Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2023

Well, in this case it comes with a hefty hidden price tag. The post Unmasking HotRat: The hidden dangers in your software downloads appeared first on Security Boulevard. And what about some games like Age of Empires IV or Sniper Elite 4? All for free! We're talking about malware, and one sneaky culprit in particular: HotRat.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Russia-linked threat actor Winter Vivern has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Roundcube webmail software. Russian APT group Winter Vivern (aka TA473) has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Roundcube webmail software on October 11, 2023. The messages were sent from team.managment@outlook[.]com

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 3, 2023

Cloud-based software can be seamlessly updated, vulnerabilities can be addressed, and patches can be uploaded virtually as needed. The post The Price Tag for Secure Systems is Way Too High appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As threat actors aim at IT supply chains , enhanced cybersecurity has been the recent driving force for industry adoption of the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) framework. SBOMs also offer protection against licensing and compliance risks associated with SLAs with a granular inventory of software components.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 3, 2023

Intel, the world-renowned silicon chipmaker, has extended its partnership with Check Point Software technologies to boost its chipsets defense line against ransomware attacks. In the year 2021, security analysts tagged Ransomware at the trending malware topping the list in the Crypto-virology chart.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Apache Software Foundation addressed a possible remote code execution vulnerability in Struts 2 related to the OGNL technology. . The Apache Software Foundation has released a security update to address a “possible remote code execution” flaw in Struts 2 that is related to the OGNL technology. . The flaw affects Struts 2.0.0

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The tag-team campaign serves up ransomware known as Mortal Kombat, which borrows the name made famous by the video game, and Laplas Clipper malware, a clipboard stealer. Deploy Endpoint Detection and Response software like Malwarebytes EDR that uses multiple different detection techniques to identify ransomware. Detect intrusions.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Google TAG revealed that threat actors exploited a Zimbra Collaboration Suite zero-day ( CVE-2023-37580 ) to steal emails from governments. Google TAG researcher Clément Lecigne discovered the zero-day in June while investigating targeted attacks against Zimbra’s email server. ” reads the advisory published by Google TAG.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Six years later, a review of the social media postings from this group shows they are prospering, while rather poorly hiding their activities behind a software development firm in Lahore that has secretly enabled an entire generation of spammers and scammers. One of several current Fudtools sites run by The Manipulaters.

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Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Google Play, Android's official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an 'independent security reviews' badge if they conducted an independent security audit of their software and platform. [.]

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Google TAG reported that both Russia and China-linked threat actors are weaponizing the a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that in recent weeks multiple nation-state actors were spotted exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR. ” reported Google TAG.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2024

Image: Camdenliving.com Also, the fobs pass the credentials to his front door over the air in plain text, meaning someone could clone the fob just by bumping against him with a smartphone app made to read and write NFC tags. Neither August nor Chirp Systems responded to requests for comment. It’s either agree to use the app or move.”

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Illegally distributed software historically has served as a way to sneak malware onto victims’ devices. Thus, it is possible to ascertain the presence of the malware in the system both by checking the known paths and searching for key tags across all text files. These are also Trojan-Proxies that hide inside cracked software.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

North Korea-linked threat actors were observed exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in an unnamed software to target cybersecurity researchers. The attacks that took place in the past weeks were detected by researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). ” reads the advisory published by Google TAG.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Threat actors associated with North Korea are continuing to target the cybersecurity community using a zero-day bug in an unspecified software over the past several weeks to infiltrate their machines.

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Appknox

MAY 12, 2022

Internet and software giant Google recently recalibrated how it categorizes its Playstore apps. Google's Android applications are tagged with 'nutrition labels' based on the security practices and the data they collect from users to share with third parties.

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Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has linked an exploit framework that targets now-patched vulnerabilities in the Chrome and Firefox web browsers and the Microsoft Defender security app to a Spanish software company. [.].

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Citizen Lab and Google’s TAG revealed that the three recently patched Apple zero-days were used to install Cytrox Predator spyware. citizenlab in coordination with @Google ’s TAG team found that former Egyptian MP Ahmed Eltantawy was targeted with Cytrox’s #Predator #spyware through links sent via SMS and WhatsApp. .

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Google on Thursday released software updates to address yet another zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser. Clement Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with reporting the flaw on November 22, 2022.

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Software 108

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Security experts from Sucuri analyzing a software skimmer that is abusing its brand name in order to evade detection. Researchers at Sucuri analyzed a software skimmer that is using their brand name in order to evade detection. SecurityAffairs – hacking, software skimmer). veeblehosting[.]com/~sucurrin/i/gate.php

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Software company Ivanti has recently raised the alarm about two new vulnerabilities impacting its products: Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA gateways. Tell me more about the Ivanti zero-days The first of these vulnerabilities, tagged as CVE-2024-21893, is a zero-day flaw that’s currently being actively exploited.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. According to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers, who spotted the campaign, the attacks were launched by multiple hack-for-hire actors recruited on Russian-speaking forums.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 23, 2022

Dubbed HYPERSCRAPE by Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), the actively in-development malicious software is said to have been used against less than two dozen accounts in Iran, with the oldest known and Microsoft Outlook accounts.

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Accountability Government Malware Software 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

The Apache Software Foundation urges organizations to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-31805, affecting Struts versions ranging 2.0.0 The remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-17530, resides in forced OGNL evaluation when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes.

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Google Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

to develop Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) technology. It’s becoming increasingly important to detect and prevent security vulnerabilities early in the software development cycle and also have the capability to mitigate the security attacks at the first moment of exploitation in production.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2023

The popular Threat Analysis Group (TAG) Maddie Stone wrote Google’s fourth annual year-in-review of zero-day flaws exploited in-the-wild [ 2021 , 2020 , 2019 ], it is built off of the mid-year 2022 review. ” reads the report published by Google TAG. ” reads the report published by Google TAG.

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Google Security

MAY 26, 2022

Hardware Memory Tagging to the Rescue MTE (Memory Tagging Extension) is a new extension on the ARM v8.5A architecture that helps with detecting errors in software memory use. Every 16 bytes of memory are assigned a 4-bit tag. Pointers are also assigned a 4-bit tag. Pointers are also assigned a 4-bit tag.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

HelpSystems, the company that developed the Cobalt Strike platform, addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its software. This can be exploited using an object tag, which in turn can load a malicious payload from a webserver, which is then executed by the Cobalt Strike client.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2023

Cloud Software Group strongly urges affected customers of NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway to install the relevant updated versions as soon as possible.” The Citrix Cloud Software Group is strongly urging affected customers to install the relevant updated versions as soon as possible. reads the report published by Citrix.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

Software bills of materials (SBOMs) are becoming a critical component of vulnerability management. They describe the composition of software in a common format that other tools can understand. The leading SBOM formats are Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX), Software Identification (SWID) Tagging, and CycloneDX.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 3, 2023

The post Integrate threat hunting into the SOC triage process to mitigate software supply chain risk appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Zero-Day vulnerabilities refer to previously unknown security flaws that are exploited by attackers before the affected company has a chance to develop and release a software patch or fix. Google's TAG and Project Zero teams identified a new Zero-Day vulnerability, CVE-2023-4211, which was being actively exploited in targeted attacks.

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Manufacturing Risk Software Cybersecurity 104

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

“In particular, neither switching to a memory safe language , such as Rust, nor using current or future hardware memory safety features, such as memory tagging , can help with the security challenges faced by V8 today.” In the software-based sandbox, only the V8 heap is enclosed within the sandbox.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Shane Huntley, Director at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), revealed that her team has shared its findings with the campaigns and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ” reads the report published by Google TAG. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Google TAG). According to Google, the alerts are shown to up to 0.1%

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization. China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The software company also warned that one of these two vulnerabilities is under active exploitation in the wild. The software firm recommends importing the “mitigation.release.20240126.5.xml” and CVE-2024-21893 (CVSS score: 8.2). x), Policy Secure (9.x, x) and Neurons for ZTA. reads the advisory. “Be 20240126.5.xml”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 18, 2021

Naturally, the price tag for analyzing malware (free) is appealing to SMBs on a limited budget. VirusTotal isn’t running the same AV software as you. To stay up-to-date against both known and zero-day threats, endpoint protection providers update their products and protection software almost continuously. Let’s explore.

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