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Hacked phone spyware shuts down… again

A short-lived spyware operation called Oospy, which emerged earlier this year after its predecessor Spyhide was hacked, is no longer operational and has shut down. Oospy appeared online in late July as a rebrand of a phone monitoring app called…

A WhatsApp zero-day exploit can cost several million dollars

TechCrunch reported that a working zero-day exploit for the popular WhatsApp can be paid millions of dollars. The research of zero-day exploits for popular applications such as WhatsApp is even more complex due to the security mechanisms implemented by the…

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023: Elevating Security Together

As the 20th anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month begins, I find myself reflecting on the strides made since its inception. The journey to enhance and improve cybersecurity is ongoing and extends beyond October. It’s not merely a technological challenge; it is…

10 Routine Security Gaffes the Feds Are Begging You to Fix

Here are the most common misconfigurations plaguing large organizations, according to a new joint cybersecurity advisory. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: 10 Routine Security Gaffes the Feds Are Begging You to Fix

Online Dating: Cybercrime Red Flags

By Owais Sultan Online dating is not a new phenomenon; however, scammers have found ways to exploit it for various purposes,… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Online Dating: Cybercrime Red Flags This article has been…

Cisco warns of critical flaw in Emergency Responder code

Hard-coded credentials strike again Cisco has issued a security advisory about a vulnerability in its Emergency Responder software that would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to log in to an affected device using the root account.… This article has been…

Microsoft Redesigns OneDrive for Business Layout

Microsoft OneDrive is adding new SharePoint features and will let the Copilot AI summarize and interpret files. This article has been indexed from Security | TechRepublic Read the original article: Microsoft Redesigns OneDrive for Business Layout

Microsoft Schannel (Microsoft Secure Channel)

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Stealthy, Thieving Python Packages Slither Onto Windows Systems

A campaign that’s been active since April has already racked up nearly 75,000 downloads, stealing data and cryptocurrency in the process. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Stealthy, Thieving Python Packages Slither Onto Windows…

CISA and NSA Offer MFA and SSO Guidelines for Developers, Vendors

Developers and tech vendors need to improve multifactor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO) tools and make them easier for organizations to use to reduce the threat of phishing, password spraying, and similar cyberattacks, according to the nation’s largest cybersecurity…

US Police Recover $3M Stolen by Pakistani Crypto Scammers

By Waqas The crypto scammers convinced a victim in the United States to transfer their Bitcoin to a Kraken cryptocurrency account that the victim did not control. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Police Recover…

IBM launches new AI-powered TDR Services

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5 Tips for Choosing the Best Proxy Service Provider

Selecting the appropriate proxy provider can frequently appear as a challenging endeavor. The swift expansion of the data collection sector has birthed an extensive market brimming with contenders all vying to deliver high quality proxy services. However, determining the one…

NSA and CISA Release Advisory on Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations

Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA), NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations, which provides the most common cybersecurity misconfigurations in large…

CISA Releases Three Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released three Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on October 5, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-278-01 Hitachi Energy AFS65x, AFF66x, AFS67x, and AFR67x Series Products ICSA-23-278-02 Qognify NiceVision ICSA-23-278-03…

Hitachi Energy AFS65x, AFF66x, AFS67x, and AFR67x Series Products

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Hitachi Energy Equipment: AFS65x, AFF66x, AFS67x, AFR67x Series Vulnerabilities: Incorrect Calculation, Integer Overflow or Wraparound, Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output, Exposure of Resource to Wrong…

The Time Is Now to Secure the Future

Palo Alto Networks is excited to kick off the 2023-2024 Secure the Future competition and encourage all interested students to apply before October 13. The post The Time Is Now to Secure the Future appeared first on Palo Alto Networks…

HackerOne Bug Bounty Disclosure: b-mysupport-informatica-com-reflected-xss-b-mtk

Company Name: b’Informatica’ Company HackerOne URL: https://hackerone.com/informatica Submitted By:b’mtk0308′ Link to Submitters Profile:https://hackerone.com/b’mtk0308′ Report Title:b'[mysupport.informatica.com]… This article has been indexed from RedPacket Security Read the original article: HackerOne Bug Bounty Disclosure: b-mysupport-informatica-com-reflected-xss-b-mtk

Welcome Wes Wright: Another Great Day at Ordr

Ordr welcomes Wes Wright as our new Chief Healthcare Officer with immense pleasure and pride. Wes’s distinguished military background, extensive expertise in healthcare, and unwavering commitment to patient safety make him an invaluable addition to our organization. Wes’s appointment reflects…

How Healthcare Threats Are Going Low

When it comes to IT and cybersecurity, few industries can compare to Healthcare. A diverse fleet of high-value devices, supporting mission-critical systems, and carrying highly sensitive and regulated data are all just table stakes for most healthcare security teams.  And…

How a File Transfer Flaw Led to the Biggest Hack of 2023

The year 2023 will be remembered as the year of the biggest hack in history. A cyberattack that exploited a vulnerability in a popular file transfer software called MOVEit affected millions of people and hundreds of organizations around the world,…

US Government Issues First-Ever Space Debris Penalty

US FCC slaps Dish Network with first-ever space debris fine, after 20 year-old satellite fails to reach agreed ‘disposal orbit’ This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Government Issues First-Ever Space Debris Penalty

SOC-200 OSDA Review — Offensive Security Defense Analyst

Read a review of SOC-200 (OSDA), OffSec’s defensive cybersecurity course and certification designed for job roles such as SOC Analysts and Threat Hunters. The post SOC-200 OSDA Review — Offensive Security Defense Analyst appeared first on OffSec. This article has…

Russian Exiled Journalist Says EU Should Ban Spyware

The editor-in-chief of the independent Russian news site Meduza has urged the European Union to enact a comprehensive ban on spyware, given that spyware has been frequently used to violate human rights. According to Ivan Kolpakov, Meduza’s editor-in-chief based in…

Data Theft Surge: How IT Admins Are Fighting Back

  A survey conducted by the company between the 9th and 14th of August 2023 revealed that 55% of IT security decision-makers ranked data theft as their top concern among all IT security concerns they face. There is an interesting…

IBM unveils AI-powered threat detection and response services

IBM unveiled the next evolution of its managed detection and response service offerings with new AI technologies, including the ability to automatically escalate or close up to 85% of alerts, helping to accelerate security response timelines for clients. The new…

IBM unveils AI-powered TDR Services

IBM has unveiled the next evolution of its managed detection and response service offerings with new AI technologies, including the ability to automatically escalate or close up to 85% of alerts, helping to accelerate security response timelines for clients. The…

Cyber Attack blocks calls to Lyca Mobile customers

Approximately half of Lyca Mobile’s customer base has recently encountered disruptions in their calling and messaging services, with some customers reporting that these issues date back to September 29th, 2023. Lyca Mobile, a virtual mobile service provider utilizing EE’s telecom…

Are your smart lightbulbs spying on you?

As our homes get smarter, many of the devices we rely on are getting dumber – such as WiFi lightbulbs. According to security researchers, poor… The post Are your smart lightbulbs spying on you? appeared first on Panda Security Mediacenter.…

Sony Confirms Data Breach After MOVEit Tool Compromise

Sony finally confirms it was impacted by the Clop compromise of the MOVEit tool and begins notifying thousands of victims This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Sony Confirms Data Breach After MOVEit Tool Compromise

Top 7 REST API Security Strategies to Secure Your Endpoints

In today’s REST API-driven landscape, most APIs are REST-based and widely utilized by web applications. These APIs are like versatile tools for sending and receiving information online. However, their widespread use exposes them to various security threats and challenges. What…

Microsoft Office XSS Flaw Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

A recently discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word has raised concerns over the security of the popular productivity suite.  This security flaw, classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within a Word document.…

Critical Zero-Day Bug in Atlassian Confluence Under Active Exploit

Patch now: The Atlassian security vulnerability appears to be a remotely exploitable privilege-escalation bug that cyberattackers could use to crack collaboration environments wide open. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Critical Zero-Day Bug in…

Mitsubishi Electric CC-Link IE TSN Industrial Managed Switch

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Equipment: CC-Link IE TSN Industrial Managed Switch Vulnerabilities: Observable Timing Discrepancy, Double Free 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in…

CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation: CVE-2023-40044 Progress WS_FTP Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability  CVE-2023-42824 Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2023-22515 Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Privilege…

Qognify NiceVision

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 10.0 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Qognify Equipment: NiceVision Vulnerability: Use of Hard-coded Credentials 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to retrieve sensitive information about the…

Qakbot Hackers Delivering Ransomware Despite FBI Takedown

The raid two months ago that shut down the infrastructure of the notorious Qakbot malware group doesn’t seem to have been the kill shot that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies had hoped. The gang’s operators have been running…

Unmasking the Surge of Malicious NPM and PyPI Packages

Cyberattacks originating from malicious packages on widely used software repositories like NPM and PyPI have increased significantly recently, as seen in the cybersecurity landscape. Due to the abundance of libraries and modules that they host, these platforms are essential tools…

Navigating AI Anxiety: Balancing Creativity with Technology

  In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has made remarkable progress, often surpassing human performance in various tasks. A recent study published in Scientific Reports demonstrated that AI programs outperformed the average human in tasks requiring originality, as assessed by…

Cobalt Iron enhances recovery with Isolated Vault Services

Cobalt Iron has unveiled Isolated Vault Services, a new enhancement available in the Cobalt Iron Compass enterprise SaaS backup platform. Isolated Vault Services makes it possible to transition normal backup operations into isolated vault recovery services. It is intended for…

How Global Tenanted Deployments Would Look Without Automation

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery’s recommendation of deployment automation is hugely important for organizations with complex software. That’s especially true for multi-tenancy software delivered with tenanted deployments. But what if we didn’t have deployment automation? How would tenanted deployments even…

blockchain

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Critical Glibc Bug Puts Linux Distributions at Risk

Qualys identified and exploited the vulnerability in Fedora 37/38, Ubuntu 22.04/23.04, Debian 12/13 This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Critical Glibc Bug Puts Linux Distributions at Risk

CISA and NSA Tackle IAM Security Challenges in New Report

The document is authored by the Enduring Security Framework This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: CISA and NSA Tackle IAM Security Challenges in New Report

Cisco Releases Security Advisories for Multiple Products

Cisco released security advisories for vulnerabilities affecting multiple Cisco products. A remote cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply…

Zero-days for hacking WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars

Thanks to improvements in security mechanisms and mitigations, hacking cell phones — both running iOS and Android — has become an expensive endeavor. That’s why hacking techniques for apps like WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars, TechCrunch has learned.…

Advancing generative AI exploration safely and securely

Guardrails for testing and learning are essential to accelerating exploration while minimizing security risks. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Advancing generative AI exploration safely and securely

South Korea Accuses North Of Phish And Ships Attack

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School Surveillance Tech Does More Harm Than Good

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Sony Confirms Data Stolen In Two Recent Hacker Attacks

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Cybersecurity sector in drive to boost female tech talent

Cybersecurity giants BAE Systems, DarkTrace and GCHQ are on a mission to address the industry’s gender diversity gap by recruiting more female coders during Cyber Awareness Month. Despite cybersecurity being one of the fastest-growing industries in tech, analysis of the…

NIST CSF vs. ISO 27001: Understanding the Key Differences

Let’s delve into the world of NIST CSF and ISO 27001, and discover which one aligns best with your organization’s unique cybersecurity needs. The post NIST CSF vs. ISO 27001: Understanding the Key Differences appeared first on Scytale. The post…

Biometric Authentication for Digital Identity Protection

Identity-based authentication that uses biometrics is a more reliable solution to identity and access management. The post Biometric Authentication for Digital Identity Protection appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article:…

OneTrust releases Compliance Automation to optimize the compliance lifecycle

OneTrust has introduced OneTrust Compliance Automation to optimize the compliance lifecycle. Built on the same guidance, content, and proprietary shared evidence framework that allows OneTrust Certification Automation customers to reduce certification costs and accelerate the compliance process, Compliance Automation now…

Ofcom Refers Cloud Investigation Of Amazon, Microsoft To CMA

AWS tells Silicon UK it disagrees with Ofcom findings, as AWS and Microsoft is referred to CMA watchdog for further investigation This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Ofcom Refers Cloud Investigation Of Amazon, Microsoft…

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Could Cybersecurity Breaches Become Harmless in the Future?

With these five steps, organizations can develop stronger security practices and make the inevitable breaches inconsequential. This article has been indexed from Dark Reading Read the original article: Could Cybersecurity Breaches Become Harmless in the Future?

Want to submit data? Be our guest!

For many years Spamhaus has been asked if it accepts data from third parties. The standard… This article has been indexed from The Spamhaus Project News Read the original article: Want to submit data? Be our guest!

Cisco CX Collaborates with Puntonet on Network Modernization

Let’s see how Puntonet was able to transform its network to strengthen security, performance, and availability throughout Ecuador. Celebrate another Cisco Customer Story with me. This article has been indexed from Cisco Blogs Read the original article: Cisco CX Collaborates…

Twitter (X) Strips Headlines From News Links

Elon Musk removes headlines from news links, as the Anti-Defamation League welcomed X’s stated intent to address antisemitism This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Twitter (X) Strips Headlines From News Links

China Poised to Disrupt US Critical Infrastructure with Cyber-Attacks, Microsoft Warns

Microsoft’s annual digital defense report found a rise in Chinese state-affiliated groups attempting to infiltrate sectors like medical infrastructure and telecommunication This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: China Poised to Disrupt US Critical Infrastructure with…