Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2024

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  • October 22, 2024

AI chatbots can be tricked by hackers into helping them steal your private data

Security researchers have uncovered a new flaw in some AI chatbots that could have allowed hackers to steal personal information from users. A group of researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore discovered the flaw, which they have nameed “Imprompter”, which uses a clever trick to hide […]

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  • October 22, 2024

Security Flaw in Styra’s OPA Exposes NTLM Hashes to Remote Attackers

Details have emerged about a now-patched security flaw in Styra’s Open Policy Agent (OPA) that, if successfully exploited, could have led to leakage of New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) hashes. “The vulnerability could have allowed an attacker to leak the NTLM credentials of the OPA server’s local user account to a remote server, potentially allowing […]

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  • October 22, 2024

The AI Fix #21: Virtual Trump, barking mad AI, and a robot dog with a flamethrower

In episode 21 of “The AI Fix”, Mark and Graham comfort themselves with a limbless AI pet as they learn about a terrifying robot dog with a flamethrower, fission-powered data centres, AI suicide pods, and a multi-limbed robot with a passion for classical music. Graham finds out what happens if you sellotape an Alexa to […]

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  • October 22, 2024

Cybercriminals Exploiting Docker API Servers for SRBMiner Crypto Mining Attacks

Bad actors have been observed targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy the SRBMiner crypto miner on compromised instances, according to new findings from Trend Micro. “In this attack, the threat actor used the gRPC protocol over h2c to evade security solutions and execute their crypto mining operations on the Docker host,” researchers Abdelrahman Esmail […]

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  • October 22, 2024

No, The Chinese Have Not Broken Modern Encryption Systems with a Quantum Computer

The headline is pretty scary: “China’s Quantum Computer Scientists Crack Military-Grade Encryption.” No, it’s not true. This debunking saved me the trouble of writing one. It all seems to have come from this news article, which wasn’t bad but was taken widely out of proportion. Cryptography is safe, and will be for a long time […]

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  • October 22, 2024

A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Service Accounts in Active Directory

Service accounts are vital in any enterprise, running automated processes like managing applications or scripts. However, without proper monitoring, they can pose a significant security risk due to their elevated privileges. This guide will walk you through how to locate and secure these accounts within Active Directory (AD), and explore how Silverfort’s solutions can help […]

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  • October 22, 2024

Bumblebee and Latrodectus Malware Return with Sophisticated Phishing Strategies

Two malware families that suffered setbacks in the aftermath of a coordinated law enforcement operation called Endgame have resurfaced as part of new phishing campaigns. Bumblebee and Latrodectus, which are both malware loaders, are designed to steal personal data, along with downloading and executing additional payloads onto compromised hosts. Tracked under the names BlackWidow, IceNova, […]

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  • October 22, 2024

Malicious npm Packages Target Developers’ Ethereum Wallets with SSH Backdoor

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a number of suspicious packages published to the npm registry that are designed to harvest Ethereum private keys and gain remote access to the machine via the secure shell (SSH) protocol. The packages attempt to “gain SSH access to the victim’s machine by writing the attacker’s SSH public key in the […]

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  • October 22, 2024

VMware Releases vCenter Server Update to Fix Critical RCE Vulnerability

VMware has released software updates to address an already patched security flaw in vCenter Server that could pave the way for remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38812 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of heap-overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the DCE/RPC protocol. “A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may […]

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