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GitHub for Malicious Purposes
11
Jan
2024

Threat Actors Increasingly Abusing GitHub for Malicious Purposes

Jan 11, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Software Security The ubiquity of GitHub in information technology (IT) environments has made it a lucrative…

Apache OfBiz Vulnerability
11
Jan
2024

New PoC Exploit for Apache OfBiz Vulnerability Poses Risk to ERP Systems

Jan 11, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Cyber Attack Cybersecurity researchers have developed a proof-of-concept (PoC) code that exploits a recently disclosed critical…

Atomic Stealer
11
Jan
2024

Atomic Stealer Gets an Upgrade

Jan 11, 2024NewsroomMalvertising / Cyber Attacks Cybersecurity researchers have identified an updated version of a macOS information stealer called Atomic…

Ransomware Armageddon
11
Jan
2024

There is a Ransomware Armageddon Coming for Us All

Generative AI will enable anyone to launch sophisticated phishing attacks that only Next-generation MFA devices can stop The least surprising…

Unity Connection Software
11
Jan
2024

Cisco Fixes High-Risk Vulnerability Impacting Unity Connection Software

Jan 11, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Patch Management Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Unity Connection…

Twitter Brute-Force Attack
11
Jan
2024

Mandiant’s X Account Was Hacked Using Brute-Force Attack

Jan 11, 2024NewsroomOnline Security / Cryptocurrency The compromise of Mandiant’s X (formerly Twitter) account last week was likely the result…

Zero-Day Flaws in Ivanti
11
Jan
2024

Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure

Jan 11, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Zero-Day A pair of zero-day flaws identified in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) and Policy Secure have…

Mirai-Based Botnet
10
Jan
2024

Latest Mirai-Based Botnet Targeting SSH Servers for Crypto Mining

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cryptocurrency A new Mirai-based botnet called NoaBot is being used by threat actors as part…

Free Ransomware Decryptor
10
Jan
2024

Free Decryptor Released for Black Basta and Babuk’s Tortilla Ransomware Victims

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Data Security A decryptor for the Tortilla variant of the Babuk ransomware has been released by…

Attack Surface
10
Jan
2024

Getting off the Attack Surface Hamster Wheel: Identity Can Help

IT professionals have developed a sophisticated understanding of the enterprise attack surface – what it is, how to quantify it…

Sensitive Location Data
10
Jan
2024

FTC Bans Outlogic (X-Mode) From Selling Sensitive Location Data

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Regulatory Compliance The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday prohibited data broker Outlogic, which was…

Windows Update
10
Jan
2024

Microsoft’s January 2024 Windows Update Patches 48 New Vulnerabilities

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Windows Security Microsoft has addressed a total of 48 security flaws spanning its software as part…