SOCRadar announced the successful completion of its Series B funding round, raising $25.2 million. The round was led by PeakSpan Capital, with participation from Oxx, reflecting investor confidence in SOCRadar’s innovative approach to cybersecurity. External cybersecurity has rapidly escalated in…
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What happens when AI goes rogue (and how to stop it)
As AI gets closer to the ability to cause physical harm and impact the real world, “it’s complicated” is no longer a satisfying response This article has been indexed from WeLiveSecurity Read the original article: What happens when AI goes…
A consumer-grade spyware app found in check-in systems of 3 US hotels
A researcher discovered a consumer-grade spyware app on the check-in systems of at least three Wyndham hotels across the US. The security researcher Eric Daigle discovered a commercial spyware app, called pcTattletale, on the check-in systems of at least three…
Server-Side Credit Card Skimmer Lodged in Obscure Plugin
There are plenty of widely-used code snippet plugins available but in this case the attackers decided to use a very obscure plugin called Dessky Snippets, with only a few hundred active installations at the time of writing. This article has…
HHS pledges $50M for autonomous vulnerability management solution for hospitals
As organizations in the healthcare sector continue to be a prime target for ransomware gangs and CISA warns about a vulnerability (CVE-2023-43208) in a healthcare-specific platform being leveraged by attackers, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has announced…
Microsoft Replacing VBScript With JavaScript & PowerShell
Microsoft has shifted its scripting options for web development and task automation. The company is replacing VBScript with more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell to provide users with the most modern and efficient tools. This article explores what…
How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System can be abused to track people around the globe
SpaceX is smart on this, Cupertino and GL.iNet not so much In-depth Academics have suggested that Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) can be abused to create a global privacy nightmare.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Would you buy Pegasus spyware from this scammer?
You shouldn’t – Indian infosec researchers warn you’ll get random junk instead Indian infosec firm CloudSEK warned on Wednesday that scammers are selling counterfeit code advertised as the NSO Group’s notorious Pegasus spyware.… This article has been indexed from The…
The End of an Era: Microsoft Phases Out VBScript for JavaScript and PowerShell
Microsoft on Wednesday outlined its plans to deprecate Visual Basic Script (VBScript) in the second half of 2024 in favor of more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell. “Technology has advanced over the years, giving rise to more powerful…
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Rockwell Automation Urges Caution Regarding Industrial Control Systems Rockwell Automation, a leading provider of industrial control systems (ICS), has issued a cautionary advisory urging its customers to refrain from connecting their ICS to the internet. This proactive measure aims to…
Frida-JIT-unPacker: An Imperva Contribution to the Security Research Community, Presented at Black Hat Asia 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, the battle against malicious bots is a critical concern for web applications. These bots, in addition to their ability to circumvent application security measures, are usually protected with advanced source code protection to…
CISOs pursuing AI readiness should start by updating the org’s email security policy
Over the past few years, traditional phishing messages — with their pervasive linguistic errors, thinly-veiled malicious payloads, and often outlandish pretexts — have been on the decline. Easily detected by most of today’s standard email security tools (and thoroughly unconvincing…
Strategies for transitioning to a SASE architecture
In this Help Net Security, Prakash Mana, CEO at Cloudbrink, discusses the primary challenges companies face when transitioning to a SASE architecture and how to overcome them. What are companies’ primary challenges when transitioning to a SASE architecture, and how…
Ransomware fallout: 94% experience downtime, 40% face work stoppage
Within the last 12 months, 48% of organizations identified evidence of a successful breach within their environment, according to Arctic Wolf. To fully understand the gravity of this statistic, it is important to understand that, although 48% of these environments…
‘China-aligned’ spyware slingers operating since 2018 unmasked at last
Unfading Sea Haze adept at staying under the radar Bitdefender says it has tracked down and exposed an online gang that has been operating since 2018 nearly without a trace – and likely working for Chinese interests.… This article has…
Machine identities lack essential security controls, pose major threat
Siloed approaches to securing human and machine identities are driving identity-based attacks across enterprises and their ecosystems, according to CyberArk. The CyberArk 2024 Identity Security Threat Landscape Report was conducted across private and public sector organizations of 500 employees and…
2024 sees continued increase in ransomware activity
In this Help Net Security video, Ryan Bell, Threat Intelligence Manager at Corvus Insurance, discusses how ransomware will continue to grow in 2024. In January, Corvus reported that global ransomware attacks in 2023 set a record high, surpassing 2022 by…
The Crux of Android 14 Application Migration and Its Impact
Learn about changes impacting developers with Android 14 application migration, and challenges we encountered during the migration and testing of the Meraki Systems Manager application. This article has been indexed from Cisco Blogs Read the original article: The Crux of…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/8994, (Thu, May 23rd)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Thursday, May 23rd, 2024…
Human Error and AI Emerge as Key Challenges in Survey of CISOs
The 2024 Proofpoint “Voice of the CISO” report is a useful barometer for understanding the current cybersecurity landscape, providing valuable insights from 1,600 CISOs globally. This year’s findings reveal a complex picture where heightened concerns coexist with a growing sense…