Schneier on Security

APRIL 23, 2024

Former senior White House cyber policy director A. J. Grotto talks about the economic incentives for companies to improve their security—in particular, Microsoft: Grotto told us Microsoft had to be “dragged kicking and screaming” to provide logging capabilities to the government by default, and given the fact the mega-corp banked around $20 billion in revenue from security services last year, the concession was minimal at best. […] “The government needs to focus on

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 22, 2024

"More Data Breaches Than You Can Shake a Stick At" That seems like a reasonable summary and I suggest there are two main reasons for this observation. Firstly, there are simply loads of breaches happening and you know this already because, well, you read my stuff! Secondly, There are a couple of Twitter accounts in particular that are taking incidents that appear across a combination of a popular clear web hacking forum and various dark web ransomware websites and "raising them to th

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 22, 2024

Interesting social-engineering attack vector : McAfee released a report on a new LUA malware loader distributed through what appeared to be a legitimate Microsoft GitHub repository for the “C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS,” known as vcpkg. The attacker is exploiting a property of GitHub: comments to a particular repo can contain files, and those files will be associated with the project in the URL.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 17, 2024

When you think about trust in the digital landscape, what comes to mind? Is it the security of personal information, the reliability of online transactions, the authenticity of digital identities? Or is it ISACA’s definition of digital trust as being the confidence in relationships and transactions. Or it is Nobel laureate and economist Kenneth Arrow’s view, as a “lubricant” in a social system?

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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 19, 2024

Oxford University researchers used an approach dubbed “blind quantum computing” to connect two quantum computing entities in a way that is completely secure.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 22, 2024

Security researcher Naor Hodorov has made public a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a severe vulnerability (CVE-2024-21111) in Oracle VirtualBox. This vulnerability plagues VirtualBox versions before 7.0.16 and allows attackers with basic access to a... The post Oracle VirtualBox Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21111): PoC Published appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 22, 2024

New research has found that the DOS-to-NT path conversion process could be exploited by threat actors to achieve rootkit-like capabilities to conceal and impersonate files, directories, and processes.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 20, 2024

A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with a Microsoft repository, making the files appear trustworthy.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 18, 2024

Nearly 10 million devices were infected with data-stealing malware in 2023, with criminals stealing an average of 50.9 credentials per device.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 22, 2024

A new critical vulnerability has emerged, targeting users of the popular enterprise file transfer software, CrushFTP. This zero-day flaw, identified as CVE-2024-4040 with a CVSS score of 7.7, poses a severe risk to organizations... The post CVE-2024-4040: CrushFTP Users Targeted in Zero-Day Attack Campaign appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Advertiser: Revenera

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2024

These women are innovating in the cybersecurity field. How many of them do you know? The post The 10 Women in Cybersecurity You Need to Follow appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 22, 2024

BleepingComputer recently reported how a GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. It turns out, GitLab is also affected by this issue and could be abused in a similar fashion. [.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 22, 2024

The MITRE Corporation revealed that it was the target of a nation-state cyber attack that exploited two zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure appliances starting in January 2024. The intrusion led to the compromise of its Networked Experimentation, Research, and Virtualization Environment (NERVE), an unclassified research and prototyping network.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 19, 2024

A recently discovered flaw in the GNU C Library’s (glibc) iconv function (CVE-2024-2961) carries severe implications for web applications built on PHP. This vulnerability, which allows for out-of-bounds memory writes, could enable remote attackers... The post CVE-2024-2961 – glibc Vulnerability Opens Door to PHP Attacks: Patch Immediately appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 17, 2024

Canadian legislators proposed 19,600 amendments —almost certainly AI-generated—to a bill in an attempt to delay its adoption. I wrote about many different legislative delaying tactics in A Hacker’s Mind , but this is a new one.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 22, 2024

Four billions public Discord messages are for sale on an internet scraping service called Spy.pet. At first sight there doesn’t seem to be much that is illegal about it. The messages were publicly accessible and there are no laws against scraping data. However, it turns out the site did disregard some laws: more on that later. To get this amount of data the platform gathered information from 14,201 servers about 627,914,396 users.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 23, 2024

Learn about the potential vulnerabilities of VPNs and the measures you can take to enhance your VPN security.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 22, 2024

Microsoft has revealed that North Korea-linked state-sponsored cyber actors has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make its operations more effective and efficient. "They are learning to use tools powered by AI large language models (LLM) to make their operations more efficient and effective," the tech giant said in its latest report on East Asia hacking groups.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 22, 2024

A new threat has emerged in the cybercrime world, specifically designed to prey on the lucrative gaming community. Security researchers from G DATA have analyzed “Sharp Stealer,” a malware family that steals login credentials,... The post Sharp Stealer: New Malware Targets Gamers’ Accounts and Online Identities appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been around for just more than a year, but has caused its share of damage, racking up more than 250 victims and pulling in about $42 million in ransom, according to law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies in the United States and Europe. Akira was first detected in 2023, showing itself to. The post Akira Ransomware Group Takes In $42 million from 250 Attacks in a Year appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 20, 2024

The Forminator WordPress plugin used in over 500,000 sites is vulnerable to a flaw that allows malicious actors to perform unrestricted file uploads to the server. [.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 18, 2024

Our review methodology for password managers provides you with a reliable assessment of the best solutions based on the analyzed key factors.

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Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

The Hacker News

APRIL 21, 2024

A new information stealer has been found leveraging Lua bytecode for added stealth and sophistication, findings from McAfee Labs reveal. The cybersecurity firm has assessed it to be a variant of a known malware called RedLine Stealer owing to the fact that the command-and-control (C2) server IP address has been previously identified as associated with the malware.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 19, 2024

SmuggleFuzz SmuggleFuzz is designed to assist in identifying HTTP downgrade attack vectors. Its standout feature is not just the time-based detection or request handling, but the detailed response information it provides. This empowers users... The post SmuggleFuzz: HTTP/2 based downgrade and smuggle scanner appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2024

Are you a FANFSA fan? The White House isn’t. It says the bill “threatens national security.” The post House Passes Privacy-Preserving Bill, but Biden Blasts it appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

A financially motivated group named GhostR claims the theft of a sensitive database from World-Check and threatens to publish it. World-Check is a global database utilized by various organizations, including financial institutions, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement agencies, for assessing potential risks associated with individuals and entities.

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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 17, 2024

Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group with ties to the Kremlin’s Sandworm unit, is crossing lines even that notorious cyberwarfare unit wouldn’t dare to.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 19, 2024

Threat actors behind the Akira ransomware group have extorted approximately $42 million in illicit proceeds after breaching the networks of more than 250 victims as of January 1, 2024. "Since March 2023, Akira ransomware has impacted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure entities in North America, Europe, and Australia," cybersecurity agencies from the Netherlands and the U.S.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 21, 2024

A recently discovered vulnerability in the popular Laravel web development framework could leave websites and applications built upon it susceptible to severe data breaches. This flaw, designated CVE-2024-29291, affects versions 8.* through 11.* of... The post Laravel Framework Hit by Data Exposure Vulnerability (CVE-2024-29291) – Database Credentials at Risk appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2024

A six-year-old company that is building a platform and portfolio of tools aimed at automating organizations’ responses to data breaches and protecting executives from personal liability is getting $6.5 million in seed money and bringing on as an adviser the former chief security offer for Uber who last year became the face of legal consequences. The post BreachRx Gets $6.5 Million to Automate Security Incident Response appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.

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