Twistlock Founders Score Whopping $51M Seed Funding for Gutsy
The team of entrepreneurs that created and sold Twistlock to Palo Alto are peeling the wraps of a brand new cybersecurity upstart focused on redefining…
Category: SecurityWeek
One-Click GNOME Exploit Could Pose Serious Threat to Linux Systems
GitHub’s Security Lab has warned Linux users about a serious remote code execution vulnerability affecting a component of the popular GNOME desktop environment. The flaw…
Magecart Web Skimmer Hides in 404 Error Pages
A recent Magecart web skimming campaign is using three concealment techniques, including by hiding the malicious code in the targeted website’s ‘404’ error page, Akamai’s…
Cable Giant Volex Targeted in Cyberattack
UK-based cable manufacturing giant Volex (AIM: VLX) has been targeted in a cyberattack that involved unauthorized access to some of the company’s IT systems and…
Recently Patched TagDiv Plugin Flaw Exploited to Hack Thousands of WordPress Sites
A recently patched vulnerability affecting a plugin associated with the Newspaper and Newsmag themes has been exploited to hack thousands of WordPress websites as part…
Credential Harvesting Campaign Targets Unpatched NetScaler Instances
A credential harvesting campaign is targeting Citrix NetScaler gateways that have not been patched against a recent vulnerability, IBM reports. Tracked as CVE-2023-3519 (CVSS score…
Google Expands Bug Bounty Program With Chrome, Cloud CTF Events
Google has announced the expansion of its vulnerability rewards program with two events focused on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript rendering engine and on Kernel-based Virtual Machine…
Patches Prepared for ‘Probably Worst’ cURL Vulnerability
The maintainers of the cURL data transfer project are working on patching two vulnerabilities in the software, including a high-severity bug impacting both libcurl and…
DC Board of Elections Discloses Data Breach
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) on Friday confirmed that voter records were compromised in a data breach at a third-party services provider.…
Hackers Join In on Israel-Hamas War With Disruptive Cyberattacks
Several hacker groups have joined in on the Israel-Hamas conflict escalation that started over the weekend after the Palestinian militant group launched a major attack.…
Taiwan Probes Firms Suspected of Selling Chip Equipment to China’s Huawei Despite US Sanctions
Taiwan authorities are investigating four Taiwan-based companies suspected of helping China’s Huawei Technologies to build semiconductor facilities. Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua said Friday…
MGM Resorts Says Ransomware Hack Cost $110 Million
Hospitality and entertainment giant MGM Resorts said costs from last month’s debilitating ransomware infection has exceeded $110 million, including $10 million in one-time consulting clean-up…