Happy Halloween! Security bugs under attack squashed, more flaws fixed Patch Tuesday Microsoft on Tuesday issued more than 100 security updates to fix flaws in its products, including two bugs that are already under active attack, as well as addressing…
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SBF on trial: The Python code that allegedly let Alameda hedge fund spend people’s FTX deposits
And Caroline Ellison says she was told by Bankman-Fried to take $10B from customer accounts At the fraud trial of former FTX head Sam Bankman-Fried, prosecutors presented the jury with Python code for the FTX backend that allowed flagged client…
HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’ zero-day exploited in biggest DDoS deluge seen yet
Botnet storm drowned last record with 398 million requests per second A zero-day vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol was exploited to launch the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on record, according to Cloudflare.… This article has been indexed from www.theregister.co.uk…
Mirai reloads exploit arsenal as botnet embarks on another expansion drive
With 13 new payloads it’s the biggest update to the botnet in months The infamous Mirai botnet was spotted by researchers who say it is spinning up again, this time with an “aggressively updated arsenal of exploits.”… This article has…
Researcher bags two-for-one deal on Linux bugs while probing GNOME component
One-click exploit could potentially affect most major distros Researchers discovered a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in an inherent component of GNOME-based Linux distros, potentially impacting a huge number of users.… This article has been indexed from www.theregister.co.uk Read…
Fresh curl tomorrow will patch ‘worst’ security flaw in ages
It’s bad, folks. Pair of CVEs incoming on October 11 Start your patch engines – a new version of curl is due tomorrow that addresses a pair of flaws, one of which lead developer Daniel Stenberg describes as “probably the…
Ransomware attacks register record speeds thanks to success of infosec industry
Dwell times drop to hours rather than days for the first time The time taken by cyber attackers between gaining an initial foothold in a victim’s environment and deploying ransomware has fallen to 24 hours, according to a study.… This…
Exercise Cyber Star tests Singapore response
How SANS is helping boost the island’s defenses against whole-of-nation cyber attacks Sponsored The cyber attack which culminated in the personal details of 1.5m patients being compromised after hackers broke into the databases of SingHealth in 2018 provides a stark…