Am Patchday im Juli 2024 hat Microsoft insgesamt über 140 Updates veröffentlicht. Dabei sind vier Schwachstellen öffentlich bekannt und werden durch Exploits bereits angegriffen. Dieser Artikel wurde indexiert von Security-Insider | News | RSS-Feed Lesen Sie den originalen Artikel: Hyper-V…
X-Files Stealer Attacking Windows Users to Steal Passwords
Cybersecurity experts have identified a new malware strain, dubbed “XFiles Stealer,” which is actively targeting Windows users to steal passwords and other sensitive information. The discovery was made public by MonThreat, a prominent cybersecurity research group, via their official social…
ViperSoftX variant spotted abusing .NET runtime to disguise data theft
Freeware AutoIt also used to hide entire PowerShell environments in scripts A rapidly-changing infostealer malware known as ViperSoftX has evolved to become more dangerous, according to security researchers at threat detection vendor Trellix.… This article has been indexed from The…
ViperSoftX Malware Disguises as eBooks on Torrents to Spread Stealthy Attacks
The sophisticated malware known as ViperSoftX has been observed being distributed as eBooks over torrents. “A notable aspect of the current variant of ViperSoftX is that it uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR) to dynamically load and run PowerShell commands,…
Vermietportal: Airbnb steht wegen versteckter Kameras in der Kritik
Airbnb ist weiter mit Datenschutzproblemen konfrontiert: Trotz Verboten gibt es immer noch Berichte über versteckte Kameras in Mietobjekten. (Airbnb, Datenschutz) Dieser Artikel wurde indexiert von Golem.de – Security Lesen Sie den originalen Artikel: Vermietportal: Airbnb steht wegen versteckter Kameras in…
Microsoft asks employees in China to use iPhones and abandon Android phones
Microsoft, the American technology giant, has issued an email request to all its employees in China to stop using Android phones for office communication and switch to iPhones loaded with genuine iOS. This initiative is believed to be part of…
Strengthening Corporate Cyber Defenses Against Botnets
In today’s interconnected digital landscape, the threat posed by botnets continues to evolve, presenting significant challenges to corporate cybersecurity. Botnets, networks of compromised devices controlled by malicious actors, can be utilized for various malicious activities, including distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks,…
Mitigate the Security Challenges of Telecom 5G IoT Microservice Pods Architecture Using Istio
Deploying microservices in a Kubernetes cluster is critical in 5G Telecom. However, it also introduces significant security risks. While firewall rules and proxies provide initial security, the default communication mechanisms within Kubernetes, such as unencrypted network traffic and lack of…
Securing Your Machine Identities Means Better Secrets Management
In 2024, GitGuardian released the State of Secrets Sprawl report. The findings speak for themselves; with over 12.7 million secrets detected in GitHub public repos, it is clear that hard-coded plaintext credentials are a serious problem. Worse yet, it is a…
Diversifying cyber teams to tackle complex threats
Technologies such as GenAI, ML and IoT are giving threat actors new tools that make it easier to target consumers and organizations. From Savvy Seahorse which lures victims into investment scams, to a self-replicating AI worm that uses the likes…
How companies increase risk exposure with rushed LLM deployments
In this Help Net Security interview, Jake King, Head of Threat & Security Intelligence at Elastic, discusses companies’ exposure to new security risks and vulnerabilities as they rush to deploy LLMs. King explains how LLMs pose significant risks to data…
Lessons Learned From Exposing Unusual XSS Vulnerabilities
Misunderstood browser APIs are often at the core of many web security issues. With the rapid expansion of web APIs, keeping up with security best practices can be challenging. In this post, we’ll explore a few common mistakes developers make…
BunkerWeb: Open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF)
BunkerWeb is an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) distributed under the AGPLv3 free license. The solution’s core code is entirely auditable by a third party and the community. “The genesis of BunkerWeb comes from the following problem: every time someone…
New OpenSSH Vulnerability Discovered: Potential Remote Code Execution Risk
Select versions of the OpenSSH secure networking suite are susceptible to a new vulnerability that can trigger remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6409 (CVSS score: 7.0), is distinct from CVE-2024-6387 (aka RegreSSHion) and relates to a case…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 10, 2024
CISO HoneyBook | Israel | On-site – View job details As a CISO, you will develop and implement a multi-year security strategy and roadmap to anticipate and address security challenges in alignment with company growth objectives. Ensure that HoneyBook adheres…
RADIUS networking protocol blasted into submission through MD5-based flaw
If someone can do a little MITM’ing and hash cracking, they can log in with no valid password needed Cybersecurity experts at universities and Big Tech have disclosed a vulnerability in a common client-server networking protocol that allows snoops to…
73% of security pros use unauthorized SaaS applications
73% of security professionals admit to using SaaS applications that had not been provided by their company’s IT team in the past year, according to Next DLP. Unauthorized tool use poses major risks for organizations This is despite the fact…
To Sixth Circuit: Government Officials Should Not Have Free Rein to Block Critics on Their Social Media Accounts When Used For Governmental Purposes
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Legal intern Danya Hajjaji was the lead author of this post. The Sixth Circuit must carefully apply a new “state action” test from the U.S. Supreme Court…
Emerging Technology Highlights New Converged Risks and Asymmetric Threats
Protecting high-profile individuals and events as the digital threat landscape evolves This article was originally posted in ASIS Security Management Magazine. The ubiquity of technology companies in daily life today puts them in the security spotlight, with increasing media attention,…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9046, (Wed, Jul 10th)
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 Wednesday, July 10th, 2024…
Critical Windows licensing bugs – plus two others under attack – top Patch Tuesday
Citrix, SAP also deserve your attention – because miscreants are already thinking about Exploit Wednesday Patch Tuesday Clear your Microsoft system administrator’s diary: The bundle of fixes in Redmond’s July Patch Tuesday is a doozy, with at least two bugs…
Strategies to Safeguard the Finance Industry Against Deepfake Onslaught
With the rise of deepfake technology, the financial sector faces a new and growing threat landscape, as malicious actors exploit artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content to perpetrate fraud and social engineering attacks. However, according to a Pew Research study, 61% of……
Critical Windows licensing bugs, plus two others under attack, top Patch Tuesday
Citrix, SAP also deserve your attention – because miscreants are already thinking about Exploit Wednesday Patch Tuesday Clear your Microsoft system administrator’s diary: The bundle of fixes in Redmond’s July Patch Tuesday is a doozy, with at least two bugs…
FBI, cyber-cops zap ~1K Russian AI disinfo Twitter bots
RT News snarks back after it’s accused of building social nyet-work for Kremlin The FBI and cybersecurity agencies in Canada and the Netherlands say they have taken down an almost 1,000-strong Twitter bot farm set up by Russian state-run RT…