2024

Sticky Werewolf Expands Cyber Attack Targets in Russia and Belarus

Sticky Werewolf Expands Cyber Attack Targets in Russia and Belarus 2024-06-10 at 09:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a threat actor known as Sticky Werewolf that has been linked to cyber attacks targeting entities in Russia and Belarus. The phishing attacks were aimed at a pharmaceutical company, a Russian research institute dealing with […]

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AI’s role in accelerating vulnerability management

AI’s role in accelerating vulnerability management 2024-06-10 at 08:01 By Help Net Security With its capability to analyze, predict, and automate, AI stands to reshape many corners of business, most notably cybersecurity. In the field of vulnerability management specifically, AI is poised to have a profound impact, enhancing two key areas: Providing quicker analysis and

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Radare: Open-source reverse engineering framework

Radare: Open-source reverse engineering framework 2024-06-10 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz Radare is an open-source UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. It can be scripted, modified, and used for batch analysis. “I started the project in 2006 when I was working as a forensic analyst, and I wrote a simple command-line hexadecimal editor to

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Why CISOs need to build cyber fault tolerance into their business

Why CISOs need to build cyber fault tolerance into their business 2024-06-10 at 07:01 By Help Net Security CISOs who elevate response and recovery to equal status with prevention are generating more value than those who adhere to outdated zero tolerance for failure mindsets, according to Gartner. “Each new cybersecurity disruption exposes the fact that

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Cybersecurity pros change strategies to combat AI-powered threats

Cybersecurity pros change strategies to combat AI-powered threats 2024-06-10 at 06:31 By Help Net Security 75% of security professionals had to change their cybersecurity strategy in the last year due to the rise in AI-powered cyber threats, with 73% expressing a greater focus on prevention capabilities, according to Deep Instinct. Additionally, 97% of respondents are

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Protecting identity in a world of deepfakes and social engineering

Protecting identity in a world of deepfakes and social engineering 2024-06-10 at 06:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video round-up, security experts discuss various aspects of identity verification and security, including generative AI’s impact, the state of identity fraud prevention, and the potential impact of identity challenges on the security sector.

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Study finds a quarter of bosses hoped RTO would make employees quit

Study finds a quarter of bosses hoped RTO would make employees quit 2024-06-09 at 21:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Worker happiness hits an all-time low A study claims to have proof of what some have suspected: return to office mandates are just back-channel layoffs and post-COVID work culture is making everyone miserable. … This article is an

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New PHP Vulnerability Exposes Windows Servers to Remote Code Execution

New PHP Vulnerability Exposes Windows Servers to Remote Code Execution 2024-06-09 at 18:16 By Details have emerged about a new critical security flaw impacting PHP that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4577, has been described as a CGI argument injection vulnerability affecting all versions of

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Microsoft Revamps Controversial AI-Powered Recall Feature Amid Privacy Concerns

Microsoft Revamps Controversial AI-Powered Recall Feature Amid Privacy Concerns 2024-06-09 at 18:16 By Microsoft on Friday said it will disable its much-criticized artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature by default and make it an opt-in. Recall, currently in preview and coming exclusively to Copilot+ PCs on June 18, 2024, functions as an “explorable visual timeline” by

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Ultimate Cyber Hygiene Guide: Learn How to Simplify Your Security Efforts

Ultimate Cyber Hygiene Guide: Learn How to Simplify Your Security Efforts 2024-06-09 at 18:16 By 2023 was a year of unprecedented cyberattacks. Ransomware crippled businesses, DDoS attacks disrupted critical services, and data breaches exposed millions of sensitive records. The cost of these attacks? Astronomical. The damage to reputations? Irreparable. But here’s the shocking truth: many

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LightSpy Spyware’s macOS Variant Found with Advanced Surveillance Capabilities

LightSpy Spyware’s macOS Variant Found with Advanced Surveillance Capabilities 2024-06-09 at 18:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that the LightSpy spyware recently identified as targeting Apple iOS users is in fact a previously undocumented macOS variant of the implant. The findings come from both Huntress Labs and ThreatFabric, which separately analyzed the artifacts associated with

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Cyber Landscape is Evolving – So Should Your SCA

Cyber Landscape is Evolving – So Should Your SCA 2024-06-09 at 18:16 By Traditional SCAs Are Broken: Did You Know You Are Missing Critical Pieces? Application Security professionals face enormous challenges securing their software supply chains, racing against time to beat the attacker to the mark.  Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools have become a basic

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Akira: Perhaps the next big thing in ransomware, says Tidal threat intelligence chief

Akira: Perhaps the next big thing in ransomware, says Tidal threat intelligence chief 2024-06-09 at 15:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Scott Small tells us gang’s ‘intent and capability’ should get the attention of CSOs Interview  It might not be as big a name as BlackCat or LockBit, but the Akira ransomware is every bit as dangerous,

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Week in review: Atlassian Confluence RCE PoC, new Kali Linux, Patch Tuesday forecast

Week in review: Atlassian Confluence RCE PoC, new Kali Linux, Patch Tuesday forecast 2024-06-09 at 11:02 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: High-risk Atlassian Confluence RCE fixed, PoC available (CVE-2024-21683) If you’re self-hosting an Atlassian Confluence Server or Data Center installation, you

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Uber ex-CSO Joe Sullivan: We need security leaders running to work, not giving up

Uber ex-CSO Joe Sullivan: We need security leaders running to work, not giving up 2024-06-08 at 17:46 By Jessica Lyons Lessons learned from the infosec chief convicted and punished for covering up theft of data from taxi app maker Interview  Joe Sullivan – the now-former Uber chief security officer who was found guilty of covering-up

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Our vulture survived Computex – now he just needs to tell us the highs and lows

Our vulture survived Computex – now he just needs to tell us the highs and lows 2024-06-08 at 15:16 By Iain Thomson We all grab a mic and discuss Nvidia, Intel, AMD, strange squid, and a certain CEO’s ego Kettle  Well, that was Computex 2024. A week of Nvidia, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and others talking

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New PHP Vulnerability Exposes Windows Servers to Remote Code Execution

New PHP Vulnerability Exposes Windows Servers to Remote Code Execution 2024-06-08 at 11:01 By Details have emerged about a new critical security flaw impacting PHP that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4577, has been described as a CGI argument injection vulnerability affecting all versions of

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Astroboffins order most advanced spectrograph ever to sniff out alien life

Astroboffins order most advanced spectrograph ever to sniff out alien life 2024-06-08 at 10:16 By Matthew Connatser ANDES, in the Andes, is predicted to find the first Population III mega-star The European Southern Observatory (ESO) this week signed a deal with a group of scientific institutions to build a spectrograph that can scan space for

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