Security

Android's New Identity Check Feature Locks Device Settings Outside Trusted Locations
Google has launched a new feature called Identity Check for supported Android devices that locks sensitive settings behind biometric authentication when outside of trusted locations. "When you turn on Identity Check, your device will require explicit b...
2025-01-24 12:50
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CISA Adds Five-Year-Old jQuery XSS Flaw to Exploited Vulnerabilities List
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday placed a now-patched security flaw impacting the popular jQuery JavaScript library to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitati...
2025-01-24 11:09
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Palo Alto Firewalls Found Vulnerable to Secure Boot Bypass and Firmware Exploits
An exhaustive evaluation of three firewall models from Palo Alto Networks has uncovered a host of known security flaws impacting the devices' firmware as well as misconfigured security features. "These weren't obscure, corner-case vulnerabilities," sec...
2025-01-23 20:43
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Beware: Fake CAPTCHA Campaign Spreads Lumma Stealer in Multi-Industry Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new malware campaign that leverages fake CAPTCHA verification checks to deliver the infamous Lumma information stealer. "The campaign is global, with Netskope Threat Labs tracking victims targeted in...
2025-01-23 20:30
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Custom Backdoor Exploiting Magic Packet Vulnerability in Juniper Routers
Enterprise-grade Juniper Networks routers have become the target of a custom backdoor as part of a campaign dubbed J-magic. According to the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies, the activity is so named for the fact that the backdoor continuous...
2025-01-23 20:25
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Experts Find Shared Codebase Linking Morpheus and HellCat Ransomware Payloads
An analysis of HellCat and Morpheus ransomware operations has revealed that affiliates associated with the respective cybercrime entities are using identical code for their ransomware payloads. The findings come from SentinelOne, which analyzed artifac...
2025-01-23 19:30
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How to Eliminate Identity-Based Threats
Despite significant investments in advanced technologies and employee training programs, credential and user-based attacks remain alarmingly prevalent, accounting for 50-80% of enterprise breaches[1],[2]. While identity-based attacks continue to domina...
2025-01-23 16:50
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SonicWall Urges Immediate Patch for Critical CVE-2025-23006 Flaw Amid Likely Exploitation
SonicWall is alerting customers of a critical security flaw impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances that it said has been likely exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23006, is rated 9.8 out...
2025-01-23 15:54
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New Research: The State of Web Exposure 2025
Are your websites leaking sensitive data? New research reveals that 45% of third-party apps access user info without proper authorization, and 53% of risk exposures in Retail are due to the excessive use of tracking tools. Learn how to uncover and miti...
2025-01-23 15:45
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QakBot-Linked BC Malware Adds Enhanced Remote Access and Data Gathering Features
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new BackConnect (BC) malware that has been developed by threat actors linked to the infamous QakBot loader. "BackConnect is a common feature or module utilized by threat actors to maintain persisten...
2025-01-23 15:13
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QakBot-Linked BC Malware Adds Enhanced DNS Tunneling and Remote Access Features
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new BackConnect (BC) malware that has been developed by threat actors linked to the infamous QakBot loader. "BackConnect is a common feature or module utilized by threat actors to maintain persisten...
2025-01-23 15:13
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Cisco Fixes Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in Meeting Management (CVSS 9.9)
Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Meeting Management that could permit a remote, authenticated attacker to gain administrator privileges on susceptible instances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20...
2025-01-23 11:51
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TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomware
Google on Wednesday shed light on a financially motivated threat actor named TRIPLESTRENGTH for its opportunistic targeting of cloud environments for cryptojacking and on-premise ransomware attacks. "This actor engaged in a variety of threat activity, ...
2025-01-23 11:05
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Trump Terminates DHS Advisory Committee Memberships, Disrupting Cybersecurity Review
The new Trump administration has terminated all memberships of advisory committees that report to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  "In alignment with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) commitment to eliminating the misuse of resour...
2025-01-22 21:47
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Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in cnPilot Routers to Deploy AIRASHI DDoS Botnet
Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU botnet called AIRASHI to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. According to QiAnXin XLab, the att...
2025-01-22 19:23
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Discover Hidden Browsing Threats: Free Risk Assessment for GenAI, Identity, Web, and SaaS Risks
As GenAI tools and SaaS platforms become a staple component in the employee toolkit, the risks associated with data exposure, identity vulnerabilities, and unmonitored browsing behavior have skyrocketed. Forward-thinking security teams are looking for ...
2025-01-22 16:01
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President Trump Pardons Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a "full and unconditional pardon" to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous Silk Road drug marketplace, after spending 11 years behind bars. "I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let he...
2025-01-22 16:00
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PlushDaemon APT Targets South Korean VPN Provider in Supply Chain Attack
A previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group named PlushDaemon has been linked to a supply chain attack targeting a South Korean virtual private network (VPN) provider in 2023, according to new findings from ESET. "The...
2025-01-22 14:19
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Oracle Releases January 2025 Patch to Address 318 Flaws Across Major Products
Oracle is urging customers to apply its January 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address 318 new security vulnerabilities spanning its products and services. The most severe of the flaws is a bug in the Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM...
2025-01-22 12:55
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Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Device
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date. The UDP protocol-based attack took p...
2025-01-22 11:49
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