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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 3 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
US and Microsoft Seize 107 Russian Domains in Major Cyber Fraud Crackdown
Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the seizure of 107 internet domains used by state-sponsored threat actors with ties to Russia to facilitate computer fraud and abuse in the country. The Russian government ran this scheme to steal Americans sensitive information, using seemingly legitimate email accounts
October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
How to Get Going with CTEM When You Dont Know Where to Start
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a strategic framework that helps organizations continuously assess and manage cyber risk. It breaks down the complex task of managing security threats into five distinct stages Scoping, Discovery, Prioritization, Validation, and Mobilization. Each of these stages plays a crucial role in identifying, addressing, and
October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 38 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors
Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted 65 seconds. The web infrastructure and security company said it fended off over one hundred hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks throughout last month, with many exceeding 2 billion packets per
October 4, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Security Flaw Exposes Sites to XSS Attacks
A new high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable malicious actors to execute arbitrary JavaScript code under certain conditions. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-47374 (CVSS score 7.2), has been described as a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability impacting all versions of the
October 4, 2024 • 2 min read • theVerge
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October 3, 2024 • 2 min read • theVerge
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October 3, 2024 • 16 min read • theVerge
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October 3, 2024 • 18 min read • theVerge
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October 3, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Google Adds New Pixel Security Features to Block 2G Exploits and Baseband Attacks
Google has revealed the various security guardrails that have been incorporated into its latest Pixel devices to counter the rising threat posed by baseband security attacks. The cellular baseband (i.e., modem) refers to a processor on the device thats responsible for handling all connectivity, such as LTE, 4G, and 5G, with
October 3, 2024 • 2 min read • theVerge
Google Lens now lets you search with video
October 3, 2024 • 2 min read • theVerge
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October 3, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
The Secret Weakness Execs Are Overlooking Non-Human Identities
For years, securing a company’s systems was synonymous with securing its “perimeter.” There was what was safe “inside” and the unsafe outside world. We built sturdy firewalls and deployed sophisticated detection systems, confident that keeping the barbarians outside the walls kept our data and systems safe. The problem is that we
October 3, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
New Perfctl Malware Targets Linux Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining and Proxyjacking
Misconfigured and vulnerable Linux servers are the target of an ongoing campaign that delivers a stealthy malware dubbed perfctl with the primary aim of running a cryptocurrency miner and proxyjacking software. Perfctl is particularly elusive and persistent, employing several sophisticated techniques, Aqua security researchers Assaf Morag and Idan Revivo said in
October 3, 2024 • 3 min read • theVerge
The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard
October 3, 2024 • 2 min read • theVerge
Gemini Live will support more languages for its AI voice chat
October 3, 2024 • 6 min read • theVerge
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October 3, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
North Korean Hackers Using New VeilShell Backdoor in Stealthy Cyber Attacks
Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed delivering a previously undocumented backdoor and remote access trojan (RAT) called VeilShell as part of a campaign targeting Cambodia and likely other Southeast Asian countries. The activity, dubbed SHROUDED#SLEEP by Securonix, is believed to be the handiwork of APT37, which is
October 3, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
INTERPOL Arrests 8 in Major Phishing and Romance Fraud Crackdown in West Africa
INTERPOL has announced the arrest of eight individuals in Côte dIvoire and Nigeria as part of a crackdown on phishing scams and romance cyber fraud. Dubbed Operation Contender 2.0, the initiative is designed to tackle cyber-enabled crimes in West Africa, the agency said. One such threat involved a large-scale phishing scam targeting
October 3, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
LockBit Ransomware and Evil Corp Members Arrested and Sanctioned in Joint Global Effort
A new wave of international law enforcement actions has led to four arrests and the takedown of nine servers linked to the LockBit (aka Bitwise Spider) ransomware operation, marking the latest salvo against what was once a prolific financially motivated group. This includes the arrest of a suspected LockBit developer in
October 3, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Ivanti Endpoint Manager Flaw Actively Targeted CISA Warns Agencies to Patch
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a security flaw impacting Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) that the company patched in May to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-29824, carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of
October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
Ring just doubled the price of its alarm monitoring service for grandfathered customers
October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • theVerge
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October 2, 2024 • 2 min read • theVerge
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FCC is offering 200 million to protect schools and libraries from hackers
October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Fake Trading Apps Target Victims Globally via Apple App Store and Google Play
A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The campaign is part of a consumer investment fraud scheme thats also widely known as pig butchering, in which prospective victims
October 2, 2024 • 2 min read • theVerge
Xbox cofounder J Allard has joined Amazon to work on new ideas
October 2, 2024 • 3 min read • theVerge
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October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
China-Linked CeranaKeeper Targeting Southeast Asia with Data Exfiltration
A previously undocumented threat actor called CeranaKeeper has been linked to a string of data exfiltration attacks targeting Southeast Asia. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which observed campaigns targeting governmental institutions in Thailand starting in 2023, attributed the activity cluster as aligned to China, leveraging tools previously identified as used by the
October 2, 2024 • 3 min read • theVerge
Microsoft wants to know why some game developers arent on Xbox
October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Fake Job Applications Deliver Dangerous More_eggs Malware to HR Professionals
A spear-phishing email campaign has been observed targeting recruiters with a JavaScript backdoor called More_eggs, indicating persistent efforts to single out the sector under the guise of fake job applications. A sophisticated spear-phishing lure tricked a recruitment officer into downloading and executing a malicious file disguised as a resume, leading to
October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Alert Over 700000 DrayTek Routers Exposed to Hacking via 14 New Vulnerabilities
A little over a dozen new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in residential and enterprise routers manufactured by DrayTek that could be exploited to take over susceptible devices. These vulnerabilities could enable attackers to take control of a router by injecting malicious code, allowing them to persist on the device and
October 2, 2024 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Alert Adobe Commerce and Magento Stores Under Attack from CosmicSting Exploit
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that 5% of all Adobe Commerce and Magento stores have been hacked by malicious actors by exploiting a security vulnerability dubbed CosmicSting. Tracked as CVE-2024-34102 (CVSS score 9.8), the critical flaw relates to an improper restriction of XML external entity reference (XXE) vulnerability that could result in