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Balancing agility and predictability to achieve major engineering breakthroughs

By Shailaja Shankar β€” March 27th 2024 at 12:00

In my last blog, I shared the progress we’re making toward building the Cisco Security Cloud, an open, integrated security platform capable of tackling the rigors of securing highly distributed, m… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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VMware Alert: Uninstall EAP Now - Critical Flaw Puts Active Directory at Risk

By Newsroom β€” February 21st 2024 at 05:34
VMware is urging users to uninstall the deprecated Enhanced Authentication Plugin (EAP) following the discovery of a critical security flaw. Tracked as CVE-2024-22245 (CVSS score: 9.6), the vulnerability has been described as an arbitrary authentication relay bug. "A malicious actor could trick a target domain user with EAP installed in their web browser into requesting and relaying
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Critical Flaws Found in ConnectWise ScreenConnect Software - Patch Now

By Newsroom β€” February 20th 2024 at 10:38
ConnectWise has released software updates to address two security flaws in its ScreenConnect remote desktop and access software, including a critical bug that could enable remote code execution on affected systems. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) - Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory aka "path traversal" CVE-2024-1709 (CVSS score:
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Ivanti Pulse Secure Found Using 11-Year-Old Linux Version and Outdated Libraries

By Newsroom β€” February 15th 2024 at 14:20
A reverse engineering of the firmware running on Ivanti Pulse Secure appliances has revealed numerous weaknesses, once again underscoring the challenge of securing software supply chains. Eclypsiusm, which acquired firmware version 9.1.18.2-24467.1 as part of the process, said the base operating system used by the Utah-based software company for the device is CentOS 6.4. "Pulse Secure runs an 11
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How Nation-State Actors Target Your Business: New Research Exposes Major SaaS Vulnerabilities

By The Hacker News β€” February 15th 2024 at 11:30
With many of the highly publicized 2023 cyber attacks revolving around one or more SaaS applications, SaaS has become a cause for genuine concern in many boardroom discussions. More so than ever, considering that GenAI applications are, in fact, SaaS applications. Wing Security (Wing), a SaaS security company, conducted an analysis of 493 SaaS-using companies in Q4 of 2023. Their study
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Critical Exchange Server Flaw (CVE-2024-21410) Under Active Exploitation

By Newsroom β€” February 15th 2024 at 05:19
Microsoft on Wednesday acknowledged that a newly disclosed critical security flaw in Exchange Server has been actively exploited in the wild, a day after it released fixes for the vulnerability as part of its Patch Tuesday updates. Tracked as CVE-2024-21410 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue has been described as a case of privilege escalation impacting the Exchange Server. "An attacker
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Ubuntu 'command-not-found' Tool Could Trick Users into Installing Rogue Packages

By Newsroom β€” February 14th 2024 at 13:26
Cybersecurity researchers have found that it's possible for threat actors to exploit a well-known utility called command-not-found to recommend their own rogue packages and compromise systems running Ubuntu operating system. "While 'command-not-found' serves as a convenient tool for suggesting installations for uninstalled commands, it can be inadvertently manipulated by attackers through the
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Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 73 Flaws, Including 2 Windows Zero-Days

By Newsroom β€” February 14th 2024 at 05:01
Microsoft has released patches to address 73 security flaws spanning its software lineup as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for February 2024, including two zero-days that have come under active exploitation. Of the 73 vulnerabilities, 5 are rated Critical, 65 are rated Important, and three and rated Moderate in severity. This is in addition to 24 flaws that have been fixed
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Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian Cybersecurity Incidents: What to Know

By The Hacker News β€” February 13th 2024 at 11:10
The Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian cybersecurity incidents raised alarms about the vulnerabilities inherent in major SaaS platforms. These incidents illustrate the stakes involved in SaaS breaches β€” safeguarding the integrity of SaaS apps and their sensitive data is critical but is not easy. Common threat vectors such as sophisticated spear-phishing, misconfigurations and
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Alert: CISA Warns of Active 'Roundcube' Email Attacks - Patch Now

By Newsroom β€” February 13th 2024 at 04:51
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Roundcube email software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-43770 (CVSS score: 6.1), relates to a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw that stems from the handling of
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CISA and OpenSSF Release Framework for Package Repository Security

By The Hacker News β€” February 12th 2024 at 10:41
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that it's partnering with the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Securing Software Repositories Working Group to publish a new framework to secure package repositories. Called the Principles for Package Repository Security, the framework aims to establish a set of foundational rules for package
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Alert: New Stealthy "RustDoor" Backdoor Targeting Apple macOS Devices

By Newsroom β€” February 10th 2024 at 07:12
Apple macOS users are the target of a new Rust-based backdoor that has been operating under the radar since November 2023. The backdoor, codenamed RustDoor by Bitdefender, has been found to impersonate an update for Microsoft Visual Studio and target both Intel and Arm architectures. The exact initial access pathway used to propagate the implant is currently not known, although
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Critical Patches Released for New Flaws in Cisco, Fortinet, VMware Products

By Newsroom β€” February 8th 2024 at 05:10
Cisco, Fortinet, and VMware have released security fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities, including critical weaknesses that could be exploited to perform arbitrary actions on affected devices. The first set from Cisco consists of three flaws – CVE-2024-20252 and CVE-2024-20254 (CVSS score: 9.6) and CVE-2024-20255 (CVSS score: 8.2) – impacting Cisco Expressway Series that could allow an
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Critical Boot Loader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros

By Newsroom β€” February 7th 2024 at 13:33
The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could pave the way for remote code execution under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2023-40547 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability could be exploited to achieve a Secure Boot bypass. Bill Demirkapi of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) has been&
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Critical JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises Flaw Exposes Servers to Takeover - Patch Now

By Newsroom β€” February 7th 2024 at 05:05
JetBrains is alerting customers of a critical security flaw in its TeamCity On-Premises continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) software that could be exploited by threat actors to take over susceptible instances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23917, carries a CVSS rating of 9.8 out of 10, indicative of its severity. "The vulnerability may enable an unauthenticated
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AnyDesk Hacked: Popular Remote Desktop Software Mandates Password Reset

By Newsroom β€” February 3rd 2024 at 02:55
Remote desktop software maker AnyDesk disclosed on Friday that it suffered a cyber attack that led to a compromise of its production systems. The German company said the incident, which it discovered following a security audit, is not a ransomware attack and that it has notified relevant authorities. "We have revoked all security-related certificates and systems have been remediated or replaced
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RunC Flaws Enable Container Escapes, Granting Attackers Host Access

By Newsroom β€” January 31st 2024 at 20:00
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the runC command line tool that could be exploited by threat actors to escape the bounds of the container and stage follow-on attacks. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-21626, CVE-2024-23651, CVE-2024-23652, and CVE-2024-23653, have been collectively dubbed Leaky Vessels by cybersecurity vendor Snyk. "These container
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Alert: Ivanti Discloses 2 New Zero-Day Flaws, One Under Active Exploitation

By Newsroom β€” January 31st 2024 at 13:38
Ivanti is alerting of two new high-severity flaws in its Connect Secure and Policy Secure products, one of which is said to have come under targeted exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2024-21888 (CVSS score: 8.8) - A privilege escalation vulnerability in the web component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows
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The SEC Won't Let CISOs Be: Understanding New SaaS Cybersecurity Rules

By The Hacker News β€” January 31st 2024 at 11:00
The SEC isn’t giving SaaS a free pass. Applicable public companies, known as β€œregistrants,” are now subject to cyber incident disclosure and cybersecurity readiness requirements for data stored in SaaS systems, along with the 3rd and 4th party apps connected to them.  The new cybersecurity mandates make no distinction between data exposed in a breach that was stored on-premise, in the
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New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros

By Newsroom β€” January 31st 2024 at 05:44
Malicious local attackers can obtain full root access on Linux machines by taking advantage of a newly disclosed security flaw in the GNU C library (aka glibc). Tracked as CVE-2023-6246 (CVSS score: 7.8), the heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability is rooted in glibc's __vsyslog_internal() function, which is used by syslog() and vsyslog() for system logging purposes. It's said to have
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URGENT: Upgrade GitLab - Critical Workspace Creation Flaw Allows File Overwrite

By Newsroom β€” January 30th 2024 at 16:18
GitLab once again released fixes to address a critical security flaw in its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) that could be exploited to write arbitrary files while creating a workspace. Tracked as CVE-2024-0402, the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10. "An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.0 prior to
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Juniper Networks Releases Urgent Junos OS Updates for High-Severity Flaws

By Newsroom β€” January 30th 2024 at 05:01
Juniper Networks has released out-of-band updates to address high-severity flaws in SRX Series and EX Series that could be exploited by a threat actor to take control of susceptible systems. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-21619 and CVE-2024-21620, are rooted in the J-Web component and impact all versions of Junos OS. Two other shortcomings, CVE-2023-36846 and CVE-2023-
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AllaKore RAT Malware Targeting Mexican Firms with Financial Fraud Tricks

By Newsroom β€” January 27th 2024 at 06:55
Mexican financial institutions are under the radar of a new spear-phishing campaign that delivers a modified version of an open-source remote access trojan called AllaKore RAT. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team attributed the activity to an unknown Latin America-based financially motivated threat actor. The campaign has been active since at least 2021. "Lures use Mexican Social
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Russian TrickBot Mastermind Gets 5-Year Prison Sentence for Cybercrime Spree

By Newsroom β€” January 26th 2024 at 05:33
40-year-old Russian national Vladimir Dunaev has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for his role in creating and distributing the TrickBot malware, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. The development comes nearly two months after Dunaev pleaded guilty to committing computer fraud and identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. "
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Critical Jenkins Vulnerability Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks - Patch ASAP!

By Newsroom β€” January 25th 2024 at 11:57
The maintainers of the open-source continuous integration/continuous delivery and deployment (CI/CD) automation software Jenkins have resolved nine security flaws, including a critical bug that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution (RCE). The issue, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-23897, has been described as an arbitrary file read vulnerability through the
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China-backed Hackers Hijack Software Updates to Implant "NSPX30" Spyware

By Newsroom β€” January 25th 2024 at 10:08
A previously undocumented China-aligned threat actor has been linked to a set of adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks that hijack update requests from legitimate software to deliver a sophisticated implant named NSPX30. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET is tracking the advanced persistent threat (APT) group under the name Blackwood. It's said to be active since at least 2018. The NSPX30
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The Unknown Risks of The Software Supply Chain: A Deep-Dive

By The Hacker News β€” January 24th 2024 at 09:01
In a world where more & more organizations are adopting open-source components as foundational blocks in their application's infrastructure, it's difficult to consider traditional SCAs as complete protection mechanisms against open-source threats. Using open-source libraries saves tons of coding and debugging time, and by that - shortens the time to deliver our applications. But, as
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Patch Your GoAnywhere MFT Immediately - Critical Flaw Lets Anyone Be Admin

By Newsroom β€” January 24th 2024 at 05:32
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Fortra's GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) software that could be abused to create a new administrator user. Tracked as CVE-2024-0204, the issue carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10. "Authentication bypass in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to 7.4.1 allows an unauthorized user to create an admin user via the administration portal," Fortra&
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MavenGate Attack Could Let Hackers Hijack Java and Android via Abandoned Libraries

By Newsroom β€” January 22nd 2024 at 16:35
Several public and popular libraries abandoned but still used in Java and Android applications have been found susceptible to a new software supply chain attack method called MavenGate. "Access to projects can be hijacked through domain name purchases and since most default build configurations are vulnerable, it would be difficult or even impossible to know whether an attack was being performed
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Experts Warn of macOS Backdoor Hidden in Pirated Versions of Popular Software

By Newsroom β€” January 19th 2024 at 12:48
Pirated applications targeting Apple macOS users have been observed containing a backdoor capable of granting attackers remote control to infected machines. "These applications are being hosted on Chinese pirating websites in order to gain victims," Jamf Threat Labs researchers Ferdous Saljooki and Jaron Bradley said. "Once detonated, the malware will download and execute multiple payloads
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TensorFlow CI/CD Flaw Exposed Supply Chain to Poisoning Attacks

By Newsroom β€” January 18th 2024 at 12:34
Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) misconfigurations discovered in the open-source TensorFlow machine learning framework could have been exploited to orchestrate supply chain attacks. The misconfigurations could be abused by an attacker to "conduct a supply chain compromise of TensorFlow releases on GitHub and PyPi by compromising TensorFlow's build agents via
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PixieFail UEFI Flaws Expose Millions of Computers to RCE, DoS, and Data Theft

By Newsroom β€” January 18th 2024 at 09:19
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the TCP/IP network protocol stack of an open-source reference implementation of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification used widely in modern computers. Collectively dubbed PixieFail by Quarkslab, the nine issues reside in the TianoCore EFI Development Kit II (EDK II) and could be exploited to
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Nation-State Actors Weaponize Ivanti VPN Zero-Days, Deploying 5 Malware Families

By Newsroom β€” January 12th 2024 at 13:53
As many as five different malware families were deployed by suspected nation-state actors as part of post-exploitation activities leveraging two zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN appliances since early December 2023. "These families allow the threat actors to circumvent authentication and provide backdoor access to these devices," Mandiant said in an
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Urgent: GitLab Releases Patch for Critical Vulnerabilities - Update ASAP

By Newsroom β€” January 12th 2024 at 13:03
GitLab has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities, including one that could be exploited to take over accounts without requiring any user interaction. Tracked as CVE-2023-7028, the flaw has been awarded the maximum severity of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system and could facilitate account takeover by sending password reset emails to an unverified email address. The
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Cisco Fixes High-Risk Vulnerability Impacting Unity Connection Software

By Newsroom β€” January 11th 2024 at 04:55
Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Unity Connection that could permit an adversary to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying system. Tracked as CVE-2024-20272 (CVSS score: 7.3), the vulnerability is an arbitrary file upload bug residing in the web-based management interface and is the result of a lack of authentication in a specific
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FTC Bans Outlogic (X-Mode) From Selling Sensitive Location Data

By Newsroom β€” January 10th 2024 at 08:47
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday prohibited data broker Outlogic, which was previously known as X-Mode Social, from sharing or selling any sensitive location data with third-parties. The ban is part of a settlement over allegations that the company "sold precise location data that could be used to track people's visits to sensitive locations such as medical and
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Microsoft's January 2024 Windows Update Patches 48 New Vulnerabilities

By Newsroom β€” January 10th 2024 at 05:26
Microsoft has addressed a total of 48 security flaws spanning its software as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for January 2024. Of the 48 bugs, two are rated Critical and 46 are rated Important in severity. There is no evidence that any of the issues are publicly known or under active attack at the time of release, making it the second consecutive Patch Tuesday with no zero-days. The
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Why Public Links Expose Your SaaS Attack Surface

By The Hacker News β€” January 9th 2024 at 11:27
Collaboration is a powerful selling point for SaaS applications. Microsoft, Github, Miro, and others promote the collaborative nature of their software applications that allows users to do more. Links to files, repositories, and boards can be shared with anyone, anywhere. This encourages teamwork that helps create stronger campaigns and projects by encouraging collaboration among employees
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Alert: New Vulnerabilities Discovered in QNAP and Kyocera Device Manager

By Newsroom β€” January 9th 2024 at 09:52
A security flaw has been disclosed in Kyocera’s Device Manager product that could be exploited by bad actors to carry out malicious activities on affected systems. "This vulnerability allows attackers to coerce authentication attempts to their own resources, such as a malicious SMB share, to capture or relay Active Directory hashed credentials if the β€˜Restrict NTLM: Outgoing NTLM
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Three Ways To Supercharge Your Software Supply Chain Security

By The Hacker News β€” January 4th 2024 at 12:13
Section four of the "Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity" introduced a lot of people in tech to the concept of a β€œSoftware Supply Chain” and securing it. If you make software and ever hope to sell it to one or more federal agencies, you have to pay attention to this. Even if you never plan to sell to a government, understanding your Software Supply Chain and
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UAC-0050 Group Using New Phishing Tactics to Distribute Remcos RAT

By Newsroom β€” January 4th 2024 at 08:55
The threat actor known as UAC-0050 is leveraging phishing attacks to distribute Remcos RAT using new strategies to evade detection from security software. "The group's weapon of choice is Remcos RAT, a notorious malware for remote surveillance and control, which has been at the forefront of its espionage arsenal," Uptycs security researchers Karthickkumar Kathiresan and Shilpesh Trivedi 
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Urgent: New Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild - Update ASAP

By Newsroom β€” December 21st 2023 at 03:41
Google has rolled out security updates for the Chrome web browser to address a high-severity zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-7024, has been described as a heap-based buffer overflow bug in the WebRTC framework that could be exploited to result in program crashes or arbitrary code execution. ClΓ©ment
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Hackers Abusing GitHub to Evade Detection and Control Compromised Hosts

By The Hacker News β€” December 19th 2023 at 13:30
Threat actors are increasingly making use of GitHub for malicious purposes through novel methods, including abusing secret Gists and issuing malicious commands via git commit messages. "Malware authors occasionally place their samples in services like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Discord to host second stage malware and sidestep detection tools," ReversingLabs researcher Karlo Zanki&nbsp
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Top 7 Trends Shaping SaaS Security in 2024

By The Hacker News β€” December 18th 2023 at 14:40
Over the past few years, SaaS has developed into the backbone of corporate IT. Service businesses, such as medical practices, law firms, and financial services firms, are almost entirely SaaS based. Non-service businesses, including manufacturers and retailers, have about 70% of their software in the cloud.  These applications contain a wealth of data, from minimally sensitive general
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CISA Urges Manufacturers Eliminate Default Passwords to Thwart Cyber Threats

By Newsroom β€” December 18th 2023 at 05:41
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging manufacturers to get rid of default passwords on internet-exposed systems altogether, citing severe risks that could be exploited by malicious actors to gain initial access to, and move laterally within, organizations. In an alert published last week, the agency called out Iranian threat actors affiliated with
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Crypto Hardware Wallet Ledger's Supply Chain Breach Results in $600,000 Theft

By Newsroom β€” December 15th 2023 at 13:01
Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger published a new version of its "@ledgerhq/connect-kit" npm module after unidentified threat actors pushed malicious code that led to the theft of more than $600,000 in virtual assets. The compromise was the result of a former employee falling victim to a phishing attack, the company said in a statement. This allowed the attackers to gain
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New Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered in pfSense Firewall Software - Patch Now

By Newsroom β€” December 15th 2023 at 11:02
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the open-source Netgate pfSense firewall solution called pfSense that could be chained by an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on susceptible appliances. The issues relate to two reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs and one command injection flaw, according to new findings from Sonar. "Security inside a local network is often
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116 Malware Packages Found on PyPI Repository Infecting Windows and Linux Systems

By Newsroom β€” December 14th 2023 at 15:26
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a set of 116 malicious packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to infect Windows and Linux systems with a custom backdoor. "In some cases, the final payload is a variant of the infamous W4SP Stealer, or a simple clipboard monitor to steal cryptocurrency, or both," ESET researchers Marc-Etienne M.LΓ©veillΓ© and Rene
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BazaCall Phishing Scammers Now Leveraging Google Forms for Deception

By Newsroom β€” December 13th 2023 at 15:22
The threat actors behind the BazaCall call back phishing attacks have been observed leveraging Google Forms to lend the scheme a veneer of credibility. The method is an "attempt to elevate the perceived authenticity of the initial malicious emails," cybersecurity firm Abnormal Security said in a report published today. BazaCall (aka BazarCall), which was first
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Apple Releases Security Updates to Patch Critical iOS and macOS Security Flaws

By Newsroom β€” December 12th 2023 at 06:44
Apple on Monday released security patches for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser to address multiple security flaws, in addition to backporting fixes for two recently disclosed zero-days to older devices. This includes updates for 12 security vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS spanning AVEVideoEncoder, ExtensionKit, Find My, ImageIO, Kernel, Safari
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New Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Apache Struts 2 - Patch Now

By Newsroom β€” December 12th 2023 at 05:23
Apache has released a security advisory warning of a critical security flaw in the Struts 2 open-source web application framework that could result in remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2023-50164, the vulnerability is rooted in a flawed "file upload logic" that could enable unauthorized path traversal and could be exploited under the circumstances to upload a malicious file
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New 5G Modem Flaws Affect iOS Devices and Android Models from Major Brands

By Newsroom β€” December 8th 2023 at 17:22
A collection of security flaws in the firmware implementation of 5G mobile network modems from major chipset vendors such as MediaTek and Qualcomm impact USB and IoT modems as well as hundreds of smartphone models running Android and iOS. Of the 14 flaws – collectively called 5Ghoul (a combination of "5G" and "Ghoul") – 10 affect 5G modems from the two companies, out of which three
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Mac Users Beware: New Trojan-Proxy Malware Spreading via Pirated Software

By Newsroom β€” December 8th 2023 at 09:52
Unauthorized websites distributing trojanized versions of cracked software have been found to infect Apple macOS users with a new Trojan-Proxy malware. "Attackers can use this type of malware to gain money by building a proxy server network or to perform criminal acts on behalf of the victim: to launch attacks on websites, companies and individuals, buy guns, drugs, and other illicit
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Atlassian Releases Critical Software Fixes to Prevent Remote Code Execution

By Newsroom β€” December 6th 2023 at 09:18
Atlassian has released software fixes to address four critical flaws in its software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is below - CVE-2022-1471 (CVSS score: 9.8) - Deserialization vulnerability in SnakeYAML library that can lead to remote code execution in multiple products CVE-2023-22522 (CVSS score
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15,000 Go Module Repositories on GitHub Vulnerable to Repojacking Attack

By Newsroom β€” December 5th 2023 at 10:14
New research has found that over 15,000 Go module repositories on GitHub are vulnerable to an attack called repojacking. "More than 9,000 repositories are vulnerable to repojacking due to GitHub username changes," Jacob Baines, chief technology officer at VulnCheck, said in a report shared with The Hacker News. "More than 6,000 repositories were vulnerable to repojacking due to account
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Zero-Day Alert: Apple Rolls Out iOS, macOS, and Safari Patches for 2 Actively Exploited Flaws

By Newsroom β€” December 1st 2023 at 04:25
Apple has released software updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web browser to address two security flaws that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild on older versions of its software. The vulnerabilities, both of which reside in the WebKit web browser engine, are described below - CVE-2023-42916 - An out-of-bounds read issue that could be exploited to
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This Free Solution Provides Essential Third-Party Risk Management for SaaS

By The Hacker News β€” November 30th 2023 at 11:55
Wing Security recently announced that basic third-party risk assessment is now available as a free product. But it raises the questions of how SaaS is connected to third-party risk management (TPRM) and what companies should do to ensure a proper SaaS-TPRM process is in place. In this article we will share 5 tips to manage the third-party risks associated with SaaS, but first...  What
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Warning: 3 Critical Vulnerabilities Expose ownCloud Users to Data Breaches

By Newsroom β€” November 25th 2023 at 04:00
The maintainers of the open-source file-sharing software ownCloud have warned of three critical security flaws that could be exploited to disclose sensitive information and modify files. A brief description of the vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2023-49103 (CVSS score: 10.0) - Disclosure of sensitive credentials and configuration in containerized deployments impacting graphapi versions from
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27 Malicious PyPI Packages with Thousands of Downloads Found Targeting IT Experts

By Newsroom β€” November 17th 2023 at 09:56
An unknown threat actor has been observed publishing typosquat packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository for nearly six months with an aim to deliver malware capable of gaining persistence, stealing sensitive data, and accessing cryptocurrency wallets for financial gain. The 27 packages, which masqueraded as popular legitimate Python libraries, attracted thousands of downloads,
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Zero-Day Flaw in Zimbra Email Software Exploited by Four Hacker Groups

By Newsroom β€” November 16th 2023 at 16:09
A zero-day flaw in the Zimbra Collaboration email software was exploited by four different groups in real-world attacks to pilfer email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. "Most of this activity occurred after the initial fix became public on GitHub," Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG)Β saidΒ in a report shared with The Hacker News. The flaw, tracked asΒ CVE-2023-37580Β (CVSS score:
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