Troy Hunt
MAY 27, 2023
This week's update is dominated by my experience with "Lena", the scammer from Gumtree who tried to fleece my wife of $800. There's a blow-by-blow rundown of how it all happened in this video and it's fascinating to think that these things can actually be successful given all the red flags. But they are, and in Australia alone innocent victims are stung to the tune of more than 3 billion dollars every year by fraudsters which is a staggering number.
Bleeping Computer
MAY 27, 2023
The QBot malware operation has started to abuse a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 WordPad program to infect computers, using the legitimate program to evade detection by security software. [.
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Security Boulevard
MAY 27, 2023
The term "Security Information and Event Management" or SIEM might appear to be just a buzzword, or software category but for organizations with more than 300 endpoints, it's an essential defense against a perpetually evolving landscape of cyber threats. The post Is Your SIEM Strategy Failing You? Here’s Why AI-Powered XDR Might Be The Answer appeared first on Seceon.
The Hacker News
MAY 27, 2023
A new stealthy information stealer malware called Bandit Stealer has caught the attention of cybersecurity researchers for its ability to target numerous web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets.
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Security Affairs
MAY 27, 2023
The recently identified Buhti operation targets organizations worldwide with rebranded LockBit and Babuk ransomware variants. Researchers from Symantec discovered a new ransomware operation called Buhti (aka Blacktail ) that is using LockBit and Babuk variants to target Linux and Windows systems worldwide. The ransomware operation hasn’t its own ransomware payload, however, it uses a custom information stealer to target specified file types.
The Hacker News
MAY 27, 2023
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Open Authorization (OAuth) implementation of the application development framework Expo.io. The shortcoming, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-28131, has a severity rating of 9.6 on the CVSS scoring system.
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Bleeping Computer
MAY 27, 2023
A team of researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a novel attack called "Hot Pixels," which can retrieve pixels from the content displayed in the target's browser and infer the navigation history. [.
Security Affairs
MAY 27, 2023
US CISA added recently patched Barracuda zero-day vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a recently patched Barracuda zero-day vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. This week, the network security solutions provider Barracuda warned customers that some of its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances were recently breached by threat actors exploiting a now-patched zero-day vulnerability
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 27, 2023
TikTok user data is exposed to Chinese ByteDance employees, a screen recording app goes rogue in Google Play, and privacy groups want Slack to expand encryption.
Security Affairs
MAY 27, 2023
The city of Augusta in Georgia, U.S., admitted that the recent IT system outage was caused by a cyber attack. While the City of Augusta revealed that a cyberattack caused the recent IT outage, the BlackByte ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack took place on May 21, the administrator at the City announced that they were experiencing a disruption in network services, warning of potential impacts on telephone and email access.
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Bleeping Computer
MAY 27, 2023
CISA warned of a recently patched zero-day vulnerability exploited last week to hack into Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. [.
Veracode Security
MAY 27, 2023
Introduction In today's interconnected world, securing the software supply chain is crucial for maintaining robust application security. Developers often rely on package managers to import third-party code and libraries, but this convenience comes with risks. Insecure code downloads can introduce vulnerabilities that compromise the integrity of your software.
Security Boulevard
MAY 27, 2023
Our thanks to BSidesSF for publishing their presenter’s superlative BSidesSF 2023 content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesSF 2023 – Alexis Hancock – HSMs in Plain Envelopes: A Code Signing Story appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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