You applied the patch that could stop possible RCE attacks last week, right? A critical security hole in Apache Struts 2, patched last week, is now being exploited using publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) code.… This article has been indexed from…
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Ireland fines Meta for 2018 ‘View As’ breach that exposed 30M accounts
€251 million? Zuck can find that in his couch cushions, but Meta still vows to appeal It’s been six years since miscreants abused some sloppy Facebook code to steal access tokens belonging to 30 million users, and the slow-turning wheels…
BlackBerry offloads Cylance’s endpoint security products to Arctic Wolf
Fresh attempt to mix the perfect cocktail of IoT and Infosec BlackBerry’s ambition to mix infosec and the Internet of Things has been squeezed, after the Canadian firm announced it is offloading Cylance’s endpoint security products.… This article has been…
Australia moves to drop some cryptography by 2030 – before quantum carves it up
The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won’t be welcome in just five years Australia’s chief cyber security agency has decided local orgs should stop using the tech that forms the current cryptographic foundation of the internet by the…
Ransomware scum blow holes in Cleo software patches, Cl0p (sort of) claims responsibility
But can you really take crims at their word? Supply chain integration vendor Cleo has urged its customers to upgrade three of its products after an October security update was circumvented, leading to widespread ransomware attacks that Russia-linked gang Cl0p…
Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China
The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right? President-elect Donald Trump’s team wants to go on the offensive against America’s cyber adversaries, though it isn’t clear how the incoming administration plans to achieve this. … This article has been…
Deloitte says cyberattack on Rhode Island benefits portal carries ‘major security threat’
Personal and financial data probably stolen A cyberattack on a Deloitte-managed government system in Rhode Island carries a “high probability” of sensitive data theft, the state says.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
Are your Prometheus servers and exporters secure? Probably not
Plus: Netscaler brute force barrage; BeyondTrust API key stolen; and more Infosec in brief There’s a problem of titanic proportions brewing for users of the Prometheus open source monitoring toolkit: hundreds of thousands of servers and exporters are exposed to…
Iran-linked crew used custom ‘cyberweapon’ in US critical infrastructure attacks
IOCONTROL targets IoT and OT devices from a ton of makers, apparently An Iranian government-linked cybercriminal crew used custom malware called IOCONTROL to attack and remotely control US and Israel-based water and fuel management systems, according to security researchers.… This…
Scumbag gets 30 years in the clink for running CSAM dark-web chatrooms, abusing kids
‘Today’s sentencing is more than just a punishment. It’s a message’ A Texan who ran a forum on the dark web where depraved netizens could swap child sex abuse material (CSAM), and chat freely about abusing kids, has been sentenced…
Google Timeline location purge causes collateral damage
Privacy measure leaves some mourning lost memories A year ago, Google announced plans to save people’s Location History, which it now calls Timeline, locally on devices rather than on its servers.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Cyber protection made intuitive and affordable
How Cynet delivered 100 percent Protection and 100 percent Detection Visibility in 2024 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation Partner Content Across small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and managed service providers (MSPs), the top priority for cybersecurity leaders is to keep IT environments up and…
Taming the multi-vault beast
GitGuardian takes on enterprise secrets sprawl Partner Content With Non-Human Identities (NHIs) now outnumbering human users 100 to one in enterprise environments, managing secrets across multiple vaults has become a significant security concern.… This article has been indexed from The…
North Korea’s fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88 million over six years
DoJ thinks it’s found the folks that ran it, and some of the ‘IT warriors’ sent out to fleece employers North Korea’s fake IT worker scams netted the hermit kingdom $88 million over six years, according to the US Department…
Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug
More details released after devs allowed weeks to apply fixes We now know the remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 disclosed back in November carries a near-maximum severity rating following the publication of the CVE.… This article has…
Lights out for 18 more DDoS booters in pre-Christmas Operation PowerOFF push
Holiday cheer comes in the form of three arrests and 27 shuttered domains The Europol-coordinated Operation PowerOFF struck again this week as cross-border cops pulled the plug on 27 more domains tied to distributed denial of service (DDoS) criminality.… This…
British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks
High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing The British Army has successfully destroyed flying drones for the first time using a high-energy laser mounted on an armored vehicle. If perfected, the technology could form an effective counter-measure against drone attacks.… This article…
Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway
Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla When Firefox 135 is released in February, it’ll ship with one less feature: Mozilla plans to remove the Do Not Track toggle from its Privacy and Security settings. … This article has been…
Citrix goes shopping in Europe and returns with gifts for security-conscious customers
Acquires two companies that offer stuff for those on the nice list to keep naughty list types at bay Citrix has gone on a European shopping trip, and come home with its bag of gifts bulging thanks to a pair…
Blocking Chinese spies from intercepting calls? There ought to be a law
Sen. Wyden blasts FCC’s ‘failure’ amid Salt Typhoon hacks US telecoms carriers would be required to implement minimum cyber security standards and ensure their systems are not susceptible to hacks by nation-state attackers – like Salt Typhoon – under legislation…