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Recent Tesla Hacks Highlight Importance of Protecting Connected Devices

eSecurity Planet

Make sure your security and IT teams are aware of every connected device so your business knows how to best protect its networks and sensitive data from vulnerabilities and threat actors. Teslas Get the Spotlight in Recent Ethical Hacking Efforts Researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities within Teslas since March 2023.

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Experts link the Black Basta ransomware operation to FIN7 cybercrime gang

Security Affairs

Sentinel Labs found evidence that links the Black Basta ransomware gang to the financially motivated hacking group FIN7. Security researchers at Sentinel Labs shared details about Black Basta ‘s TTPs and assess it is highly likely the ransomware operation has ties with FIN7. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FIN7).

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Experts found DLL Hijacking issues in Avast, AVG, and Avira solutions

Security Affairs

Flaws in Avast, AVG, and Avira Antivirus could be exploited by an attacker to load a malicious DLL file to bypass defenses and escalate privileges. “this vulnerability could have been used in order to achieve self-defense bypass, defense evasion, persistence and privilege escalation.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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RSAC insights: Introducing ‘CWPP’ and ‘CSPM,’ new frameworks to secure cloud infrastructure

The Last Watchdog

In pulling off that milestone hack, Paige Thompson took advantage of CapOne’s lack of focus on cloud security as the banking giant rushed headlong into leveraging Amazon Web Services. A slew of new cloud-security frameworks have gained traction since the Capital One hack. Hunting vulnerabilities.

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A Ransomware Group Claims to Have Breached the Foxconn Factory

Hacker Combat

Malicious hackers claim to have hacked into the network system of the Foxconn Baja factory in Mexico on June 11. After a severe ransomware assault has hit them, they devote the necessary time and money to strengthening their cyber security defenses. using the LockBit 2.0

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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

Krebs on Security

Out of an abundance of caution, Mark submitted Saicoo’s drivers file to Virustotal.com , which simultaneously scans any shared files with more than five dozen antivirus and security products. Virustotal reported that some 43 different security tools detected the Saicoo drivers as malicious.

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Latest MITRE Endpoint Security Results Show Some Familiar Names on Top

eSecurity Planet

MITRE Engenuity has released the latest round of its ATT&CK endpoint security evaluations, and the results show some familiar names leading the pack with the most detections. EDR and EPP tools have been merging over the years, yet they retain distinct functions.

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