A critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiProxy products tracked as CVE-2024-55591, has been actively exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to gain super-admin privileges. The flaw, which carries a CVSS score of 9.6, has raised significant concerns among…
74% of CISOs are increasing crisis simulation budgets
In the aftermath of 2024’s high-profile cybersecurity incidents, including NHS, CrowdStrike, 23andMe, Transport for London, and Cencora, CISOs are reassessing their organisation’s readiness to manage a potential “chaos” of a full-scale cyber crisis, according to Hack The Box. Many CISOs…
BloodyAD: Open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework
BloodyAD is an open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework that uses specialized LDAP calls to interact with domain controllers. It enables various privilege escalation techniques within Active Directory environments. Features “I created this tool because I do a lot of…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-01-28 06h : 2 posts
2 posts were published in the last hour 4:34 : Cybersecurity jobs available right now: January 28, 2025 4:34 : Apple Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Affecting iPhones, Macs, and More
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: January 28, 2025
Application Security Engineer Bumble | United Kingdom | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will design and implement security testing tools within CI/CD pipelines to detect vulnerabilities early without impacting development speed. Conduct risk assessments…
Apple Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Affecting iPhones, Macs, and More
Apple has released software updates to address several security flaws across its portfolio, including a zero-day vulnerability that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085, has been described as a use-after-free bug in the…
Microsoft Announces Phishing Attack Protection for Teams Chat Starting February 2025
Microsoft has unveiled a new security feature for its popular collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams, to combat phishing attacks through brand impersonation in external chats. The feature, which will alert users to potential impersonation risks during initial contact from external domains,…
Doxbin Scrape – 435,784 breached accounts
In January 2025, 435k email addresses were scraped from the "doxing" service Doxbin. Posts to the service are usually intended to disclose the personal information of non-consensually third parties. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested…
A Tumultuous Week for Federal Cybersecurity Efforts
President Trump last week issued a flurry of executive orders that upended a number of government initiatives focused on improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture. The president fired all advisors from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board, called…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9298, (Tue, Jan 28th)
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IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-01-28 03h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 1:9 : 2025-01-23: Fake installer leads to Koi Loader/Koi Stealer
2025-01-23: Fake installer leads to Koi Loader/Koi Stealer
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Subaru STARLINK Flaw Enabled Remote Tracking and Control of Vehicles
Subaru STARLINK flaw exposed a critical security vulnerability, enabling unauthorized access to vehicle tracking, remote control, and sensitive… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Tech, Crypto & Hacking News Read the original article: Subaru STARLINK Flaw…
U.S. Shuts Down Another N. Korean IT Worker Scam, Indicting 5
The DOJ, which has move aggressively over the past year to find and shut down North Korea’s numerous IT worker scams, indicts two U.S. citizens and three others for running a six-year operation the stole more than $866,000 from 10…
SonicWall says hackers are exploiting a new zero-day bug to breach customer networks
SonicWall said the bug is “confirmed as being actively exploited in the wild” by malicious hackers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article:…
Africa’s Payment Revolution: A Conversation With Flutterwave’s Olugbenga “GB” Agboola
Meta: “Our growth has been customer-defined,” said Flutterwave CEO and founder Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, “our expansion is always customer-driven.” The fintech startup Flutterwave has become a central force in Africa, spearheading its rapid propulsion into the digital economy. As one…
Passkeys are gaining popularity, but too much authentication is hard to manage
Keeper Security, the cybersecurity provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge Privileged Access Management (PAM) software protecting passwords, passkeys, privileged accounts, secrets and remote connections, announces the release of its latest Insight Report, “Navigating a Hybrid Authentication Landscape.” This report explores the…
DEF CON 32 – Simulating Attacks Against Hydroelectric Power Plants
Author/Presenter: Julia Dewitz-Würzelberger Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The…
BTS #44 – Network Appliances: A Growing Concern
In this episode, Paul Asadoorian and Chase Snyder discuss the latest security threats and vulnerabilities affecting network appliances, particularly focusing on Avanti and Fortinet platforms. They explore the increasing risks associated with these devices, the need for improved security standards,…
Announcing upcoming changes to the AWS Security Token Service global endpoint
AWS launched AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) in August 2011 with a single global endpoint (https://sts.amazonaws.com), hosted in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region. To reduce dependency on a single Region, STS launched AWS STS Regional endpoints (https://sts.{Region_identifier}.{partition_domain})…
In Gaming Item Scams and How to Avoid Them?
The popularity of the TF2 gaming and trading scene attracts scammers with phishing, fake trades, and malicious tools.… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Tech, Crypto & Hacking News Read the original article: In Gaming Item…
How to switch off Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to turn off and disable Apple Intelligence from your devices. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article:…
Apple fixed the first actively exploited zero-day of 2025
Apple addressed the first zero-day vulnerability of 2025, which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild aimed at iPhone users. Apple released security updates to address 2025’s first zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085, actively exploited in attacks targeting iPhone users.…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-01-28 00h : 3 posts
3 posts were published in the last hour 22:55 : IT Security News Daily Summary 2025-01-27 22:32 : DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China 22:32 : US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy…