Krebs on Security
APRIL 10, 2024
On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention “twitter.com” to read “x.com” instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that demonstrate how this change could be used to craft convincing phishing links — such as fedetwitter[.]com , which until very recently rendered as fedex.com in tweets.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 2, 2024
The cybersecurity world got really lucky last week. An intentionally placed backdoor in xz Utils, an open-source compression utility, was pretty much accidentally discovered by a Microsoft engineer—weeks before it would have been incorporated into both Debian and Red Hat Linux. From ArsTehnica : Malicious code added to xz Utils versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 modified the way the software functions.
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Tech Republic Security
APRIL 12, 2024
Research has found that criminals can demand higher ransom when they compromise an organisation’s backup data in a ransomware attack. Discover advice from security experts on how to properly protect your backup.
Penetration Testing
APRIL 22, 2024
Security researcher Naor Hodorov has made public a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a severe vulnerability (CVE-2024-21111) in Oracle VirtualBox. This vulnerability plagues VirtualBox versions before 7.0.16 and allows attackers with basic access to a... The post Oracle VirtualBox Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21111): PoC Published appeared first on Penetration Testing.
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
The Hacker News
APRIL 22, 2024
New research has found that the DOS-to-NT path conversion process could be exploited by threat actors to achieve rootkit-like capabilities to conceal and impersonate files, directories, and processes.
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 20, 2024
A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with a Microsoft repository, making the files appear trustworthy.
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Schneier on Security
APRIL 4, 2024
The ProtonMail people are accusing Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows app of conducting extensive surveillance on its users. It shares data with advertisers, a lot of data: The window informs users that Microsoft and those 801 third parties use their data for a number of purposes, including to: Store and/or access information on the user’s device Develop and improve products Personalize ads and content Measure ads and content Derive audience insights Obtain precise geolocation data
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 19, 2024
Oxford University researchers used an approach dubbed “blind quantum computing” to connect two quantum computing entities in a way that is completely secure.
Penetration Testing
APRIL 19, 2024
A recently discovered flaw in the GNU C Library’s (glibc) iconv function (CVE-2024-2961) carries severe implications for web applications built on PHP. This vulnerability, which allows for out-of-bounds memory writes, could enable remote attackers... The post CVE-2024-2961 – glibc Vulnerability Opens Door to PHP Attacks: Patch Immediately appeared first on Penetration Testing.
The Hacker News
APRIL 12, 2024
Palo Alto Networks is warning that a critical flaw impacting its PAN-OS software used in its GlobalProtect gateways is being exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-3400, the issue has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity.
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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 16, 2024
Cisco warns about a large-scale credential brute-forcing campaign targeting VPN and SSH services on Cisco, CheckPoint, Fortinet, SonicWall, and Ubiquiti devices worldwide. [.
Security Boulevard
APRIL 18, 2024
Are you a FANFSA fan? The White House isn’t. It says the bill “threatens national security.” The post House Passes Privacy-Preserving Bill, but Biden Blasts it appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 2, 2024
Telecommunications giant AT&T has finally confirmed that 73 million current and former customers have been caught up in a massive dark web data leak. The leaked data includes names, addresses, mobile phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers. Malwarebytes VP of Consumer Privacy, Oren Arar, describes the AT&T breach as “especially risky” because much of the type of data that’s been exposed. “SSN, name, date of birth—this is personal identifiable in
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 18, 2024
Nearly 10 million devices were infected with data-stealing malware in 2023, with criminals stealing an average of 50.9 credentials per device.
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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.
Penetration Testing
APRIL 22, 2024
A new critical vulnerability has emerged, targeting users of the popular enterprise file transfer software, CrushFTP. This zero-day flaw, identified as CVE-2024-4040 with a CVSS score of 7.7, poses a severe risk to organizations... The post CVE-2024-4040: CrushFTP Users Targeted in Zero-Day Attack Campaign appeared first on Penetration Testing.
The Hacker News
APRIL 16, 2024
The maintainers of the PuTTY Secure Shell (SSH) and Telnet client are alerting users of a critical vulnerability impacting versions from 0.68 through 0.80 that could be exploited to achieve full recovery of NIST P-521 (ecdsa-sha2-nistp521) private keys.
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 22, 2024
BleepingComputer recently reported how a GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. It turns out, GitLab is also affected by this issue and could be abused in a similar fashion. [.
Security Boulevard
APRIL 8, 2024
Cybercriminals pilfered an average of 50.9 login credentials per device, evidence of the pressing need for cybersecurity measures. The post 10 Million Devices Were Infected by Data-Stealing Malware in 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 17, 2024
Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group with ties to the Kremlin’s Sandworm unit, is crossing lines even that notorious cyberwarfare unit wouldn’t dare to.
Tech Republic Security
APRIL 8, 2024
Read about a supply chain attack that involves XZ Utils, a data compressor widely used in Linux systems, and learn how to protect from this threat.
Penetration Testing
APRIL 14, 2024
The PHP development team has released urgent security patches for multiple vulnerabilities affecting versions 8.1.28, 8.2.18, and 8.3.6. These vulnerabilities, ranging from critical command injection flaws to potential account compromises, require immediate attention from... The post Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Patched: Update Immediately to Mitigate Attacks appeared first on Penetration Testing.
The Hacker News
APRIL 9, 2024
Microsoft has released security updates for the month of April 2024 to remediate a record 149 flaws, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 149 flaws, three are rated Critical, 142 are rated Important, three are rated Moderate, and one is rated Low in severity.
Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.
When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 20, 2024
The Forminator WordPress plugin used in over 500,000 sites is vulnerable to a flaw that allows malicious actors to perform unrestricted file uploads to the server. [.
Security Boulevard
APRIL 12, 2024
A hard-coded credential catastrophe: The analytics firm kept big companies’ secrets in an insecure AWS bucket. Government says victims include the “critical infrastructure sector.” The post Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 22, 2024
Four billions public Discord messages are for sale on an internet scraping service called Spy.pet. At first sight there doesn’t seem to be much that is illegal about it. The messages were publicly accessible and there are no laws against scraping data. However, it turns out the site did disregard some laws: more on that later. To get this amount of data the platform gathered information from 14,201 servers about 627,914,396 users.
Security Affairs
APRIL 17, 2024
Threat actors are exploiting the CVE-2023-22518 flaw in Atlassian servers to deploy a Linux variant of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. At the end of October 2023, Atlassian warned of a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-22518 (CVSS score 9.1), that affects all versions of Confluence Data Center and Server. The vulnerability is an improper authorization issue that can lead to significant data loss if exploited by an unauthenticated attacker.
Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services
A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.
Penetration Testing
APRIL 19, 2024
SmuggleFuzz SmuggleFuzz is designed to assist in identifying HTTP downgrade attack vectors. Its standout feature is not just the time-based detection or request handling, but the detailed response information it provides. This empowers users... The post SmuggleFuzz: HTTP/2 based downgrade and smuggle scanner appeared first on Penetration Testing.
The Hacker News
APRIL 9, 2024
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in LG webOS running on its smart televisions that could be exploited to bypass authorization and gain root access on the devices. The findings come from Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, which discovered and reported the flaws in November 2023. The issues were fixed by LG as part of updates released on March 22, 2024.
Bleeping Computer
APRIL 6, 2024
A threat researcher has disclosed a new arbitrary command injection and hardcoded backdoor flaw in multiple end-of-life D-Link Network Attached Storage (NAS) device models. [.
Security Boulevard
APRIL 21, 2024
The Akira ransomware has been around for just more than a year, but has caused its share of damage, racking up more than 250 victims and pulling in about $42 million in ransom, according to law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies in the United States and Europe. Akira was first detected in 2023, showing itself to. The post Akira Ransomware Group Takes In $42 million from 250 Attacks in a Year 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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