January 2025

HPE probes IntelBroker’s bold data theft boasts

HPE probes IntelBroker’s bold data theft boasts 2025-01-21 at 15:32 By Connor Jones Incident response protocols engaged following claims of source code burglary Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is probing assertions made by prolific Big Tech intruder IntelBroker that they broke into the US corporation’s systems and accessed source code, among other things.… This article is […]

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 JoCERT Issues Warning on Exploitable Command Injection Flaws in HPE Aruba Products

 JoCERT Issues Warning on Exploitable Command Injection Flaws in HPE Aruba Products 2025-01-21 at 15:32 By daksh sharma Overview JoCERT has issued an alert regarding critical command injection vulnerabilities discovered in HPE Aruba’s 501 Wireless Client Bridge. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-54006 and CVE-2024-54007, allow authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands on

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13,000 MikroTik Routers Hijacked by Botnet for Malspam and Cyberattacks

13,000 MikroTik Routers Hijacked by Botnet for Malspam and Cyberattacks 2025-01-21 at 15:32 By A global network of about 13,000 hijacked Mikrotik routers has been employed as a botnet to propagate malware via spam campaigns, the latest addition to a list of botnets powered by MikroTik devices. The activity “take[s] advantage of misconfigured DNS records

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Age Verification Restrictions & The Risks of VPNs

Age Verification Restrictions & The Risks of VPNs 2025-01-21 at 15:00 View original post at vpnMentor vpnMentor’s Research Team recently conducted extensive research on the increasing demand for VPNs in the US and its effect on Pornhub’s traffic — and a nuanced picture emerged. The data shows how age verification laws, geo-blocking, and user behavior

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Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing

Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing 2025-01-21 at 14:45 By Paul Kunert From fighters to friends in six months, despite AWS voting against it Exclusive  Microsoft is to become the latest member of CISPE months after negotiating a settlement with the trade association of European cloud providers over

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Ransomware attackers are “vishing” organizations via Microsoft Teams

Ransomware attackers are “vishing” organizations via Microsoft Teams 2025-01-21 at 14:10 By Zeljka Zorz The “email bombing + posing as tech support via Microsoft Teams” combination is proving fruitful for two threat actors looking to deliver ransomware to organizations, and they seem to be ramping up their efforts. “Sophos MDR has observed more than 15

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Ex-CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Sharing Top-Secret Data with Unauthorized Parties

Ex-CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Sharing Top-Secret Data with Unauthorized Parties 2025-01-21 at 14:10 By A former analyst working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pleaded guilty to transmitting top secret National Defense Information (NDI) to individuals who did not have the necessary authorization to receive it and attempted to cover up the activity.

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HackGATE: Setting New Standards for Visibility and Control in Penetration Testing Projects

HackGATE: Setting New Standards for Visibility and Control in Penetration Testing Projects 2025-01-21 at 13:03 By Imagine receiving a penetration test report that leaves you with more questions than answers. Questions like, “Were all functionalities of the web app tested?” or ” Were there any security issues that could have been identified during testing?” often

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Asda tech divorce from Walmart delays cut-over for 55 stores

Asda tech divorce from Walmart delays cut-over for 55 stores 2025-01-21 at 12:48 By Lindsay Clark Supermarket taking ‘pragmatic approach’ to ‘Europe’s largest IT transformation program’ Asda has postponed the tech transition of 55 stores to its new systems as US retail giant Walmart continues to support IT at outlets it sold to the new

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AI pothole patrol to snap flaws in Britain’s crumbling roads

AI pothole patrol to snap flaws in Britain’s crumbling roads 2025-01-21 at 11:33 By Richard Currie Now if only the councils could afford to fill them An oft-repeated myth is that potholes form through a combination of surface cracks, water, and traffic, but they’re actually caused by chronic levels of underinvestment in public infrastructure.… This

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Critical Mozilla Vulnerabilities Prompt Urgent Updates for Firefox and Thunderbird Users

Critical Mozilla Vulnerabilities Prompt Urgent Updates for Firefox and Thunderbird Users 2025-01-21 at 11:33 By daksh sharma Overview Mozilla products, including the popular Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, have been found to contain multiple vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, cause system instability, and even gain escalated privileges. The severity of these issues

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VMware migrations will be long, expensive, and risky, warns Gartner

VMware migrations will be long, expensive, and risky, warns Gartner 2025-01-21 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood And possibly even more so if you don’t start planning yours soon If the changes Broadcom brought to VMware have you thinking of a move to an alternative virtualization platform, expect a long, costly, and risky project – and

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PNGPlug Loader Delivers ValleyRAT Malware Through Fake Software Installers

PNGPlug Loader Delivers ValleyRAT Malware Through Fake Software Installers 2025-01-21 at 08:48 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a series of cyber attacks that have targeted Chinese-speaking regions like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China with a known malware called ValleyRAT. The attacks leverage a multi-stage loader dubbed PNGPlug to deliver the ValleyRAT payload,

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TSMC reportedly pauses production after strong earthquake hits Taiwan

TSMC reportedly pauses production after strong earthquake hits Taiwan 2025-01-21 at 07:48 By Simon Sharwood Geopolitical rumblings one day, geological rumblings the next Taiwan has experienced an earthquake so significant that chipmaking champ TSMC has shuttered plants.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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CERT-UA Warns of Cyber Scams Using Fake AnyDesk Requests for Fraudulent Security Audits

CERT-UA Warns of Cyber Scams Using Fake AnyDesk Requests for Fraudulent Security Audits 2025-01-21 at 07:48 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of ongoing attempts by unknown threat actors to impersonate the cybersecurity agency by sending AnyDesk connection requests. The AnyDesk requests claim to be for conducting an audit to

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Scam Yourself attacks: How social engineering is evolving

Scam Yourself attacks: How social engineering is evolving 2025-01-21 at 07:30 By Help Net Security We’ve entered a new era where verification must come before trust, and for good reason. Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and one of the trends getting a fresh reboot in 2025 is the “scam yourself” attacks. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill

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Addressing the intersection of cyber and physical security threats

Addressing the intersection of cyber and physical security threats 2025-01-21 at 07:05 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security, Nicholas Jackson, Director of Cyber Operations at Bitdefender, discusses how technologies like AI, quantum computing, and IoT are reshaping cybersecurity. He shares his perspective on the new threats these advancements bring and offers practical advice

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