The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A look back at the cybersecurity landscape in 2023 rings all-too familiar: cyber threats rapidly evolved and scaled up , just as they have, year-to-year, for the past 20 years. Eyal Benishti , CEO, IRONSCALES Benishti Generative AI (GenAI) reshaped cybersecurity in 2023. What should I be most concerned about – and focus on – in 2024?

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Penetration Testing

MAY 3, 2024

The vulnerability, known as CVE-2023-40000, allows attackers to create administrative accounts,... The post WordPress Sites Under Widespread Attack – LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Exploit Puts Millions at Risk appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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SecureList

MARCH 7, 2024

To get access to the content (or contest), phishing sites prompted the victim to sign in to one of their gaming accounts. If the victim entered their credentials on the phishing form, the account was hijacked. Cybercriminals took advantage of this in 2023. Needless to say, the promised payout was never credited to their account.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. trillion by 2025, a 300% increase since 2015 1.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB recently uncovered a significant security breach involving ChatGPT accounts. These compromised accounts pose a serious risk to businesses, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, which has experienced the highest concentration of ChatGPT credentials for sale.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2024

The MITRE Corporation revealed that threat actors behind the December 2023 attacks created rogue virtual machines (VMs) within its environment. The MITRE Corporation has provided a new update about the December 2023 attack. This allows them to maintain control over compromised systems while minimizing the risk of discovery.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2024

Google announced that in 2023, they have prevented 2.28 Additionally, Google Play strengthened its developer onboarding and review procedures, requesting a more accurate identification during account setup. These efforts resulted in the ban of 333,000 accounts for confirmed malware and repeated severe policy breaches.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Microsoft warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts. In March 2023, Microsoft published guidance for investigating attacks exploiting the patched Outlook vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-23397.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

The vulnerability allows a successful attacker to easily take over users’ accounts without any interaction. CVE-2023-7028 ( CVSS score 10 out of 10): an issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.1 in which user account password reset emails could be delivered to an unverified email address.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Software giant Atlassian released emergency security updates to address a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-22515 (CVSS score 10), in its Confluence Data Center and Server software. The flaw CVE-2023-22515 is a privilege escalation vulnerability that affects Confluence Data Center and Server 8.0.0 and later.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Below, we present a number of key ideas about what the consumer-oriented threat landscape will look like in 2023, and describe how users could be lured into cybertraps with fake content and third-party apps. The larger the subscription base, the greater the number of fraudulent key-selling schemes and attempts at stealing accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Vendor risk management and collaboration within the industry further enhance your system’s resiliency. The Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list also added the previously disclosed issues CVE-2023-36846 and CVE-2023-36851 , emphasizing the importance of immediate fix. Both affect J-Web and all Junos OS versions.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2023

The Atlantic Council released a detailed commentary on the White House’s new “Implementation Plan for the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy.” ” Lots of interesting bits. But there are missed opportunities as well. Third, many of the implementation plan’s goals have timelines stretching into 2025.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Tell me more about the Microsoft Outlook vulnerability This vulnerability, labeled CVE-2023-23397, poses a severe risk to Microsoft Exchange accounts and can lead to the potential exposure of sensitive data. Read More The post Russian Threat Actors Exploit Outlook Flaw to Hijack Exchange Accounts appeared first on Nuspire.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2024

20, 2023, poses a substantial risk to user sessions and account security. Read More The post Infostealers Abuse Google OAuth Endpoint to ‘Revive’ Cookies, Hijack Accounts appeared first on Nuspire. Tell me more about the.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Organizations continue to invest in technology at a record pace; however still continue to be at risk. As we look forward to 2023 a number of emerging trends are top security areas that executives should focus. It is this type of failure in credential management that bad actors leverage to gain access to accounts, and data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. emphasized collective action and individual accountability. Protect IT."

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But for 2023, cybersecurity will be a “key pillar” of the company’s focus – particularly data compliance and protection. An area that Kakran is bullish on for 2023 is Kubernetes security and observability. Looking at 2023, he says that ransomware solutions will be a hot category. GRC and risk measurement.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This year, organizations have spent significant time and resources attempting to mitigate the risks associated with Business Communication Compromise, including phishing attacks and Personally-Identifiable Information leakages. Below are my top 5 predictions for Business Communication Compromise in 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

September 5, 2023 Atlas VPN Leaks Users’ IP Addresses Type of attack: Zero-Day Vulnerability, a new vulnerability that is often difficult to fix since no patch is available on the market yet. The problem: The vulnerabilities ( CVE-2023-39238 , CVE-2023-39239 and CVE-2023-39240 ), with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In other news, both LockBit and the Akira ransomware gang, the latter of which has tallied 125 victims since we first began tracking them in April 2023, were confirmed last month to be exploiting a specific zero-day flaw ( CVE-2023-20269 ) in Cisco VPN appliances. In September, they had a staggering 53 victims.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

See the Top Patch and Vulnerability Management tools October 23, 2023 Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Under Active Attack Type of attack: Active exploitation of the high-risk Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability ( CVE-2023-4966 ) disclosed on October 10, 2023 and now known as Citrix Bleed.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

30, 2023 NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes Flaws Can Lead to Credential Theft Type of Attack: Path sanitization bypass and injection vulnerabilities discovered in the NGINX Ingress controller can allow for credential theft, arbitrary command execution, and critical data access. CVE-2023-5044 (Code Injection): This CVSS score 7.6

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In 2023, the public primarily confronted two varieties of online scams: the technical and the topical. He reports accounts of growing Instagram influencers to the customer service department of Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, which also owns Instagram. OBN Brandon’s trick is almost always the same. The money’s crazy.”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

And older vulnerabilities continue to be hit by threat actors, underscoring the need for effective, risk-based patch and vulnerability management. We also highlight a study by Outpost24 that reveals startling password weaknesses in admin-level IT accounts. and CVE-2023-20273 with a CVSS Score of 7.2.

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Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It’s certainly not something that’s going to bode well when the time comes to disclose processes and practices for managing cybersecurity risks. Here’s why I’m optimistic this disclosure requirement begets the transparency and accountability needed to secure our digital future and promote maturity.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Cloud security issues refer to the threats, risks, and challenges in the cloud environment. Risks include potential damage from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. 4 Top Cloud Security Risks A cloud security risk is a combination of the possibility of a threat arising and the system’s vulnerability.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As a result, in 2023, specific industries that normally experience healthy levels of trust will see major declines in trust that will take years to repair. This honeymoon is coming to an end, however; expect to see trust in consumer technology companies declining by 15 percent in 2023. Privacy continues to be a critical consumer value.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 5, 2024

2023 ForgeRock Breach Report underscores the need for AI-powered identity We are excited to announce the release of our fifth annual ForgeRock Identity Breach Report. No wonder healthcare is the most highly targeted sector, accounting for 36% of all breaches.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 4, 2024

Take the European Union’s ambitious AI Act , for instance, with its far-reaching rules designed to rein in AI applications that pose unacceptable risks. The government has prioritized AI risk assessment and management, recognizing the importance of understanding algorithms’ decision-making processes.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2023

The recent WhatsApp accounts takeover is simple and genius. A "hacker" tries to login to your account via WhatsApp. — Zuk (@ihackbanme) January 19, 2023 He explains that attackers can take advantage of two things: a user's availability and how identity verification works on WhatsApp. Here's how it works.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. 2023, he predicted, “will not be any easier when it comes to keeping users’ data safe and private.”

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

They can do this becasue alongside the password vaults that were stolen, criminals also made off with customers' email addresses, as well as " basic customer account information", company names, end-user names, billing addresses, telephone numbers, and IP addresses. For us, data security is paramount. Don't take things at face value.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy, today released key IT security trends that will affect organizations of all sizes in 2023. Here are five specific trends for 2023 that you need to be aware of: The business of cybercrime will be further professionalized. About Netwrix . Netwrix makes data security easy.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Collectively, these episodes highlight the need for comprehensive cybersecurity defenses and timely patch management for risk mitigation. CVE-2023-3519 was used by the attackers to infect computers, including misleading PowerShell scripts, malware payloads within normal processes, and PHP web shells for remote control. are affected.

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SecureList

MARCH 13, 2024

The State of Stalkerware in 2023 (PDF) The annual Kaspersky State of Stalkerware report aims to contribute to awareness and a better understanding of how people around the world are impacted by digital stalking. The data highlights of 2023 In 2023, a total of 31,031 unique users were affected by stalkerware, an increase on 2022 (29,312).

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The Hacker News

JULY 1, 2023

As many as 200,000 WordPress websites are at risk of ongoing attacks exploiting a critical unpatched security vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3460 (CVSS score: 9.8), impacts all versions of the Ultimate Member plugin, including the latest version (2.6.6) that was released on June 29, 2023.

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