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TrickMo’s Latest Trick – Stealing PINs and Unlock Patterns
Mobile device and app security firm Zimperium has discovered a new capability in the notorious banking Trojan TrickMo. Some of the samples the company analyzed are able to steal a device’s unlock pattern or PIN. This new feature enables the…
How nation-states exploit political instability to launch cyber operations
In this Help Net Security interview, Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence at BlackBerry, discusses the impact of geopolitical tensions on the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks. He explains how nation-states and politically motivated groups exploit unrest…
WordPress Plugin Jetpack Patches Major Vulnerability Affecting 27 Million Sites
The maintainers of the Jetpack WordPress plugin have released a security update to remediate a critical vulnerability that could allow logged-in users to access forms submitted by others on a site. Jetpack, owned by WordPress maker Automattic, is an all-in-one…
Veeam Vulnerability Actively Exploited by Ransomware Gangs
NHS England’s National Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) has issued a high-severity cyber alert in response to the active exploitation of a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-40711, in Veeam’s Backup & Replication software. This alert follows Veeam’s security bulletin from September, which…
Imperva Defends Against Targeted Exploits Used By APT29 Hackers
Recently, U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies have warned of a renewed wave of attacks led by Russian APT29 hackers. These sophisticated threat actors have been actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Zimbra Collaboration Suite and JetBrains TeamCity, specifically CVE-2022-27924 and CVE-2023-42793, to…
AI amplifies systemic risk to financial sector, says India’s Reserve Bank boss
Who also worries misinformation on social media could threaten liquidity The governor of India’s Reserve Bank, Shri Shaktikanta Das, yesterday warned that AI – and the platforms that provide it – could worsen systemic risk to the nation’s financial system.……
The dark side of API security
APIs are the backbone of digital transformation efforts, connecting applications across organizations, so their security is of the utmost importance. In this Help Net Security video, Lori MacVittie, a Distinguished Engineer at F5, discusses the current state of API security.…
Data breaches trigger increase in cyber insurance claims
Cyber claims have continued their upwards trend over the past year, driven in large part by a rise in data and privacy breach incidents, according to Allianz. Cyber claims frequency exceeds €1 million The frequency of large cyber claims (>€1…
How to create verification codes in Apple Passwords app
Starting with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and visionOS 2, the Apple Passwords app enables you to manage your passwords, passkeys, and verification codes. For websites and apps that support two-factor (2FA) or multi-factor authentication (MFA), the Passwords app…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9180, (Tue, Oct 15th)
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 Tuesday, October 15th, 2024…
China again claims Volt Typhoon hack gang was invented by the US to discredit it
Enough with the racist-sounding ‘dragons’ and ‘pandas’, Beijing complains – then points the finger at koalas Chinese authorities have published another set of allegations that assert the Volt Typhoon threat actor is an invention of the US and its allies,…
Canadian Quantum computing used in Chinese researcher’s early advances to break military level encryption: Cyber Security Today for Tuesday, October 14, 2024
Cybersecurity Today: Wayback Machine Read-Only, AI-Driven Phishing, and Quantum Computing Breakthroughs In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love discusses the recent cyber incident with the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which is now back online in read-only mode. He…
Intel Broker Claims Cisco Breach, Selling Stolen Data from Major Firms
Intel Broker claims a major data breach at Cisco, allegedly stealing source codes, confidential documents, and credentials from… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Tech, Crypto & Hacking News Read the original article: Intel Broker Claims…
US healthcare org admits up to 400,000 people’s personal info was snatched
It waited till just before Columbus Day weekend to make mandated filing, but don’t worry, we saw it A Houston-based services provider to healthcare organizations says a crook may have grabbed up to 400,000 people’s information after the miscreant accessed…
U.S. CISA adds Fortinet products and Ivanti CSA bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet products and Ivanti CSA bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: Last week,…
USENIX NSDI ’24 – CHISEL: An Optical Slice of the Wide-Area Network
Authors/Presenters:Abhishek Vijaya Kumar, Bill Owens, Nikolaj Bjørner, Binbin Guan, Yawei Yin, Paramvir Bahl, Rachee Singh Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI ’24)…
Decoding DORA: EU’s Unified Approach to ICT Risk Governance
As financial services become increasingly digitized, the need for robust operational resilience has grown more critical. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), set to take effect on January 17, 2025, aims to establish a unified framework for Information and Communication…
Gmail users, beware of new AI scam that looks very authentic
A spoofed phone number, an email address plus an AI voice are all it takes to steal your Google credentials. Here’s what to look out for, just in case, you happen to find yourself in such a situation. This article…
U.S. Lawmakers, White House Move to Stem China Cyberthreat
Two U.S. House committees want more information about the hack by China threat group Salt Typhoon into the networks of AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen while the White House reportedly is creating an emergency group to respond to expanding cyberattacks by…