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TikTok
14
Jan
2023

TikTok Fined $5.4 Million by French Regulator for Violating Cookie Laws

Jan 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Online Safety Popular short-form video hosting service TikTok has been fined €5 million (about $5.4…

Cisco Router
14
Jan
2023

Cisco Issues Warning for Unpatched Vulnerabilities in EoL Business Routers

Jan 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Bug Report Cisco has warned of two security vulnerabilities affecting end-of-life (EoL) Small Business…

EyeSpy Surveillanceware
13
Jan
2023

Tainted VPNs Being Used to Spread EyeSpy Surveillanceware

Jan 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananVPN / Surveillanceware Tainted VPN installers are being used to deliver a piece of surveillanceware dubbed EyeSpy…

FortiOS Flaw
13
Jan
2023

FortiOS Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day in Attacks on Government and Organizations

Jan 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Incident Response A zero-day vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN that Fortinet addressed last month was exploited…

Polyglot Files in Malware Distribution
13
Jan
2023

Cybercriminals Using Polyglot Files in Malware Distribution to Fly Under the Radar

Jan 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware Detection Remote access trojans such as StrRAT and Ratty are being distributed as…

Unified Cloud and Endpoint Security
13
Jan
2023

Only $1 for 1,000 Assets for all of 2023!

Jan 13, 2023The Hacker NewsUnified CNAPP / XDR As the new year begins, it’s more important than ever to protect…

IcedID Malware
12
Jan
2023

Active Directory Domain Compromised in Under 24 Hours

Jan 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananActive Directory / Malware A recent IcedID malware attack enabled the threat actor to compromise the Active…

Siemens PLC Hacking
12
Jan
2023

Over 100 Siemens PLC Models Found Vulnerable to Firmware Takeover

Jan 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananFirmware and Hardware Security Security researchers have disclosed multiple architectural vulnerabilities in Siemens SIMATIC and SIPLUS S7-1500…

Effective Vulnerability Management in 2023
12
Jan
2023

Effective Vulnerability Management in 2023

Jan 12, 2023The Hacker NewsVulnerability Management A recently published Security Navigator report data shows that businesses are still taking 215…

Chromium Browser Security
12
Jan
2023

Experts Detail Chromium Browser Security Flaw Putting Confidential Data at Risk

Jan 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Data Safety Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Google Chrome and Chromium-based…

Twitter Hacking
12
Jan
2023

Twitter Denies Hacking Claims, Assures Leaked User Data Not from its System

Jan 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Security / Privacy Twitter on Wednesday said that its investigation found “no evidence” that users’ data…

Control Web Panel
12
Jan
2023

Hackers Actively Exploiting Critical “Control Web Panel” RCE Vulnerability

Jan 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananServer Security / Linux Malicious actors are actively attempting to exploit a recently patched critical vulnerability in…