equally vulnerable to Rowhammer as Intel systems, which greatly increases the attack |
New Webinar: Avoiding Application Security Blind Spots with OPSWAT and F5On March 28, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByConsidering the ever-changing state of cybersecurity, it's never too late to ask yourself, "am I doi… Read more Considering the ever-changing state of cybersecurity, it's never too late to ask yourself, "am I doing what's necessary to keep my organization's web applications secure?"
The continuous evolution of technology introduces new and increasingly sophisticated threats daily, posing challenges to organizations all over the world and across the broader spectrum of industries striving to maintain |
Behind the Scenes: The Art of Safeguarding Non-Human IdentitiesOn March 28, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByIn the whirlwind of modern software development, teams race against time, constantly pushing the bou… Read more In the whirlwind of modern software development, teams race against time, constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation and efficiency. This relentless pace is fueled by an evolving tech landscape, where SaaS domination, the proliferation of microservices, and the ubiquity of CI/CD pipelines are not just trends but the new norm.
Amidst this backdrop, a critical aspect subtly weaves into the |
Darcula Phishing Network Leveraging RCS and iMessage to Evade DetectionOn March 28, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByA sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Darcula has set its sights o… Read more A sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Darcula has set its sights on organizations in over 100 countries by leveraging a massive network of more than 20,000 counterfeit domains to help cyber criminals launch attacks at scale.
"Using iMessage and RCS rather than SMS to send text messages has the side effect of bypassing SMS firewalls, which is being used to great |
Telegram Offers Premium Subscription in Exchange for Using Your Number to Send OTPsOn March 28, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByIn June 2017, a study of more than 3,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) stude… Read more In June 2017, a study of more than 3,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students published by the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) found that 98% of them were willing to give away their friends' email addresses in exchange for free pizza.
"Whereas people say they care about privacy, they are willing to relinquish private data quite easily when |
Hackers Hit Indian Defense, Energy Sectors with Malware Posing as Air Force InviteOn March 27, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByIndian government entities and energy companies have been targeted by unknown threat actors with an… Read more Indian government entities and energy companies have been targeted by unknown threat actors with an aim to deliver a modified version of an open-source information stealer malware called HackBrowserData and exfiltrate sensitive information in some cases by using Slack as command-and-control (C2).
"The information stealer was delivered via a phishing email, masquerading as an invitation letter |
CISA Warns: Hackers Actively Attacking Microsoft SharePoint VulnerabilityOn March 27, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw… Read more The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw impacting Microsoft Sharepoint Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-24955 (CVSS score: 7.2), is a critical remote code execution flaw that allows an authenticated attacker with Site |
Microsoft Edge Bug Could Have Allowed Attackers to Silently Install Malicious ExtensionsOn March 27, 2024Source: The Hacker NewsByA now-patched security flaw in the Microsoft Edge web browser could have been abused to install arbi… Read more A now-patched security flaw in the Microsoft Edge web browser could have been abused to install arbitrary extensions on users' systems and carry out malicious actions.
"This flaw could have allowed an attacker to exploit a private API, initially intended for marketing purposes, to covertly install additional browser extensions with broad permissions without the user's knowledge," Guardio |