Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A robust PIM system focuses on identifying those who should, and equally importantly, those who should not, have administrative access to important accounts and systems. This access empowers […] The post 10 Best Privileged Identity Management Tools (2024) appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

Threat actors compromised at least 11 International Monetary Fund (IMF) email accounts earlier this year, the organization revealed. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) disclosed a security breach, threat actors compromsed 11 email accounts earlier this year. The impacted email accounts were re-secured.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

The X account of cybersecurity giant Mandiant was hacked, attackers used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and push a cryptocurrency scam. Crooks hacked the X account of cybersecurity firm Mandiant and used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto platform and share a cryptocurrency scam. “Sorry, change password please.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Thousands of GitLab servers are vulnerable to zero-click account takeover attacks exploiting the flaw CVE-2023-7028. The most critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-7028 (CVSS score 10), is an account takeover via Password Reset. The flaw can be exploited to hijack an account without any interaction. prior to 16.1.6,

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2024

They use this data to steal identities and access corporate accounts. The consequences of data breaches go […] The post Best 5 Privacy Management Tools for 2024 appeared first on Centraleyes. The post Best 5 Privacy Management Tools for 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 2, 2024

Here are the steps to set up a passkey in the Google Chrome browser on a Windows 11 laptop that is already enabled with Windows Hello Face Recognition: Log on to your Google Account at myaccount.google.com using Chrome browser. MFA is still considered a significant (albeit not a complete) deterrent for hackers attempting account takeover.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 14, 2024

Streaming giant Roku has publicly acknowledged a second data breach incident impacting approximately 576,000 user accounts. This follows an initial breach in March 2024, compromising approximately 15,000 accounts.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

A vulnerability impacting the decentralized social network Mastodon can be exploited by threat actors to impersonate and take over any account. A security flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-23832 (CVSS score 9.4), in the decentralized social network Mastodon can be exploited to impersonate and take over any account.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The decentralized social network Mastodon has disclosed a critical security flaw that enables malicious actors to impersonate and take over any account. Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account," the maintainers said in a terse advisory.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 26, 2024

Learn about the best authenticator apps to secure your online accounts and protect your privacy. Authenticator apps provide an extra layer of security.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The latest IBM® X-Force® Threat Intelligence Index 2024 focuses on a growing area of risk for organizations: the increasing preference of valid credentials as an initial access vector for cyber threat actors. The post IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

February 2024 is off to a ripping start for security research. Ghost CMS Persistent XSS CVE-2024-23724 Researchers at Rhino have identified a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that impacts Ghost CMS. Researchers recently discovered that the software was prone to authenticated remote command execution (CVE-2024-22107).

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BH Consulting

MAY 15, 2024

Verizon DBIR 2024 reveals new threat trends The number of confirmed incidents and breaches doubled over the previous year, as tracked in Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report. Ransomware attacks were the top threat for most industries, accounting for 23 per cent of breaches in the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

An internet outage impacted Orange Spain after a hacker gained access to the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing. The hacker, who uses the moniker ‘Snow’, gained access to the RIPE account of Orange Spain and misconfigured the BGP routing causing an internet outage. I have fixed your RIPE admin account security.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 24, 2024

These flaws range from the potential for complete account hijacking to resource-draining denial-of-service... The post Urgent GitLab Update Patches Account Takeover Flaw, Other High-Severity Bugs appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 17, 2024

The seizure messages include ways to contact the FBI about the seizure, including an email, a Telegram account, a TOX account, and a dedicated page hosted on the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). “From June 2023 until May 2024, BreachForums (hosted at breachforums.st/.cx/.is/.vc

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BH Consulting

APRIL 18, 2024

Meanwhile, Flashpoint’s Global 2024 Threat Intelligence Report also has data that looks forward, with a strong focus on reported data breaches, vulnerability disclosures and public ransomware attacks. Sign up here The post Security Roundup April 2024 appeared first on BH Consulting.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. Businesses operating globally should adapt their cybersecurity strategies to account for these disparities, ensuring protections are tailored to local risks.

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 11, 2024

This blog will cover how we discovered CVE-2024-21378 and weaponized it by modifying Ruler , an Outlook penetration testing tool published by SensePost. Again, in the example above we have created a new form and sent a trigger email to the compromised email account (from itself).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

2024 Tech and Cybersecurity Forecast: Navigating New Frontiers in Business madhav Thu, 12/21/2023 - 05:15 People always want to comprehend what the future brings. 2024 promises to be a pivotal year, bringing transformative advancements and new challenges in tech and cybersecurity. The same is true for today’s business leaders.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2024

Data Security Trends: 2024 Report Analysis madhav Mon, 03/25/2024 - 05:08 Amid ongoing economic uncertainty and a progressively complex threat landscape, businesses are trying to navigate increasingly stringent regulatory requirements while bolstering their security posture. Download the full Thales 2024 Thales Data Threat Report now.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2024

But fast forward to 2024, and Coveware data suggests that that trend has completely reversed—not only have the number of victims paying dropped but so have the dollar amounts of actual ransom payments. A few years ago, paying ransomware attackers was almost a given—85% of hit organizations in early 2019 felt they had no choice.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For the most popular operating system in the world—which is Android and it isn’t even a contest —there’s a sneaky cyberthreat that can empty out a person’s bank accounts to fill the illicit coffers of cybercriminals. The ATS framework uses the harvested credentials to initiate unauthorized money transfers to accounts held by the attacker.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 6, 2024

Hackers have started to exploit the critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-27198) in TeamCity On-Premises, which JetBrains addressed in an update on Monday. [.]

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NetSpi Executives

JANUARY 8, 2024

As we look toward 2024, some aspects will remain the same, such as persistent ransomware and cloud-based attacks, as well as AI creating a larger attack vector for cybercriminals. In 2024, IT teams will look to turn this around and keep pace with the technical skills needed to secure digital transformations.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Researchers with cybersecurity firm Horizon3’s Attack Team published technical details of the recently disclosed vulnerability CVE-2024-0204 impacting Fortra GoAnywhere MFT. An unauthorized user can exploit the flaw CVE-2024-0204 to create admin users using the administration portal of the appliance.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

We have seen several high-profile accounts that were taken over on X (formerly Twitter) only to be used for cryptocurrency related promotional activities, like expressing the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted. — U.S. You’re all set.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 10, 2024

Find the best one that suits your needs and secure your online accounts effectively. Explore the top open-source password managers available for Mac users.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Cybercriminals continued targeting gamers’ accounts filled with valuable in-game items or giving access to games on several devices, and often used in-game currency to lure victims to participate in their scams. Unfortunately, this ambiguity sets the stage for an anticipated increase in charity-related scams in 2024.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 25, 2024

In January 2024, Microsoft discovered they’d been the victim of a hack orchestrated by Russian-state hackers Midnight Blizzard (sometimes known as Nobelium). The concerning detail about this case is how easy it was to breach the software giant.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

The Board reaches this conclusion based on: the cascade of Microsoft’s avoidable errors that allowed this intrusion to succeed; Microsoft’s failure to detect the compromise of its cryptographic crown jewels on its own, relying instead on a customer to reach out to identify anomalies the customer had observed; the Board’s assessment of security practices (..)

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 6, 2024

Hackers have started to exploit the critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-27198) in TeamCity On-Premises, which JetBrains addressed in an update on Monday. [.]

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The 2024 Duo Trusted Access Report: Navigating Complexity , gives us a chance to use the topic of complexity as a backdrop to examine trends (existing and emerging) in both access management and identity. Visibility into misconfigured and unused accounts, including employees, contractors, and service accounts is also vital.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-23897, poses a high risk and affects Jenkins integrated command line interfaces (CLI). In addition to file access, CVE-2024-23897 can be leveraged to access binary files that contain cryptographic keys utilized for various Jenkins functionalities, albeit with certain limitations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2024

API Security in 2024: Imperva Report Uncovers Rising Threats and the Urgent Need for Action madhav Thu, 03/07/2024 - 04:56 APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are the backbone of modern digital innovation. The report shows that almost half (46%) of all Account Takeover (ATO) attacks are aimed at API endpoints.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Securden Password Vault’s reporting and auditing features make it a good option for IT supervisors tasked to secure and manage multiple accounts and passwords.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2024

Threat actors hacked the X account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and used it to publish the fake news on the Bitcoin ETF approval. Hackers hijacked the X account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and used it to publish fake news on the Bitcoin ETF approval. ” Gensler wrote.

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