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What to do in the age of the critical breach

Why the triple threat of ransomware, data breaches, and extortion is a cybersecurity crisis

Webinar The UK government could be forgiven for wanting to forget March 2024 ever happened.…

  • April 25th 2024 at 09:16

Indian bank’s IT is so shabby it’s been banned from opening new accounts

After two years of warnings, and outages, regulators ran out of patience with Kotak Mahindra Bank

India’s central bank has banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from signing up new customers for accounts or credit cards through its online presence and app.…

  • April 25th 2024 at 06:29

Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors

And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks

The director general of Australia’s lead intelligence agency and the commissioner of its Federal Police yesterday both called for social networks to offer more assistance to help their investigators work on cases involving terrorism, child exploitation, and racist nationalism.…

  • April 25th 2024 at 00:29

Governments issue alerts after 'sophisticated' state-backed actor found exploiting flaws in Cisco security boxes

Don't get too comfortable: 'Line Dancer' malware may be targeting other vendors, too

A previously unknown and "sophisticated" nation-state group compromised Cisco firewalls as early as November 2023 for espionage purposes — and possibly attacked network devices made by other vendors including Microsoft, according to warnings from the networking giant and three Western governments.…

  • April 24th 2024 at 23:11

Defense in depth -- the Microsoft way (part 87): shipping more rotten software to billions of unsuspecting customers

Posted by Stefan Kanthak on Apr 24

Hi @ll,

this post is a continuation of
<https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/17> and
<https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Oct/17>

With the release of .NET Framework 4.8 in April 2019, Microsoft updated
the following paragraph of the MSDN article "What's new in .NET Framework"
<https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171868.aspx>

| Starting with .NET Framework 4.5, the clrcompression.dll assembly...
  • April 24th 2024 at 18:44

Response to CVE-2023-26756 - Revive Adserver

Posted by Matteo Beccati on Apr 24

CVE-2023-26756 has been recently filed against the Revive Adserver project.

The action was taken without first contacting us, and it did not follow
the security process that is thoroughly documented on our website. The
project team has been given no notice before or after the disclosure.

Our team has been made aware of this report by a community member via a
GitHub issue. All of this resulted in an inability for us to produce an
appropriate...
  • April 24th 2024 at 18:43

'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks

By Andy Greenberg
Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.

5 Best VPN Services (2024): For Routers, PC, iPhone, Android, and More

By Scott Gilbertson
It won’t solve all of your privacy problems, but a virtual private network can make you a less tempting target for hackers.

What makes Starmus unique? Q&A with award-winning filmmaker Todd Miller

The director of the Apollo 11 movie shares his views about the role of technology in addressing pressing global challenges, as well as why he became involved with Starmus
  • April 24th 2024 at 09:02

How technology drives progress: Q&A with Nobel laureate Michel Mayor

We spoke to Michel Mayor about the importance of public engagement with science and how to foster responsibility among the youth for the preservation of our changing planet
  • April 23rd 2024 at 13:33

The vision behind Starmus: Q&A with the festival’s co-founder Garik Israelian

Dr. Israelian talks about Starmus's vision and mission, the importance of inspiring and engaging audiences, and a sense of community within the Starmus universe
  • April 23rd 2024 at 09:36

DOJ Arrests Founders of Crypto Mixer Samourai for $2 Billion in Illegal Transactions

By Newsroom
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 transactions and for laundering more than $100 million in criminal proceeds. To that end, Keonne Rodriguez, 35, and William Lonergan Hill, 65, have been charged
  • April 25th 2024 at 10:21

Google Postpones Third-Party Cookie Deprecation Amid U.K. Regulatory Scrutiny

By Newsroom
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 tech giant said it's working closely with the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and hopes to achieve an agreement by the end of the year. As part of the
  • April 25th 2024 at 06:37

State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit Two Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerabilities for Espionage

By Newsroom
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, attributed it as the handiwork of a previously undocumented sophisticated state-sponsored actor it tracks under the name UAT4356 (aka Storm-1849 by Microsoft). "UAT4356
  • April 25th 2024 at 05:50

Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking

Doctorow: 'The most amazing part is that this isn't already the way it's done'

Collaboration software used by federal government agencies — this includes apps from Microsoft, Zoom, Slack, and Google — will be required to work together and be securely end-to-end encrypted, if legislation proposed by US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) passes.…

  • April 24th 2024 at 19:43

Microsoft cannot keep its own security in order, so what hope for its add-ons customers?

Secure-by-default... if your pockets are deep enough

Microsoft has come under fire for charging for security add-ons despite the company's own patchy record when it comes to vulnerabilities and breaches.…

  • April 24th 2024 at 17:15

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6747-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6747-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. Bartek Nowotarski discovered that Firefox did not properly limit HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:20

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6748-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6748-1 - It was discovered that Sanitize incorrectly handled noscript elements under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It was discovered that Sanitize incorrectly handled style elements under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting attack.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:20

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6742-2

Ubuntu Security Notice 6742-2 - Daniele Antonioli discovered that the Secure Simple Pairing and Secure Connections pairing in the Bluetooth protocol could allow an unauthenticated user to complete authentication without pairing credentials. A physically proximate attacker placed between two Bluetooth devices could use this to subsequently impersonate one of the paired devices. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:19

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2033-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2033-03 - An update for libreswan is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2006-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2006-03 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include null pointer and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:02

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2007-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2007-03 - An update for pcs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:02

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2008-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2008-03 - An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include null pointer and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:02

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2010-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2010-03 - An update is now available for Red Hat Satellite 6.15. The release contains a new version of Satellite and important security fixes for various components. Issues addressed include HTTP request smuggling, crlf injection, denial of service, file disclosure, and traversal vulnerabilities.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:02

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2011-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2011-03 - Updated Satellite Client packages that fixes Important security bugs and regular bugs are now available for Red Hat Satellite. Issues addressed include a buffer overflow vulnerability.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:02

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2005-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2005-03 - An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include an information leakage vulnerability.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:02

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1998-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1998-03 - An update for libreswan is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1999-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1999-03 - An update for postgresql-jdbc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2002-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2002-03 - An update for grub2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Issues addressed include buffer overflow and bypass vulnerabilities.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2003-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2003-03 - An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Issues addressed include null pointer and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2004-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2004-03 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Issues addressed include null pointer and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1997-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1997-03 - An update for gnutls is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include an information leakage vulnerability.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:01

Management company settles for $18.4M after nuclear weapons plant staff fudged their timesheets

The firm 'fessed up to staff misconduct and avoided criminal liability

A company contracted to manage an Amarillo, Texas nuclear weapons facility has to pay US government $18.4 million in a settlement over allegations that its atomic technicians fudged their timesheets to collect more money from Uncle Sam.…

  • April 24th 2024 at 15:00

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1982-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1982-03 - An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:00

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1989-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1989-03 - An update for less is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:00

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1992-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1992-03 - An update for opencryptoki is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:00

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1994-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1994-03 - An update for the container-tools:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.
  • April 24th 2024 at 15:00

Google cools on cookie phase-out while regulators chew on plans

Privacy Sandbox slips into 2025 after challenges from UK authorities

Google's plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is being postponed to 2025 amid wrangling with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).…

  • April 24th 2024 at 14:31

US charges Iranians with cyber snooping on government, companies

Their holiday options are now far more restricted

The US has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their alleged roles in various attacks on US companies and government departments, all of whom are claimed to have worked for fake companies linked to Iran's military.…

  • April 24th 2024 at 14:01

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms and Individuals Tied to Cyber Attacks

By Newsroom
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 Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC) from at least 2016 to April 2021. This includes the front companies Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik (MASN) and Dadeh
  • April 24th 2024 at 13:43

Researchers Detail Multistage Attack Hijacking Systems with SSLoad, Cobalt Strike

By Newsroom
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 deployment of Cobalt Strike and the ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote desktop software. "SSLoad is designed to stealthily infiltrate systems, gather sensitive
  • April 24th 2024 at 13:36

ShotSpotter Keeps Listening for Gunfire After Contracts Expire

By Max Blaisdell, Jim Daley
Internal emails suggest that the company continued to provide gunshot data to police in cities where its contracts had been canceled.

If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers?

One wonders why are there adverts on public-sector portals at all

Exclusive At least 18 public-sector websites in the UK and US send visitor data in some form to various web advertising brokers – including an ad-tech biz in China involved in past privacy controversies, a security firm claims.…

  • April 24th 2024 at 07:29

Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of Over 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users

By Newsroom
Security vulnerabilities uncovered in cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps could be exploited to reveal users' keystrokes to nefarious actors. The findings come from the Citizen Lab, which discovered weaknesses in eight of nine apps from vendors like Baidu, Honor, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi. The only vendor whose keyboard app did not have any security
  • April 24th 2024 at 09:36

eScan Antivirus Update Mechanism Exploited to Spread Backdoors and Miners

By Newsroom
A new malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus software to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners like XMRig through a long-standing threat codenamed GuptiMiner targeting large corporate networks. Cybersecurity firm Avast said the activity is the work of a threat actor with possible connections to a North Korean hacking group dubbed 
  • April 24th 2024 at 07:02

CoralRaider Malware Campaign Exploits CDN Cache to Spread Info-Stealers

By Newsroom
A new ongoing malware campaign has been observed distributing three different stealers, such as CryptBot, LummaC2, and Rhadamanthys hosted on Content Delivery Network (CDN) cache domains since at least February 2024. Cisco Talos has attributed the activity with moderate confidence to a threat actor tracked as CoralRaider, a suspected Vietnamese-origin
  • April 24th 2024 at 04:50

Nmap Port Scanner 7.95

Nmap is a utility for port scanning large networks, although it works fine for single hosts. Sometimes you need speed, other times you may need stealth. In some cases, bypassing firewalls may be required. Not to mention the fact that you may want to scan different protocols (UDP, TCP, ICMP, etc.). Nmap supports Vanilla TCP connect() scanning, TCP SYN (half open) scanning, TCP FIN, Xmas, or NULL (stealth) scanning, TCP ftp proxy (bounce attack) scanning, SYN/FIN scanning using IP fragments (bypasses some packet filters), TCP ACK and Window scanning, UDP raw ICMP port unreachable scanning, ICMP scanning (ping-sweep), TCP Ping scanning, Direct (non portmapper) RPC scanning, Remote OS Identification by TCP/IP Fingerprinting, and Reverse-ident scanning. Nmap also supports a number of performance and reliability features such as dynamic delay time calculations, packet timeout and retransmission, parallel port scanning, detection of down hosts via parallel pings.
  • April 23rd 2024 at 16:11
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