Long Analysis of the M-209
Really interesting analysis of the American M-209 encryption device and its security.
Cyber News
- September 5, 2024
- September 5, 2024
NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and CTEM – Better Together
It’s been a decade since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) introduced its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 1.0. Created following a 2013 Executive Order, NIST was tasked with designing a voluntary cybersecurity framework that would help organizations manage cyber risk, providing guidance based on established standards and best practices. While this version was originally […]
Cyber News
- September 5, 2024
Malware Attackers Using MacroPack to Deliver Havoc, Brute Ratel, and PhantomCore
Threat actors are likely employing a tool designated for red teaming exercises to serve malware, according to new findings from Cisco Talos. The program in question is a payload generation framework called MacroPack, which is used to generate Office documents, Visual Basic scripts, Windows shortcuts, and other formats for penetration testing and social engineering assessments. […]
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- September 5, 2024
New Cross-Platform Malware KTLVdoor Discovered in Attack on Chinese Trading Firm
The Chinese-speaking threat actor known as Earth Lusca has been observed using a new backdoor dubbed KTLVdoor as part of a cyber attack targeting an unnamed trading company based in China. The previously unreported malware is written in Golang, and thus is a cross-platform weapon capable of targeting both Microsoft Windows and Linux systems. “KTLVdoor […]
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- September 5, 2024
Cisco Fixes Two Critical Flaws in Smart Licensing Utility to Prevent Remote Attacks
Cisco has released security updates for two critical security flaws impacting its Smart Licensing Utility that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to elevate their privileges or access sensitive information. A brief description of the two vulnerabilities is below – CVE-2024-20439 (CVSS score: 9.8) – The presence of an undocumented static user credential for an administrative […]
Cyber News
- September 4, 2024
Smashing Security podcast #383: The Godfather club, and AirTags to the rescue
There’s a whole new dating scam that could mean you end up out of pocket (or beaten up) after a first date with a glamorous admirer, and a woman in Los Alamos uses an Air Tag to entrap a thief. Plus – don’t miss our featured interview with Maya Levine of Sysdig. All this, and […]
Cyber News
- September 4, 2024
North Korean Hackers Targets Job Seekers with Fake FreeConference App
North Korean threat actors have leveraged a fake Windows video conferencing application impersonating FreeConference.com to backdoor developer systems as part of an ongoing financially-driven campaign dubbed Contagious Interview. The new attack wave, spotted by Singaporean company Group-IB in mid-August 2024, is yet another indication that the activity is also leveraging native installers for Windows and […]
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- September 4, 2024
Android Users Urged to Install Latest Security Updates to Fix Actively Exploited Flaw
Google has released its monthly security updates for the Android operating system to address a known security flaw that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-32896 (CVSS score: 7.8), relates to a case of privilege escalation in the Android Framework component. According to the description of […]
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- September 4, 2024
Researchers Find Over 22,000 Removed PyPI Packages at Risk of Revival Hijack
A new supply chain attack technique targeting the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has been exploited in the wild in an attempt to infiltrate downstream organizations. It has been codenamed Revival Hijack by software supply chain security firm JFrog, which said the attack method could be used to hijack 22,000 existing PyPI packages and result […]
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