The last few years have seen more than a few new categories of security solutions arise in hopes of stemming a never-ending tidal wave of risks. One of these categories is Automated Security Validation (ASV), which provides the attacker’s perspective of exposures and equips security teams to continuously validate exposures, security measures, and remediation at […]
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Microsoft said it is developing security updates to address two loopholes that it said could be abused to stage downgrade attacks against the Windows update architecture and replace current versions of the operating system files with older versions. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2024-38202 (CVSS score: 7.3) – Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege […]
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel phishing campaign that leverages Google Drawings and shortened links generated via WhatsApp to evade detection and trick users into clicking on bogus links designed to steal sensitive information. “The attackers chose a group of the best-known websites in computing to craft the threat, including Google and WhatsApp to host […]
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The Immersive Experience Happening This September in Las Vegas! In an era of relentless cybersecurity threats and rapid technological advancement, staying ahead of the curve is not just a necessity, but critical. SANS Institute, the premier global authority in cybersecurity training, is thrilled to announce Network Security 2024, a landmark event designed to empower cybersecurity […]
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The ransomware strain known as BlackSuit has demanded as much as $500 million in ransoms to date, with one individual ransom demand hitting $60 million. That’s according to an updated advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “BlackSuit actors have exhibited a willingness to negotiate […]
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A critical security flaw impacting Progress Software WhatsUp Gold is seeing active exploitation attempts, making it essential that users move quickly to apply the latest. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-4885 (CVSS score: 9.8), an unauthenticated remote code execution bug impacting versions of the network monitoring application released before 2023.1.3. “The WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip allows execution of […]
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A partial selfie posted by Punchmade Dev to his Twitter account. Yes, that is a functioning handheld card skimming device, encrusted in diamonds. Underneath that are more medallions, including a diamond-studded bitcoin and payment card. In January, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about rapper Punchmade Dev, whose music videos sing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. That story […]
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Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive. “Initially, it exploits a timing side-channel of the allocator to perform a cross-cache attack reliably,” a group of academics from the Graz University of Technology […]
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of security flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim’s web browser and steal sensitive information from their account under specific circumstances. “When a victim views a malicious email in Roundcube sent by an attacker, the attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript […]
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