Security

Researchers Warn of Privilege Escalation Risks in Google's Vertex AI ML Platform
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in Google's Vertex machine learning (ML) platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to escalate privileges and exfiltrate models from the cloud. "By exploiting cust...
2024-11-15 18:05
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Master Certificate Management: Join This Webinar on Crypto Agility and Best Practices
In the fast-paced digital world, trust is everything—but what happens when that trust is disrupted? Certificate revocations, though rare, can send shockwaves through your operations, impacting security, customer confidence, and business continuity. A...
2024-11-15 17:18
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Live Webinar: Dive Deep into Crypto Agility and Certificate Management
In the fast-paced digital world, trust is everything—but what happens when that trust is disrupted? Certificate revocations, though rare, can send shockwaves through your operations, impacting security, customer confidence, and business continuity. A...
2024-11-15 17:18
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Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia
A Vietnamese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an information-stealing campaign targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia with a new Python-based malware called PXA Stealer. The malware "targets victims' sensitive informatio...
2024-11-15 16:42
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How AI Is Transforming IAM and Identity Security
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun revolutionizing Identity Access Management (IAM), reshaping how cybersecurity is approached in this crucial field. Leveraging AI in IAM is about tapping into its analytical capabilities to monitor...
2024-11-15 16:00
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Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. Cybersecurity company Check Point ...
2024-11-15 13:41
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High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and potentially lead to code execution or information disclosure. T...
2024-11-15 12:10
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Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Thursday. Lichtenstein was charged for his involvement in a mon...
2024-11-15 11:00
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CISA Flags Critical Palo Alto Network Flaws Actively Exploited in the Wild
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday warned that two more flaws impacting the Palo Alto Networks Expedition have come under active exploitation in the wild. To that, it has added the vulnerabilities to its Known ...
2024-11-15 10:34
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CISA Flags Two Actively Exploited Palo Alto Flaws; New RCE Attack Confirmed
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday warned that two more flaws impacting the Palo Alto Networks Expedition have come under active exploitation in the wild. To that, it has added the vulnerabilities to its Known ...
2024-11-15 10:34
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Experts Uncover 70,000 Hijacked Domains in Widespread 'Sitting Ducks' Attack Scheme
Multiple threat actors have been found taking advantage of an attack technique called Sitting Ducks to hijack legitimate domains for using them in phishing attacks and investment fraud schemes for years. The findings come from Infoblox, which said it i...
2024-11-14 23:06
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Google Warns of Rising Cloaking Scams, AI-Driven Fraud, and Crypto Schemes
Google has revealed that bad actors are leveraging techniques like landing page cloaking to conduct scams by impersonating legitimate sites. "Cloaking is specifically designed to prevent moderation systems and teams from reviewing policy-violating cont...
2024-11-14 19:30
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5 BCDR Oversights That Leave You Exposed to Ransomware
Ransomware isn’t just a buzzword; it’s one of the most dreaded challenges businesses face in this increasingly digitized world. Ransomware attacks are not only increasing in frequency but also in sophistication, with new ransomware groups constantl...
2024-11-14 17:40
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TikTok Pixel Privacy Nightmare: A New Case Study
Advertising on TikTok is the obvious choice for any company trying to reach a young market, and especially so if it happens to be a travel company, with 44% of American Gen Zs saying they use the platform to plan their vacations. But one online travel ...
2024-11-14 16:00
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New RustyAttr Malware Targets macOS Through Extended Attribute Abuse
Threat actors have been found leveraging a new technique that abuses extended attributes for macOS files to smuggle a new malware called RustyAttr. The Singaporean cybersecurity company has attributed the novel activity with moderate confidence to the ...
2024-11-14 15:21
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Russian Hackers Exploit New NTLM Flaw to Deploy RAT Malware via Phishing Emails
A newly patched security flaw impacting Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) was exploited as a zero-day by a suspected Russia-linked actor as part of cyber attacks targeting Ukraine. The vulnerability in question, CVE-2024-43451 (CVSS score: 6.5), refers to ...
2024-11-14 11:13
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Hamas-Affiliated WIRTE Employs SameCoin Wiper in Disruptive Attacks Against Israel
A threat actor affiliated with Hamas has expanded its malicious cyber operations beyond espionage to carry out disruptive attacks that exclusively target Israeli entities. The activity, linked to a group called WIRTE, has also targeted the Palestinian ...
2024-11-13 21:39
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Free Decryptor Released for BitLocker-Based ShrinkLocker Ransomware Victims
Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor to help victims recover data encrypted using the ShrinkLocker ransomware. The decryptor is the result of a comprehensive analysis of ShrinkLocker's inner workings, allowing the re...
2024-11-13 19:08
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Comprehensive Guide to Building a Strong Browser Security Program
The rise of SaaS and cloud-based work environments has fundamentally altered the cyber risk landscape. With more than 90% of organizational network traffic flowing through browsers and web applications, companies are facing new and serious cybersecurit...
2024-11-13 16:30
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OvrC Platform Vulnerabilities Expose IoT Devices to Remote Attacks and Code Execution
A security analysis of the OvrC cloud platform has uncovered 10 vulnerabilities that could be chained to allow potential attackers to execute code remotely on connected devices. "Attackers successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities can access, contr...
2024-11-13 14:58
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