We have officially entered the 12-month countdown to the enactment of the new Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The new version, 4.0, set to go into effect on April 1, 2024, contains some interesting and notable changes.…
Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Faronics Education Software
Faronics patches critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Insight education software. The post Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Faronics Education Software appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Read the original article: Critical…
HMRC in New Tax Credits Scam Warning
Claimants bombarded by phishing emails, phone calls and texts This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: HMRC in New Tax Credits Scam Warning
TechRepublic Premium editorial calendar: IT policies, checklists, toolkits and research for download
TechRepublic Premium content helps you solve your toughest IT issues and jump-start your career or next project. The post TechRepublic Premium editorial calendar: IT policies, checklists, toolkits and research for download appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has been indexed…
Amazon to Pay $31m After FTC’s Security and Privacy Allegations
Regulator’s proposed order to cover civil penalty and consumer refunds This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Amazon to Pay $31m After FTC’s Security and Privacy Allegations
Zyxel Customers Urged to Patch Exploited Bug
Vulnerability being “widely exploited” in Mirai-based botnet attacks This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Zyxel Customers Urged to Patch Exploited Bug
Widespread exploitation by botnet operators of Zyxel firewall flaw
Threat actors are actively exploiting a command injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-28771, in Zyxel firewalls to install malware. Threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28771, that impacts Zyxel firewalls. Their objective is to…
Champions League: How to stay safe while streaming matches
Jan,* an Avast threat researcher, is a huge football fan (soccer, to any Americans reading), and he’s always trying to find ways to stream games that are airing outside of his native Czech Republic. But during the first matches of…
N. Korean ScarCruft Hackers Exploit LNK Files to Spread RokRAT
Cybersecurity researchers have offered a closer look at the RokRAT remote access trojan that’s employed by the North Korean state-sponsored actor known as ScarCruft. “RokRAT is a sophisticated remote access trojan (RAT) that has been observed as a critical component within…
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Hackers Exploit Barracuda Zero-Day Flaw Since 2022 to Install Malware
This vulnerability exists due to improper processing, validation, and sanitization of the names of the files within the user-supplied .tar file. The post Hackers Exploit Barracuda Zero-Day Flaw Since 2022 to Install Malware appeared first on GBHackers – Latest Cyber…
Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine
Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick! America’s Federal Trade Commission has made Amazon a case study for every cautionary tale about how sloppily designed…
Navigating cybersecurity in the age of remote work
In this Help Net Security interview, Jay Chaudhry, CEO at Zscaler, talks about connecting and securing remote employees and their devices to access organizational resources from any location. He discusses the potential risks of remote VPN access, the increasing reliance…
Why organizations should adopt a cloud cybersecurity framework
The cloud is the future of enterprise architecture. It’s economical (to a degree), it’s scalable, it’s flexible and – best of all – it’s someone else’s responsibility. Again, to a point. That’s because the cloud comes with its own set…
Ukraine war blurs lines between cyber-crims and state-sponsored attackers
This RomCom is no laughing matter A change in the deployment of the RomCom malware strain has illustrated the blurring distinction between cyberattacks motivated by money and those fueled by geopolitics, in this case Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, according…
Cyber Attack on exams and its impact on ambulances
A cyber-attack has made the staff of Idaho Falls Community Hospitals to divert emergency ambulances elsewhere as it is struggling to mitigate the risks associated with the incident. Although the 88-bed hospital is taking good care of the inhouse patients…
Critical vulnerability in Gigabyte Motherboards discovered
Millions of PC devices with Gigabyte motherboards are in danger. Researchers at Eclypsium have discovered backdoor-like tools in hundreds of Gigabyte motherboard models. The legitimate tools are used by Gigabyte for updating […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader.…
Urgent WordPress Update Fixes Critical Flaw in Jetpack Plugin on Million of Sites
WordPress has issued an automatic update to address a critical flaw in the Jetpack plugin that’s installed on over five million sites. The vulnerability, which was unearthed during an internal security audit, resides in an API present in the plugin since version 2.0,…
Active Mirai Botnet Variant Exploiting Zyxel Devices for DDoS Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a recently patched critical security flaw in Zyxel gear to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-28771 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue relates to a command injection flaw impacting…
Infosec products of the month: May 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Aqua Security, Axiado, Bitwarden, Cloudflare, ComplyAdvantage, Dashlane, Delinea, Enzoic, Feedzai, Immersive Labs, Intruder, Nebulon, NETSCOUT, Neurotechnology, Nozomi Networks, OpenVPN, Private AI, Radware, Satori, Trua, Vanta,…
Phishing campaigns thrive as evasive tactics outsmart conventional detection
A 25% increase in the use of phishing kits has been recorded in 2022, according to Group-IB. The key phishing trends observed are the increasing use of access control and advanced detection evasion techniques. The rise in evasive tactics, such…
Fighting ransomware: Perspectives from cybersecurity professionals
Ransomware has become an ever-present threat to individuals, businesses, and even entire nations. In this Help Net Security round-up, we present parts of previously recorded videos from experts in the field that shed light on the pressing ransomware issues. Complete…
Disaster recovery challenges enterprise CISOs face
An essential aspect of organizational operations is effectively responding to and returning from a disruptive event, commonly called disaster recovery. The primary objective of DR techniques is to restore the utilization of crucial systems and IT infrastructure following a disaster.…
Sharing your business’s data with ChatGPT: How risky is it?
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. As a natural language processing model, ChatGPT –…
API security: key to interoperability or key to an organization?
Most applications built today leverage Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), code that makes it possible for digital devices, applications, and servers to communicate and share data. This code, or collection of communication protocols and subroutines, simplifies that communication, or data sharing.…
XDR meets IAM: Comprehensive identity threat detection and response with Microsoft
Identity-based attacks are on the rise, making identity protection more important than ever. Explore our blog post to learn how Microsoft’s Identity Threat Detection and Response can help. The post XDR meets IAM: Comprehensive identity threat detection and response with…
Dark Pink cyber-spies add info stealers to their arsenal, notch up more victims
Not to be confused with K-Pop sensation BLACKPINK, gang pops military, govt and education orgs Dark Pink, a suspected nation-state-sponsored cyber-espionage group, has expanded its list of targeted organizations, both geographically and by sector, and has carried out at least…