December 2023

Chinese Hackers Exploited New Zero-Day in Barracuda’s ESG Appliances 2023-12-27 at 15:31 By Barracuda has revealed that Chinese threat actors exploited a new zero-day in its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances to deploy backdoor on a “limited number” of devices. Tracked as CVE-2023-7102, the issue relates to a case of arbitrary code execution that resides within a third-party

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Why context matters in the future of enterprise security 2023-12-27 at 15:04 By Enterprises often see employees as their greatest vulnerability and as being victims of outside threats, but sometimes the latter is not true. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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AI chatbots will become smart enough to be your coworker 2023-12-27 at 12:17 By Katyanna Quach Large language models are about to automate tasks on your computer Comment  Large language models will evolve from AI chatbots generating synthetic content on your screen to virtual agents that are capable of performing actions on your computer.… This

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New Sneaky Xamalicious Android Malware Hits Over 327,000 Devices 2023-12-27 at 11:39 By A new Android backdoor has been discovered with potent capabilities to carry out a range of malicious actions on infected devices. Dubbed Xamalicious by the McAfee Mobile Research Team, the malware is so named for the fact that it’s developed using an open-source mobile

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Warning: Poorly Secured Linux SSH Servers Under Attack for Cryptocurrency Mining 2023-12-27 at 08:17 By Poorly secured Linux SSH servers are being targeted by bad actors to install port scanners and dictionary attack tools with the goal of targeting other vulnerable servers and co-opting them into a network to carry out cryptocurrency mining and distributed

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Postgres pioneer Michael Stonebraker promises to upend the database once more 2023-12-26 at 18:19 By Lindsay Clark Turing Award winner’s whose research and startups broke ground for five decades, tells The Reg he has more up his sleeve Interview  What if we built the operating system on top of the database instead of the other

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Unveiling the power of external attack surface management 2023-12-26 at 15:02 By External Attack Surface Management (EASM) has been identified as a top cybersecurity trend for the coming 5 to 10 years. So, what exactly is EASM, and why is it gaining such global prominence? This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s

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30 years and still sunbathing: SOHO probe continues work as a space weatherman 2023-12-26 at 14:17 By Richard Speed From the cutting edge of physics research to a valuable monitoring tool Space Extenders II  SOHO, a joint ESA and NASA mission, is still going strong after almost thirty years since launch and at this point

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How thermal management is changing in the age of the kilowatt chip 2023-12-26 at 12:03 By Tobias Mann Air cooling holdouts take notice, the fun stuff is all liquid Analysis  As Moore’s Law slowed to a crawl, chips, particularly those used in AI and high-performance computing (HPC), have steadily gotten hotter. In 2023 we saw

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Carbanak Banking Malware Resurfaces with New Ransomware Tactics 2023-12-26 at 09:32 By The banking malware known as Carbanak has been observed being used in ransomware attacks with updated tactics. “The malware has adapted to incorporate attack vendors and techniques to diversify its effectiveness,” cybersecurity firm NCC Group said in an analysis of ransomware attacks that took place in November 2023. “Carbanak

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