Paying one that lied to you and only saved the first 20 rows of each table Publicly exposed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases with weak passwords are being autonomously wiped out by a malicious extortion bot – one that marks who…
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Windows Server 2022 patch is breaking apps for some users
Uninstall the update or edit the Windows registry to restore order The latest Windows Server 2022 patch has broken the Chrome browser, and short of uninstalling the update, a registry hack is the only way to restore service for affected…
Home improvement marketers dial up trouble from regulator
ICO slaps penalties on two businesses that collectively made more than 3 million cold calls Another week and yet another couple of pesky cold callers face fines from the UK’s data privacy watchdog for “bombarding” unsuspecting households with marketing messages…
Combination of cheap .cloud domains and fake Shark Tank news fuel unhealthy wellness scams
.SBS gTLD once owned by Australian broadcaster is another source of strife Scammers are buying up cheap domain names to host sites that sell dodgy health products using fake articles, according to cybercrime disruption outfit Netcraft.… This article has been…
Nokia walks the walk about its RAN to play on Uncle Sam’s China fears
It pays not to be Huawei, and the US military can be lucrative, too Comment A vendor establishing a business unit dedicated to government sales is not new or unusual. But Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia’s decision to do so in…
FBI: Beware of thieves building Androxgh0st botnets using stolen creds
Infecting networks via years-old CVEs that should have been patched by now Crooks are exploiting years-old vulnerabilities to deploy Androxgh0st malware and build a cloud-credential stealing botnet, according to the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).… This…
Locking down the edge
Watch this webinar to find out how Zero Trust fits into the edge security ecosystem Commissioned Edge security is a growing headache. The attack surface is expanding as more operational functions migrate out of centralized locations and into distributed sites…
Patch now: Critical VMware, Atlassian flaws found
You didn’t have anything else to do this Tuesday, right? VMware and Atlassian today disclosed critical vulnerabilities and, while neither appear to have been exploited by miscreants yet, admins should patch now to avoid disappointment.… This article has been indexed…
Double trouble for VMware and Atlassian admins – critical flaws to fix
You didn’t have anything else to do this Tuesday, right? VMware and Atlassian today disclosed critical vulnerabilities and, while neither appear to have been exploited by miscreants yet, admins should patch now to avoid disappointment.… This article has been indexed…
More than 178,000 SonicWall firewalls are exposed to old denial of service bugs
Majority of public-facing devices still unpatched against critical vulns from as far back as 2022 More than 178,000 SonicWall firewalls are still vulnerable to years-old vulnerabilities, an infosec reseacher claims.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Ivanti zero-day exploits explode as bevy of attackers get in on the act
Customers still patchless and mitigation only goes so far There’s a “reasonable chance” that Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN users are already compromised if they didn’t apply the vulnerability mitigation released last week, experts say.… This article has been indexed…
China’s gambling crackdown spawned wave of illegal online casinos and crypto-crime in Asia
‘Inaccessible and autonomous armed group territories’ host crooks who use tech to launder cash, run slave scam gangs, and more Global crime networks have set up shop in autonomous territories run by armed gangs across Southeast Asia, and are using…
Thousands of Juniper Networks devices vulnerable to critical RCE bug
Yet more support for the argument to adopt memory-safe languages More than 11,500 Juniper Networks devices are exposed to a new remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, and infosec researchers are pressing admins to urgently apply the patches.… This article has…
Patch time: Critical GitLab vulnerability exposes 2FA-less users to account takeovers
The bug with a perfect 10 severity score has been ripe for exploitation since May GitLab admins should apply the latest batch of security patches pronto given the new critical account-bypass vulnerability just disclosed.… This article has been indexed from…
FTC secures first databroker settlement banning sale of sensitive location data
Also, iOS spyware abused Apple’s own ECC, breach victim says it can’t figure out what hackers took, and some critical vulns Infosec in brief The US Federal Trade Commission has secured its first data broker settlement agreement, prohibiting X-Mode Social…
China loathes AirDrop so much it’s publicized an old flaw in Apple’s P2P protocol
Infosec academic suggests Beijing’s warning that iThing owners aren’t anonymous deserves attention outside the great firewall too In June 2023 China made a typically bombastic announcement: operators of short-distance ad hoc networks must ensure they run according to proper socialist…
Ransomware protection deconstructed
Check out the top 12 must see Rubrik product demos of 2023 for tips on how to foil attacks in 2024 Sponsored Post Rubrik has combed through its archive to find what it judges to be the top 12 must-see…
China loathes AirDrop so much it’s publicized an old flaw in Apple’s P2P protocol
Infosec academic suggests Beijing’s warning that iThing owners aren’t anonymous deserves attention outside the great firewall, too In June 2023 China made a typically bombastic announcement: operators of short-distance ad hoc networks must ensure they run according to proper socialist…
Number of orgs compromised via Ivanti VPN zero-days grows as Mandiant weighs in
Snoops had no fewer than five custom bits of malware to hand to backdoor networks Two zero-day bugs in Ivanti products were likely under attack by cyberspies as early as December, according to Mandiant’s threat intel team.… This article has…
Why we update… Data-thief malware exploits SmartScreen on unpatched Windows PCs
Phemedrone Stealer loots drives for passwords, cookies, login tokens, etc Criminals are exploiting a Windows Defender SmartScreen bypass vulnerability to infect PCs with Phemedrone Stealer, a malware strain that scans machines for sensitive information – passwords, cookies, authentication tokens, you…