The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

What should I be most concerned about – and focus on – in 2024? In 2024, we will see more targeted, sophisticated business email compromise (BEC) attacks, including VIP impersonation, vendor email compromise (VEC), and autonomous agents used for malicious purposes. The comments we received were uniformly insightful and helpful.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Palo Alto Networks warns that threat actors are chaining the vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 with two other vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-0108 with CVE-2024-9474 , to compromise PAN-OS firewalls. Attackers are chaining them with the CVE-2025-0108 with CVE-2024-9474 issues. In November 2024, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

SentinelLabs researchers speculate DPRK-linked actors targeting the crypto industry since July 2024 as part of the Hidden Risk campaign. The application bundle has the bundle identifier Education.LessonOne and contains a universal architecture (i.e., The Hidden Gems to Watch” and “New Era for Stablecoins and DeFi, CeFi”.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2025

In August 2024, Russian crooks advertised a macOS malware called BANSHEE Stealer that can target both x86_64 and ARM64 architectures. On November 2024, the operators behind the MaaS shut down their operations and leaked the Banshee’s source online , researchers at VXunderground reported.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2025

Throughout 2025, SquareXs research team will disclose at least one critical web attack per month as part of the YOBB project, focusing on vulnerabilities that exploit architectural limitations of the browser and incumbent solutions. Each disclosure will include attack video demonstrations, technical breakdowns, and mitigation strategies.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

The experts used a diagnostic software to analyze the vehicle architecture, scan the Electronic Control Unit (ECU), identify its version, and test diagnostic functions. Kaspersky published research findings on the first-generation Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) infotainment system, specifically focusing on the Mercedes-Benz Head Unit.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2023

” Or said another way, “architecture matters”. Gartner provides several statistics to help us understand the reason: · Gartner surveys in 2020 showed 80% of enterprises using IaaS are multi-cloud · In 2024, 60% of IT spending on application software will be directed at Cloud technologies. · Ask the critical questions.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

2024 Thales Global Data Threat Report: Trends in Financial Services madhav Tue, 10/15/2024 - 05:17 Financial services (FinServ) firms are key players in the global economy. The report also noted that the percentage of businesses experiencing breaches in the last year has dropped significantly, from 29% in 2021 to 14% in 2024.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The Shadowserver Foundation researchers observed several CVE-2025-0108 attempts since 4 am UTC 2024-02-13 in their honeypots. “Fundamentally, these sorts of architectures lead to things like header smuggling and path confusion, which can result in many impactful bugs! ” states GreyNoise.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Brain Cipher ransomware group has been active since at least April 2024.On On June 20, 2024, the group targeted an Indonesian data center causing the disruption of around 210 critical government services, including customs and immigration. No Deloitte systems have been impacted.” ” a Deloitte spokesperson told SC UK.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In this latest campaign, our investigation also uncovered prebuilt Hiatus binaries that target new architectures such as Arm, Intel 80386, and x86-64 and previously targeted architectures such as MIPS, MIPS64, and i386. reads the report published by Black Lotus Labs.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 9, 2025

As we begin the New Year, it offers a chance for reflection on 2024 and to consider what we can do as security professionals and business leaders in 2025 that will keep us relevant and in the best position to counter cyber threats going forward. The post Cybersecurity Resolutions for 2025 appeared first on IT Security Guru.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Multiple threat actors actively exploited the recently disclosed OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools flaw CVE-2024-36401 in malware-based campaigns. The researchers observed threat actors exploiting CVE-2024-36401 in attacks aimed at IT service providers in India, technology companies in the U.S., ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

million in 2024 — 10% more than the previous year and the highest average ever. Meanwhile, according to non-profit trade association CompTIA’s Cyberseek tool, nearly half a million cybersecurity jobs were open between May 2023 and April 2024 in the U.S., year-over-year in 2024, demand grew by 8.1%. million workers.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 24, 2024

SASE blends networking architecture, namely SD-WAN, with cloud-delivered security services such as security web gateways, Zero Trust network access and more. Just after RSAC 2024 , I had the chance to visit with Ken Rutsky , CMO at Aryaka , which is supplying yet another flavor: Unified SASE as a Service.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2024

FortiGuard Labs observed increased activity from two botnets, the Mirai variant “FICORA” and the Kaiten variant “CAPSAICIN” FortiGuard Labs researchers observed a surge in activity associated with two botnets, the Mirai variant “ FICORA ” and the Kaiten variant “CAPSAICIN,” in late 2024.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To wrap up our 2024 year-end roundtable, we turn our attention to new technologies and trends that are emerging to help bridge the gaps. Shoshani Or Shoshani , CEO, Stream Security In 2024, 65% of breaches involved cloud data, highlighting a critical gap in cloud security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2025

A Trkiye-linked group used an Output Messenger zero-day to spy on Kurdish military targets in Iraq, collecting user data since April 2024. Once inside, they could access all user communications, steal data, impersonate users, and compromise credentials, posing major operational risks. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 5, 2024

At RSAC 2024 I sat down with Isaac Roybal , chief marketing officer at Seclore , to discuss how the challenge of securing business data has moved beyond even where the EDRM space has been evolving. “We Today, businesses amass vast amounts of business-critical data – at a pace that’s quickening as GenAI takes hold.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2025

CERT-UA’s report states that the UAC-0200 activity has been tracked since summer 2024, with recent decoy messages (since February 2025) focusing on UAVs and electronic warfare. .” reads the report published CERT-UA. CERT-UA published Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for the ongoing campaign.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2025

The groups three core missions: Deepen scientific understanding of how AI models learn and predict; Create controllable AI environments using experimental physics models; Embed trust into the architecture itselfnot as an afterthought. If that sounds lofty, it is. Were now deep into that shift.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 8, 2024

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 Windows files with older versions.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2025

Zero Trust Architecture Needs Proper Implementation While zero trust principles are widely recognized as essential, implementing them effectively across modern IT environments proves challenging. This gap highlights a growing disconnect between perceived and actual risk in cloud deployments.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

We are also conducting ongoing research into Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) architecture which can provide finer grained memory protections and safety controls, particularly appealing in security-critical environments like embedded systems. ACM 67, 6 (June 2024), 52–60. link] ↩ [link] ↩ Kern, C.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

In October 2024, the researcher while hunting bugs for the GitHub Bug Bounty program shifted focus from GitHub Enterprise Server to GitHub Desktop. The researcher also reported a Git LFS newline injection, tracked as CVE-2024-53263, that could lead to credential compromise. ” reads the report published by the researcher.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In 2024, human-centric security strategies will become increasingly important. Talent Shortage The cybersecurity talent shortage shows no signs of abating in 2024. Ransomware Still Reigns Supreme Ransomware attacks continue to plague organizations globally, and 2024 will be no different.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2024

On March 28, 2024, Malwarebytes CEO, Marcin Kleczynski, and Payette Associates Director of Information Technology, Dan Gallivan, will answer these questions and more in our live Byte into Security webinar. Which tools do a security team of 5 rely on everyday? What threats are considered most dangerous?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2024

As the 2024 Olympics approach, the world's eyes will turn to Paris. Increased attack surface The 2024 Paris Olympics will involve a massive digital infrastructure, including ticketing systems, live-streaming platforms, and IoT devices used in venues. The challenges can be broadly categorized into several key areas.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 15, 2024

A group of researchers has discovered a new data leakage attack impacting modern CPU architectures supporting speculative execution. Dubbed GhostRace (CVE-2024-2193), it is a variation of the transient execution CPU vulnerability known as Spectre v1 (CVE-2017-5753). The approach combines speculative execution and race conditions.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

This software uses patented security architecture with 256-bit encryption, plus built-in two factor authentication. Subscribe The post Dashlane 2024 appeared first on eSecurity Planet. Competitors may advertise their best-in-class security, but Dashlane has a clean track record to back it up. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2024

Researchers at cybersecurity firm DEVCORE discovered a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2024-4577, in the PHP programming language. The vulnerability CVE-2024-4577 was reported to the PHP development team by the Devcore researcher Orange Tsai on May 7, 2024. ” continues the advisory.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

Let's delve into the rewind of 2023, exploring five influential trends and threats that molded the cyberthreat landscape and are poised to resonate throughout enterprises in 2024. GenAI and large language mode (LLM) tools will be the great enablers of 2024, continuing to lower the barrier to entry for threat actors. The solution?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The two vulnerabilities are: CVE-2025-0108 Palo Alto PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-53704 SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Improper Authentication Vulnerability Researchers recently warned that threat actors exploit a recently disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2025-0108, in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2025

With the acquisitions of DOSarrest in 2021 and Reblaze Technologies in 2024, Link11 has expanded its market position. The goal is to make security architectures more resilient technologically, functionally, and geopolitically. At the same time, the company secures business-critical processes worldwide through the synergies created.

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2025

Their report is a good starting point for diving deep into the MBUX internals and understanding the architecture of the system. Full information on the MBUX architecture can be found in the KeenLab research. CVE-2024-37600 (MoCCA) The “servicebroker” service is a part of a DSI framework, which is used in MoCCA.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 8, 2024

Developers and system administrators using Deno, the popular JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime known for its security-focused architecture, need to be aware of a critical security vulnerability that has been identified and addressed in... The post CVE-2024-34346: Deno Vulnerability Allows Privilege Elevation appeared first (..)

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this article, we will review the past year’s trends to see which of our 2023 predictions have come true, and try to predict what is to come in 2024. Verdict: prediction not fulfilled ❌ APT predictions for 2024 Now, let us take a look at a possible future of the advanced persistent threat landscape.

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