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Google's AI-Powered OSS-Fuzz Tool Finds 26 Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects
Google has revealed that its AI-powered fuzzing tool, OSS-Fuzz, has been used to help identify 26 vulnerabilities in various open-source code repositories, including a medium-severity flaw in the OpenSSL cryptographic library. "These particular vulnera...
2024-11-21 12:43
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NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data
Threat hunters are warning about an updated version of the Python-based NodeStealer that's now equipped to extract more information from victims' Facebook Ads Manager accounts and harvest credit card data stored in web browsers. "They collect budget de...
2024-11-21 12:04
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Ghost Tap: Hackers Exploiting NFCGate to Steal Funds via Mobile Payments
Threat actors are increasingly banking on a new technique that leverages near-field communication (NFC) to cash out victim's funds at scale. The technique, codenamed Ghost Tap by ThreatFabric, enables cybercriminals to cash-out money from stolen credit...
2024-11-20 18:39
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NHIs Are the Future of Cybersecurity: Meet NHIDR
The frequency and sophistication of modern cyberattacks are surging, making it increasingly challenging for organizations to protect sensitive data and critical infrastructure. When attackers compromise a non-human identity (NHI), they can swiftly expl...
2024-11-20 17:00
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Decades-Old Security Vulnerabilities Found in Ubuntu's Needrestart Package
Multiple decade-old security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the needrestart package installed by default in Ubuntu Server (since version 21.04) that could allow a local attacker to gain root privileges without requiring user interaction. The Qu...
2024-11-20 14:46
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Microsoft Launches Windows Resiliency Initiative to Boost Security and System Integrity
Microsoft has announced a new Windows Resiliency Initiative as a way to improve security and reliability, as well as ensure that system integrity is not compromised. The idea, the tech giant said, is to avoid incidents like that of CrowdStrike's earlie...
2024-11-20 12:30
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China-Backed Hackers Leverage SIGTRAN, GSM Protocols to Infiltrate Telecom Networks
A new China-linked cyber espionage group has been attributed as behind a series of targeted cyber attacks targeting telecommunications entities in South Asia and Africa since at least 2020 with the goal of enabling intelligence collection. Cybersecurit...
2024-11-20 12:28
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Apple Releases Urgent Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two zero-day flaws that have come under active exploitation in the wild. The flaws are listed below - CVE-2024-44308 - A vulnerability in JavaSc...
2024-11-20 10:07
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Oracle Warns of Agile PLM Vulnerability Currently Under Active Exploitation
Oracle is warning that a high-severity security flaw impacting the Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Framework has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21287 (CVSS score: 7.5), could be exploited sans authentication...
2024-11-20 09:54
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