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New open-source project takeover attacks spotted, stymied

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New open-source project takeover attacks spotted, stymied 2024-04-16 at 16:16 By Zeljka Zorz The OpenJS Foundation has headed off a “credible takeover attempt” similar to the one that resulted in a backdoor getting included in the open-source XZ Utils package by someone who called themselves “Jia Tan”. This malicious maintainer achieved that coveted position after […]

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US Government on High Alert as Russian Hackers Steal Critical Correspondence From Microsoft

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US Government on High Alert as Russian Hackers Steal Critical Correspondence From Microsoft 2024-04-11 at 23:46 By Ryan Naraine The US government says Midnight Blizzard’s compromise of Microsoft corporate email accounts “presents a grave and unacceptable risk to federal agencies.” The post US Government on High Alert as Russian Hackers Steal Critical Correspondence From Microsoft

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Sisense Data Breach Triggers CISA Alert and Urgent Calls for Credential Resets

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Sisense Data Breach Triggers CISA Alert and Urgent Calls for Credential Resets 2024-04-11 at 19:46 By Ryan Naraine The US government issues a red-alert for what appears to be a massive supply chain breach at Sisense, a company that sells big-data analytics tools. The post Sisense Data Breach Triggers CISA Alert and Urgent Calls for

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CISA warns about Sisense data breach

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CISA warns about Sisense data breach 2024-04-11 at 17:31 By Zeljka Zorz Business intelligence / data analytics software vendor Sisense has apparently suffered a data breach that spurred the company and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to push the company’s customers to “reset credentials and secrets potentially exposed to, or used to access,

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CISA Releases Malware Next-Gen Analysis System for Public Use

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CISA Releases Malware Next-Gen Analysis System for Public Use 2024-04-10 at 23:17 By Ryan Naraine CISA’s Malware Next-Gen system is now available for any organization to submit malware samples and other suspicious artifacts for analysis. The post CISA Releases Malware Next-Gen Analysis System for Public Use appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Microsoft patches actively exploited security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-29988)

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Microsoft patches actively exploited security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-29988) 2024-04-09 at 22:35 By Zeljka Zorz On this April 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed a record 147 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including CVE-2024-29988, a vulnerability that Microsoft hasn’t marked as exploited, but Peter Girnus, senior threat researcher with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), has found being

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A “cascade” of errors let Chinese hackers into US government inboxes

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A “cascade” of errors let Chinese hackers into US government inboxes 2024-04-03 at 16:46 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft still doesn’t known how Storm-0558 attackers managed to steal the Microsoft Services Account cryptographic key they used to forge authentication tokens needed to access email accounts belonging to US government officials. “The stolen 2016 MSA key in

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Beware! Backdoor found in XZ utilities used by many Linux distros (CVE-2024-3094)

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Beware! Backdoor found in XZ utilities used by many Linux distros (CVE-2024-3094) 2024-03-29 at 20:31 By Zeljka Zorz A vulnerability (CVE-2024-3094) in XZ Utils, the XZ format compression utilities included in most Linux distributions, may “enable a malicious actor to break sshd authentication and gain unauthorized access to the entire system remotely,” Red Hat warns.

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Patch actively exploited Microsoft SharePoint bug, CISA orders federal agencies (CVE-2023-24955)

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Patch actively exploited Microsoft SharePoint bug, CISA orders federal agencies (CVE-2023-24955) 2024-03-28 at 12:32 By Zeljka Zorz The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2023-24955 – a code injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to execute code remotely on a vulnerable Microsoft SharePoint Server – to its KEV catalog and is demanding that

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CISA Moving Forward With Cyber Incident Reporting Rules Impacting 316,000 Entities

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CISA Moving Forward With Cyber Incident Reporting Rules Impacting 316,000 Entities 2024-03-28 at 12:01 By Eduard Kovacs CISA is seeking comment on the implementation of CIRCIA, which will cost $2.6 billion and will impact 316,000 entities. The post CISA Moving Forward With Cyber Incident Reporting Rules Impacting 316,000 Entities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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US Government Urges Software Makers to Eliminate SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

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US Government Urges Software Makers to Eliminate SQL Injection Vulnerabilities 2024-03-26 at 13:16 By Ionut Arghire CISA and the FBI issue a secure-by-design alert on eliminating SQL injection vulnerabilities from software. The post US Government Urges Software Makers to Eliminate SQL Injection Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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CISA: Here’s how you can foil DDoS attacks

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CISA: Here’s how you can foil DDoS attacks 2024-03-22 at 13:46 By Zeljka Zorz In light of the rise of “DDoS hacktivism” and the recent DDoS attacks aimed at disrupting French and Alabama government websites, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its guidance of how governmental entities (but also other organizations) should

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CISA’s OT Attack Response Team Understaffed: GAO

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CISA’s OT Attack Response Team Understaffed: GAO 2024-03-12 at 15:46 By Eduard Kovacs GAO study finds that CISA does not have enough staff to respond to significant OT attacks in multiple locations at the same time. The post CISA’s OT Attack Response Team Understaffed: GAO appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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10 free cybersecurity guides you might have missed

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10 free cybersecurity guides you might have missed 2024-03-11 at 09:07 By Help Net Security This collection of free cybersecurity guides covers a broad range of topics, from resources for developing cybersecurity programs to specific guides for various sectors and organizations. Whether you work for a small business, a large corporation, or a specific industry,

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CISA Outlines Efforts to Secure Open Source Software

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CISA Outlines Efforts to Secure Open Source Software 2024-03-08 at 18:03 By Ionut Arghire Concluding a two-day OSS security summit, CISA details key actions to help improve open source security. The post CISA Outlines Efforts to Secure Open Source Software appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original

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Securing software repositories leads to better OSS security

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Securing software repositories leads to better OSS security 2024-03-04 at 14:03 By Zeljka Zorz Malicious software packages are found on public software repositories such as GitHub, PyPI and the npm registry seemingly every day. Attackers use a number of tricks to fool developers or systems into downloading them, or they simply compromise the package developer’s

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JCDC’s strategic shift: Prioritizing cyber hardening

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JCDC’s strategic shift: Prioritizing cyber hardening 2024-03-01 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Geoffrey Mattson, CEO of Xage Security, discusses the evolution of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) since its 2021 inception and tackles its 2024 strategic priorities in response to escalating cyber threats. He elaborates on JCDC’s strategies

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ALPHV/BlackCat threatens to leak data stolen in Change Healthcare cyberattack

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ALPHV/BlackCat threatens to leak data stolen in Change Healthcare cyberattack 2024-02-29 at 14:46 By Helga Labus The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that targeted Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), causing disruption to the Change Healthcare platform and affecting pharmacy transactions across the US. ALPHV/BlackCat is back Last December, US

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US Gov Says Software Measurability is ‘Hardest Problem to Solve’

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US Gov Says Software Measurability is ‘Hardest Problem to Solve’ 2024-02-27 at 22:31 By Ryan Naraine White House calls for the “timely, complete, and consistent” publication of CVE and CWE data to help solve the security metrics problem. The post US Gov Says Software Measurability is ‘Hardest Problem to Solve’ appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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APT29 revamps its techniques to breach cloud environments

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APT29 revamps its techniques to breach cloud environments 2024-02-27 at 14:16 By Helga Labus Russian threat actors APT29 are changing their techniques and expanding their targets to access cloud environments, members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have warned. About APT29 APT29 (aka Midnight Blizzard, aka Cozy Bear) is a cyber espionage group believed to

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