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3CX Breach Was a Double Supply Chain Compromise

Krebs on Security

In late March 2023, 3CX disclosed that its desktop applications for both Windows and macOS were compromised with malicious code that gave attackers the ability to download and run code on all machines where the app was installed. Microsoft Corp.

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Okta reveals additional attackers’ activities in October 2023 Breach

Security Affairs

“We have determined that the threat actor ran and downloaded a report that contained the names and email addresses of all Okta customer support system users. The company warns impacted customers of phishing or social engineering attacks that rely on the compromised data. ” continues the update.

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SANS Critical Control 20: SANS Penetration Testing and Red Team Exercises

NopSec

If vulnerability management is done right, penetration testing should turn out to be a “blank report” Also, vulnerability management is a continuous control aimed at managing information assets, detecting and analyzing vulnerabilities, and prioritizing and applying fixes. since 2008.

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Exploits and vulnerabilities in Q1 2024

SecureList

The decline in 2024 is due to data being available for Q1 only ( download ) As the chart illustrates, the number of new vulnerabilities has been steadily increasing year over year. We analyzed data on registered software vulnerabilities and compared their quantities over the past five years. The number of newly registered CVEs, 2019 — 2024.

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Iran-linked TA453 used new Multi-Persona Impersonation technique in recent attacks

Security Affairs

“In mid-2022, TA453 deployed a social engineering impersonation technique informally called Multi-Persona Impersonation in which the threat actor uses at least two actor-controlled personas on a single email thread to convince targets of the legitimacy of the campaign.” Since mid-June 2022. bas, Module2.bas,

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IT threat evolution Q2 2021

SecureList

In the vast majority of the incidents we discovered, FoundCore executions were preceded by the opening of malicious RTF documents downloaded from static.phongay[.]com In conjunction with spam campaigns, the adversaries later switched to compromised websites where visitors are tricked into downloading the malware. What guarantees ?

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Protecting Our Elderly from Scammers

Security Through Education

A pop-up message or blank screen usually appears on a computer or phone, telling you that your device is compromised and needs fixing. Medicare scams often follow the latest trends in medical research, such as genetic testing fraud and COVID-19 vaccines. Computer tech support scams.

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