Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang’s internal operations. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the history of Snatch, its alleged founder, and their claims that everyone has confused them with a different, older ransomware group by the same name.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Cloudflare's Firewall and DDoS prevention can be bypassed through a specific attack process that leverages logic flaws in cross-tenant security controls. [.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang added the hotel chain Motel One to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. Motel One is a German hotel chain that offers budget-friendly accommodations primarily targeted at business and leisure travelers. It is known for its stylish and design-focused hotels that aim to provide a comfortable and affordable stay for guests.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a new trend of dual ransomware attacks targeting the same victims, at least since July 2023. "During these attacks, cyber threat actors deployed two different ransomware variants against victim companies from the following variants: AvosLocker, Diamond, Hive, Karakurt, LockBit, Quantum, and Royal," the FBI said in an alert.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Progress Software has addressed a critical severity vulnerability in its WS_FTP Server software used by thousands of IT teams worldwide. Progress Software warned customers to address a critical severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-40044 (CVSS score 10), in its WS_FTP Server software which is used by thousands of IT teams worldwide. “The WS_FTP team recently discovered vulnerabilities in the WS_FTP Server Ad hoc Transfer Module and in the WS_FTP Server manager interface.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Outlook Desktop to unexpectedly prompt users to reopen previously closed windows. [.

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WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Plus: Stolen US State Department emails, $20 million zero-day flaws, and controversy over the EU’s message-scanning law.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang's internal operations. Today, we'll take a closer look at the history of Snatch, its alleged founder, and their claims that everyone has confused them with a different, older ransomware group by the same name.

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WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Plus: Mozilla patches 10 Firefox bugs, Cisco fixes a vulnerability with a rare maximum severity score, and SAP releases updates to stamp out three highly critical flaws.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Welcome to the 11th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API10:2023 Unsafe Consumption of APIs. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you [.] The post 2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: API10:2023 Unsafe Consumption of APIs appeared first on Wallarm.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of dual ransomware attacks aimed at the same victims. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of dual ransomware attacks, a new worrisome trend in the threat landscape that sees threat actors targeting the same victims two times. “As of July 2023, the FBI noted two trends emerging across the ransomware environment and is releasing this notification for industry awareness.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

If you’ve got ? on this blog (directly, or via syndication) you’d have to have been living under a rock to not know about the libwebp supply chain disaster. An unfortunate casualty of inept programming just happened to be any app in the Electron ecosystem that doesn’t undergo bleeding-edge updates. Former cow-orker Tom Sellers (one. Continue reading → The post Avoid libwebp Electron Woes On macOS With positron appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

A child abuse site has been taken down following a request to German law enforcement by Cybernews research team. A hacker collective, who wanted to remain anonymous, has been relentlessly hunting online crooks who benefit from videos of children being abused. This week, they discovered a website dedicated to pedophiles – it was full of explicit video material featuring minors.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Many thanks to DEF CON 31 for publishing their presenter’s tremendous DefCon Conference 31 Presenters Content at Caesars Forum, Fllamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 31 – Lorenzo Cococcia ‘s ‘War Stories – Finding Foes And Yourself With Latency Trilateration’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

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