October 2023

You snooze, you lose? It’s not quite as simple as that 18/10/2023 at 17:02 By Richard Currie Actually it might give you a brief edge on those weird morning people If on waking your first instinct is to smash that snooze button, new research may encourage you to let sleeping dogs lie.… This article is

Critical Citrix NetScaler Flaw Exploited to Target from Government, Tech Firms 18/10/2023 at 16:16 By Citrix is warning of exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw in NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances that could result in exposure of sensitive information. Tracked as CVE-2023-4966 (CVSS score: 9.4), the vulnerability impacts the following supported versions – NetScaler ADC

CIA exposed to potential intelligence interception due to X’s URL bug 18/10/2023 at 16:03 By Connor Jones Musk’s mega-app-in-waiting goes from chopping headlines to profile URLs An ethical hacker has exploited a bug in the way X truncates URLs to take over a CIA Telegram channel used to receive intelligence.… This article is an excerpt

Boris Johnson’s mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts 18/10/2023 at 15:19 By Lindsay Clark It was a gas while it lasted but ‘no public policy’ to replace natural gas for heating The UK should abandon its efforts to replace gas boilers for heating homes with hydrogen systems, an independent advisory commission says.… This article is

Unraveling Real-Life Attack Paths – Key Lessons Learned 18/10/2023 at 15:18 By In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, attackers are always searching for vulnerabilities and exploits within organizational environments. They don’t just target single weaknesses; they’re on the hunt for combinations of exposures and attack methods that can lead them to their desired objective. Despite

Qubitstrike Targets Jupyter Notebooks with Crypto Mining and Rootkit Campaign 18/10/2023 at 15:18 By A threat actor, presumably from Tunisia, has been linked to a new campaign targeting exposed Jupyter Notebooks in a two-fold attempt to illicitly mine cryptocurrency and breach cloud environments. Dubbed Qubitstrike by Cado, the intrusion set utilizes Telegram API to exfiltrate cloud service

Eric Vélez-Villar to deliver afternoon keynote at SECURITY 500 Conference 18/10/2023 at 15:05 By Eric Vélez-Villar, Former Assistant Director at FBI Office of Private Sector will deliver the afternoon keynote at the 16th annual SECURITY 500 Conference on November 13 in Washington, D.C. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed