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Fortinet’s Authentication Bypass Zero-Day: Mitigation Strategies and IoCs for Enhanced Security

Fortinet’s Authentication Bypass Zero-Day: Mitigation Strategies and IoCs for Enhanced Security 2025-01-15 at 14:24 By daksh sharma Overview Fortinet has disclosed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting FortiOS and FortiProxy systems, identified as CVE-2024-55591. With a CVSS score of 9.6, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute unauthorized code or commands, granting them “super-admin” privileges. […]

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FBI removed PlugX malware from U.S. computers

FBI removed PlugX malware from U.S. computers 2025-01-15 at 14:24 By Help Net Security The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that, alongside international partners, the FBI deleted “PlugX” malware from thousands of infected computers worldwide. As described in court documents unsealed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a group of hackers sponsored by the People’s

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British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees

British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees 2025-01-15 at 13:09 By Richard Speed Collective Proceedings Order seeks £1.5B from iGiant Seven weeks of court action began this week as a case over alleged breaches of competition law by Apple is heard at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal

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UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff

UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff 2025-01-15 at 12:24 By Richard Speed Rising costs blamed, although any excuse to do more with less British companies are looking to AI as a way of cutting investment in staff, according to new research.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Report: CISO responsibility is expanding beyond cybersecurity

Report: CISO responsibility is expanding beyond cybersecurity 2025-01-15 at 12:23 By The responsibilities of CISOs are expanding; however, only 3% of those surveyed indicate a pay raise to reflect their greater responsibility.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Foundation model for tabular data slashes training from hours to seconds

Foundation model for tabular data slashes training from hours to seconds 2025-01-15 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Good ol’ spreadsheet data could benefit from ‘revolutionary’ approach to ML inferences Move over ChatGPT and DALL-E: Spreadsheet data is getting its own foundation machine learning model, allowing users to immediately make inferences about new data points for

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Australia Launches ‘Countering Foreign Interference’ Initiative to Safeguard Sovereignty and Democracy

Australia Launches ‘Countering Foreign Interference’ Initiative to Safeguard Sovereignty and Democracy 2025-01-15 at 11:46 By daksh sharma Overview Foreign interference poses a persistent and evolving threat to Australia’s sovereignty, democracy, and national interests. Recognizing the critical importance of addressing these risks, the Australian Government has launched the “Countering Foreign Interference in Australia: Working Together Towards

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Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure is for apps you don’t want in the cloud, but will manage from it

Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure is for apps you don’t want in the cloud, but will manage from it 2025-01-15 at 10:24 By Simon Sharwood Azure Local is about hybrid management, not hybrid resource pools, and is catching up with virtual rivals Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure offering is more about unified management than hybrid cloud as

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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation

FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation 2025-01-15 at 09:34 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to delete PlugX malware from over 4,250 infected computers as part of a “multi-month law enforcement operation.” PlugX, also known

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Boeing going backwards as production’s slowing and woes keep flowing

Boeing going backwards as production’s slowing and woes keep flowing 2025-01-15 at 08:35 By Simon Sharwood No such problems at Airbus, which cruised at a high level and shipped almost two planes a day last year Beleaguered aerospace outfit Boeing has revealed how many commercial aircraft it shipped in 2024, and the news isn’t good.…

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3 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws Patched in Microsoft’s Latest Security Update

3 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws Patched in Microsoft’s Latest Security Update 2025-01-15 at 08:04 By Microsoft kicked off 2025 with a new set of patches for a total of 161 security vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, including three zero-days that have been actively exploited in attacks. Of the 161 flaws, 11 are rated Critical, and

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Critical SimpleHelp Flaws Allow File Theft, Privilege Escalation, and RCE Attacks

Critical SimpleHelp Flaws Allow File Theft, Privilege Escalation, and RCE Attacks 2025-01-15 at 08:04 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaws in SimpleHelp remote access software that could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and remote code execution. Horizon3.ai researcher Naveen Sunkavally, in a technical report detailing the findings, said the “vulnerabilities are trivial

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Contextal Platform: Open-source threat detection and intelligence

Contextal Platform: Open-source threat detection and intelligence 2025-01-15 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz Contextal Platform is an open-source cybersecurity solution for contextual threat detection and intelligence. Developed by the original authors of ClamAV, it offers advanced features such as contextual threat analysis, custom detection scenarios through the ContexQL language, and AI-powered data processing—all operating locally

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Lessons from the Security 500 Conference: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Lessons from the Security 500 Conference: The good, the bad, and the ugly 2025-01-15 at 07:23 By Security leader reflects on lessons learned during the annual Security 500 Conference. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Using cognitive diversity for stronger, smarter cyber defense

Using cognitive diversity for stronger, smarter cyber defense 2025-01-15 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Mel Morris, CEO of Corpora.ai, discusses how cognitive biases affect decision-making during cybersecurity incidents. Morris shares insights on the challenges of designing user-friendly cybersecurity tools that consider human cognitive processes. How do cognitive biases impact

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Intel Capital next into the chip giant’s trebuchet, to be shot as far over the wall as possible

Intel Capital next into the chip giant’s trebuchet, to be shot as far over the wall as possible 2025-01-15 at 06:34 By Simon Sharwood This’ll be good for you, don’t you worry, CFO tells venture fund while pulling back the sling Stricken silicon giant Intel has decided it doesn’t want to be the sole investor

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Cybersecurity is stepping into a new era of complexity

Cybersecurity is stepping into a new era of complexity 2025-01-15 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Cybersecurity is entering a new era of complexity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 report. Growing complexity intensifies cyber inequity This complexity arises from the rapid growth of emerging technologies, prevailing geopolitical uncertainty, the evolution

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Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR

Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR 2025-01-15 at 05:19 By This blog discusses a web shell intrusion incident where attackers abused the IIS worker to exfiltrate stolen data. This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to this headline:

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