A new wave of scareware attacks has emerged, targeting unsuspecting mobile users with fake antivirus applications designed to exploit fear and trick victims into downloading malicious software. Scareware, a type of digital fraud, employs social engineering tactics to alarm users…
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Check Point Helps Gentera Secure the Financial Future of Millions
Gentera is built on the vision of eradicating financial exclusion and serves over 3.2 million clients across its subsidiaries in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru. To help empower those with fewer financial resources, Gentera provides counseling and services around credit, insurance,…
New Facebook Fake Copyright Notices Phishing Steals Your FB Credentials
A recent phishing campaign has been targeting Facebook users with fake copyright infringement notices, aiming to steal their login credentials. This sophisticated scam has been sent to over 12,279 email addresses, primarily affecting enterprises across the EU, US, and Australia.…
New Attack Technique Uncovered Abusing Kerberos Delegation in Active Directory Networks
A new attack vector exploiting vulnerabilities in Kerberos delegation within Active Directory (AD) networks has been uncovered, posing significant risks to enterprise security. This technique leverages the inherent weaknesses of Unconstrained Kerberos Delegation, a legacy feature that allows services to…
CISA Warns of Active Exploitation in Trimble Cityworks Vulnerability Leading to IIS RCE
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that a security flaw impacting Trimble Cityworks GIS-centric asset management software has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0994 (CVSS v4 score: 8.6), a…
UK government demands Apple backdoor to encrypted cloud data: report
Apple is likely to stop providing its encrypted cloud service to U.K. users © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: UK government demands…
Coalition of US states to file lawsuit after Musk’s DOGE gains access to Americans’ personal data
The states plan to file the lawsuit in defense of Americans’ “right to privacy.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Coalition of…
UK Engineering Giant IMI Hit by Cyberattack
UK engineering firm IMI says it suffered a cyberattack that resulted in unauthorized access to some of its systems. The post UK Engineering Giant IMI Hit by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read…
Attackers compromise IIS servers by leveraging exposed ASP.NET machine keys
A ViewState code injection attack spotted by Microsoft threat researchers in December 2024 could be easily replicated by other attackers, the company warned. “In the course of investigating, remediating, and building protections against this activity, we observed an insecure practice…
Microsoft Edge Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Remote Code – Update Now!
Microsoft has released a critical security update for its Edge browser, addressing multiple vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute remote code and compromise user systems. Users are strongly urged to update their browsers immediately to mitigate potential risks. Four…
UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks
Freshly minted organization aims to take the guesswork out of incident severity for insurers and policy holders A world-first organization assembled to categorize the severity of cybersecurity incidents is up and running in the UK following a year-long incubation period.……
430,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New York, Pennsylvania Healthcare Organizations
University Diagnostic Medical Imaging and Allegheny Health Network have disclosed data breaches impacting approximately 430,000 patients. The post 430,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New York, Pennsylvania Healthcare Organizations appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…
Microsoft Identifies 3,000+ Publicly Disclosed ASP.NET Machine Keys Vulnerable to Code Injection
Microsoft is warning of an insecure practice wherein software developers are incorporating publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys from publicly accessible resources, thereby putting their applications in attackers’ pathway. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team said it observed limited activity in…
AI-Powered Social Engineering: Reinvented Threats
The foundations for social engineering attacks – manipulating humans – might not have changed much over the years. It’s the vectors – how these techniques are deployed – that are evolving. And like most industries these days, AI is accelerating…
7-Zip 0-Day Flaw Added to CISA’s List of Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical 0-day vulnerability affecting the popular file compression utility, 7-Zip, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-0411, highlights a severe flaw that allows attackers…
Third-Party Risk Management Failures Expose UK Finance Sector
Orange Cyberdefense found that over half of UK financial firms suffered at least one third-party attack in 2024, linked to significant gaps in risk management strategies This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Third-Party Risk Management…
SSL 2.0 turns 30 this Sunday… Perhaps the time has come to let it die?, (Fri, Feb 7th)
The SSL 2.0 protocol was originally published back in February of 1995[1], and although it was quickly found to have significant security weaknesses, and a more secure alternative was released only a year later[2], it still received a fairly wide…
Logsign Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Bypass Authentication
A critical security vulnerability has been identified and disclosed in the Logsign Unified SecOps Platform, allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-1044, has been assigned a CVSS score of 9.8, placing it in the “Critical” severity…
Research Reveals Data Breaches On The Rise at UK Law Firms
British legal professionals have seen a “significant surge” in data breaches, according to new research from NetDocuments, a firm that provides a cloud-based content management platform for the legal sector. The firm has described how it analysed data from the…
PowerSchool data breach affected 16,000 students in the UK
The edtech giant has begun notifying individuals outside of the US and Canada affected by the breach © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original…