New Inception Attack Let Attackers Steal Sensitive Data
Phantom Speculation and Training in Transient Execution are two novel techniques that have been identified to leak arbitrary information from all modern CPUs. A new…
Month: August 2023
Sophos X-Ops showcases MDR and threat intelligence at Black Hat and DEF CON
Sophos has announced that Sophos X-Ops will lead three presentations at Black Hat and DEF CON, taking place this week in Las Vegas. Speaker presentations…
U.K. Electoral Commission Breach Exposes Voter Data of 40 Million Britons
Aug 09, 2023THNData Breach / Cyber Attack The U.K. Electoral Commission on Tuesday disclosed a “complex” cyber attack on its systems that went undetected for…
CrowdStrike Debuts New Counter Adversary Operations
On August 8, 2023, Crowdstrike announced its new counter operations, “CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence” and the CrowdStrike® Falcon OverWatch” to detect and disrupt advanced cyber adversaries.…
Downfall attacks can gather passwords, encryption keys from Intel processors
A variety of Intel Core processors and the devices using them are vulnerable to “Downfall”, a new class of attacks made possible by CVE-2022-40982, which…
Malicious Campaigns Exploit Weak Kubernetes Clusters for Crypto Mining
Aug 09, 2023THNCloud Security / Kubernetes Exposed Kubernetes (K8s) clusters are being exploited by malicious actors to deploy cryptocurrency miners and other backdoors. Cloud security…
CTO interview: Gavin Rea, Gulf Bridge International
As chief technology officer (CTO) at Gulf Bridge International (GBI), Gavin Rea is responsible for the design, operation and evolution of GBI’s submarine cable and…
India To Opt For Maya Operating System For Defense Ministry
India is reportedly ditching Microsoft Windows and opting for a new operating system and endpoint detection and protection system. The highly anticipated “Maya operating system” will soon…
SAP Patches Critical Vulnerability in PowerDesigner Product
German software giant SAP has fixed more than a dozen new vulnerabilities with its August 2023 Patch Tuesday updates, including a critical flaw affecting the…
Recent ransomware attacks share curiously similar tactics
A series of ransomware attacks made by different groups share curiously similar characteristics, according to Sophos. Sophos released new findings into the connections between the…
Northern Irish police expose staff data in botched FoI response
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is today rushing to contain and explain a major data breach that saw a spreadsheet containing the surname,…
40 Vulnerabilities Patched in Android With August 2023 Security Updates
Just over 40 vulnerabilities have been patched by Google in the Android operating system with the release of the August 2023 security updates. According to…