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Fortinet and Zoho
05
Jan
2023

Fortinet and Zoho Urge Customers to Patch Enterprise Software Vulnerabilities

Jan 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananApplication Security / SQLi Fortinet has warned of a high-severity flaw affecting multiple versions of FortiADC application…

Ransomware threat
04
Jan
2023

The FBI’s Perspective on Ransomware

Ransomware: contemporary threats, how to prevent them and how the FBI can help In April 2021, Dutch supermarkets faced a…

Qualcomm Chipsets and Lenovo
04
Jan
2023

Qualcomm Chipsets and Lenovo BIOS Get Security Updates to Fix Multiple Flaws

Jan 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananFirmware Security Qualcomm on Tuesday released patches to address multiple security flaws in its chipsets, some of…

Linux Malware
04
Jan
2023

New shc-based Linux Malware Targeting Systems with Cryptocurrency Miner

Jan 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananLinux / Cryptocurrency A new Linux malware developed using the shell script compiler (shc) has been observed…

Critical RCE Vulnerability
04
Jan
2023

Synology Releases Patch for Critical RCE Vulnerability Affecting VPN Plus Servers

Jan 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananVPN / Server Security Synology has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting VPN Plus…

BitRAT Malware
03
Jan
2023

Hackers Using Stolen Bank Information to Trick Victims into Downloading BitRAT Malware

Jan 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananUnited States A new malware campaign has been observed using sensitive information stolen from a bank as…

Enforcement vs. Enrollment-based Security
03
Jan
2023

How to Balance Security and Employee Trust

Jan 03, 2023The Hacker NewsSecurity Automation / Cybersecurity Challenges with an enforcement-based approach An enforcement-based approach to security begins with…

Raspberry Robin Worm
03
Jan
2023

Raspberry Robin Worm Evolves to Attack Financial and Insurance Sectors in Europe

Jan 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananPost-Exploitation / Malware Financial and insurance sectors in Europe have been targeted by the Raspberry Robin worm,…

PyTorch Machine Learning
02
Jan
2023

PyTorch Machine Learning Framework Compromised with Malicious Dependency

Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Machine Learning The maintainers of the PyTorch package have warned users who have installed…

RedZei Chinese Scammers
02
Jan
2023

RedZei Chinese Scammers Targeting Chinese Students in the U.K.

Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananOnline Scam / Cybersecurity Chinese international students in the U.K. have been targeted by persistent Chinese-speaking scammers…

WordPress
02
Jan
2023

New Linux Malware Exploiting Over Two Dozen CMS Flaws

Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Linux WordPress sites are being targeted by a previously unknown strain of Linux malware…

User Location Tracking
02
Jan
2023

Google to Pay $29.5 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over User Location Tracking

Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Location Tracking Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle two…