[tl;dr sec] #201 – CloudRecon, LLM Security, Okta for Red Teamers
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Month: September 2023
Lumu Raises $30 Million for Threat Detection and Response Platform
Lumu, a cybersecurity firm that helps organizations identify and isolate potential compromises, on Wednesday announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series B…
Security researcher stopped at US border for investigating crypto scam
Security researcher Sam Curry describes a stressful situation he encountered upon his return to the U.S. when border officials and federal agents seized and searched his…
ZYXEL Buffer Overflow vulnerability – Attacker Launch DoS Attack
ZYXEL has been discovered with a Buffer Overflow vulnerability on their ZYXEL-PMG2005-T20B device, which can result in a denial-of-service condition. This condition exists due to…
China’s BlackTech Hacking Group Exploited Routers to Target U.S. and Japanese Companies
Cybersecurity agencies from Japan and the U.S. have warned of attacks mounted by a state-backed hacking group from China to stealthily tamper with branch routers…
US lawmakers write to AI firms about ‘gruelling’ work conditions
Eight US politicians have written to nine leading American tech companies to demand answers about the working conditions of their data workers, who are responsible…
Verisoul Raises $3.25 Million in Seed Funding to Detect Fake Users
Verisoul, an Austin, Texas-based company that has developed a SaaS platform for detecting and blocking fake users, announced on Thursday that it has raised $3.25…
Budworm hackers target telcos and govt orgs with custom malware
A Chinese cyber-espionage hacking group tracked as Budworm has been observed targeting a telecommunication firm in the Middle East and a government entity in Asia…
Firefox 118 Released with the fix for 6 High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Mozilla has recently launched Firefox 118, which addresses a total of nine security vulnerabilities. Notably, this release effectively resolves six high-severity vulnerabilities that were previously…
Case Study: Blocking Botnet-Driven Low-Rate HTTP DDoS Attacks
Indusface research on 1400+ websites recorded a significant surge in DDoS attacks and bot attacks during Q2, 2023, compared to Q1, 2023. We observed a…
Businesses disconnected from realities of API security
The spread of application-driven businesses has elevated application programming interface (API) security issues to a pressing concern, with the number of incidents arising from vulnerable…
Cactus Ransomware Claims 2 New Victims
After naming others in the past few weeks, the Cactus ransomware group has claimed cyber attacks on two more organizations. This list includes the UTC…