Toronto Public Library confirms data stolen in ransomware attack
The Toronto Public Library (TPL) confirmed that the personal information of employees, customers, volunteers, and donors was stolen from a compromised file server during an October…
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Citrix Hypervisor gets hotfix for new Reptar Intel CPU flaw
Citrix has released hotfixes for two vulnerabilities impacting Citrix Hypervisor, one of them being the “Reptar” high-severity flaw that affects Intel CPUs for desktop and…
FBI and CISA warn of opportunistic Rhysida ransomware attacks
The FBI and CISA warned today of Rhysida ransomware gang’s opportunistic attacks targeting organizations across multiple industry sectors. Rhysida, a ransomware enterprise that surfaced in…
PJ&A says cyberattack exposed data of nearly 9 million patients
PJ&A (Perry Johnson & Associates) is warning that a cyberattack in March 2023 exposed the personal information of almost nine million patients. PJ&A provides medical…
What They Are and How to Test Them
Web applications often handle vast amounts of data, from personal user details to sensitive corporate information. As these applications grow in complexity and importance, they…
Fraud researchers impersonated on X to push crypto-stealing sites
Multiple fake accounts impersonating cryptocurrency scam investigators and blockchain security companies are promoting phishing pages to drain wallets in an ongoing campaign on X (former…
IPStorm botnet with 23,000 proxies for malicious traffic dismantled
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that Federal Bureau of Investigation took down the network and infrastructure of a botnet proxy service called IPStorm. IPStorm…
WP Fastest Cache plugin bug exposes 600K WordPress sites to attacks
The WordPress plugin WP Fastest Cache is vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of the site’s database. WP…
New Reptar CPU flaw impacts Intel desktop and server systems
Intel has fixed a high-severity CPU vulnerability in its modern desktop, server, mobile, and embedded CPUs, including the latest Alder Lake, Raptor Lake, and Sapphire…
VMWare discloses critical VCD Appliance auth bypass with no patch
VMware disclosed a critical and unpatched authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Cloud Director appliance deployments. Cloud Director enables VMware admins to manage their organizations’ cloud services…
Windows 10 KB5032189 update released with 11 improvements
Microsoft has released the KB5032189 cumulative update for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2, which contains eleven fixes for various issues. KB5032189 is a…
New CacheWarp AMD CPU attack lets hackers gain root in Linux VMs
A new software-based fault injection attack, CacheWarp, can let threat actors hack into AMD SEV-protected virtual machines by targeting memory writes to escalate privileges and gain…