Category: HelpnetSecurity

73% of security pros use unauthorized SaaS applications
10
Jul
2024

73% of security pros use unauthorized SaaS applications

73% of security professionals admit to using SaaS applications that had not been provided by their company’s IT team in…

Microsoft fixes two zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2024-38080, CVE-2024-38112)
09
Jul
2024

Microsoft fixes two zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2024-38080, CVE-2024-38112)

For July 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security updates and patches that fix 142 CVEs, including two exploited zero-days…

Critical vulnerability in the RADIUS protocol leaves networking equipment open to attack
09
Jul
2024

Critical vulnerability in the RADIUS protocol leaves networking equipment open to attack

A new critical security vulnerability in the RADIUS protocol, dubbed BlastRADIUS, leaves most networking equipment open to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks….

AttackIQ Mission Control simplifies security testing for distributed teams
09
Jul
2024

AttackIQ Mission Control simplifies security testing for distributed teams

AttackIQ has introduced a new functionality for enterprise customers – AttackIQ Mission Control. AttackIQ Mission Control enhances AttackIQ Enterprise BAS…

GuardZoo spyware used by Houthis to target military personnel
09
Jul
2024

GuardZoo spyware used by Houthis to target military personnel

Lookout discovered GuardZoo, Android spyware targeting Middle Eastern military personnel. This campaign leverages malicious apps with military and religious themes…

Chinese APT40 group swifly leverages public PoC exploits
09
Jul
2024

Chinese APT40 group swifly leverages public PoC exploits

Chinese state-sponsored cyber group APT40 is amazingly fast at adapting public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for vulnerabilities in widely used software,…

Microsoft’s cybersecurity dilemma: An open letter to Satya Nadella
09
Jul
2024

Microsoft’s cybersecurity dilemma: An open letter to Satya Nadella

Microsoft is suffering cybersecurity failures due to systemic problems with strategic leadership. The world is witnessing an alarming trend of…

Exploring the root causes of the cybersecurity skills gap
09
Jul
2024

Exploring the root causes of the cybersecurity skills gap

In this Help Net Security interview, Koma Gandy, VP of Leadership and Business at Skillsoft, addresses the critical aspects of…

TeamViewer: Network segmentation hobbled Midnight Blizzard's attack
08
Jul
2024

TeamViewer: Network segmentation hobbled Midnight Blizzard’s attack

TeamViewer, the company developing the popular remote access/control software with the same name, has finished the investigation into the breach…

Decryptor for DoNex, Muse, DarkRace, (fake) LockBit 3.0 ransomware released
08
Jul
2024

Decryptor for DoNex, Muse, DarkRace, (fake) LockBit 3.0 ransomware released

A cryptographic weakness in the DoNex ransomware and its previous incarnations – Muse, fake LockBit 3.0, and DarkRace – has…

How nation-state cyber attacks disrupt public services and undermine citizen trust
08
Jul
2024

How nation-state cyber attacks disrupt public services and undermine citizen trust

In this Help Net Security interview, Rob Greer, VP and GM of the Enterprise Security Group at Broadcom, discusses the…

July 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: The end of an AV giant in the US
08
Jul
2024

July 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: The end of an AV giant in the US

The US celebrated Independence Day last week, providing many with a long weekend leading into patch week. With summer vacations…