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Apple zero-day vulnerability exploited to target iPhone users (CVE-2025-24085)

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Apple zero-day vulnerability exploited to target iPhone users (CVE-2025-24085) 2025-01-28 at 13:18 By Zeljka Zorz Apple has shipped a fix for a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-24085) that is being leveraged by attackers against iPhone users. About CVE-2025-24085 CVE-2025-24085 is a use after free bug in CoreMedia, a framework used by Apple devices for the processing of […]

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BloodyAD: Open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework

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BloodyAD: Open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework 2025-01-28 at 07:00 By Mirko Zorz BloodyAD is an open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework that uses specialized LDAP calls to interact with domain controllers. It enables various privilege escalation techniques within Active Directory environments. Features “I created this tool because I do a lot of internal testing

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74% of CISOs are increasing crisis simulation budgets

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74% of CISOs are increasing crisis simulation budgets 2025-01-28 at 06:46 By Help Net Security In the aftermath of 2024’s high-profile cybersecurity incidents, including NHS, CrowdStrike, 23andMe, Transport for London, and Cencora, CISOs are reassessing their organisation’s readiness to manage a potential “chaos” of a full-scale cyber crisis, according to Hack The Box. Many CISOs

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: January 28, 2025

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: January 28, 2025 2025-01-28 at 06:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec Application Security Engineer Bumble | United Kingdom | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will design and implement security testing tools within CI/CD pipelines to detect vulnerabilities early without impacting development speed. Conduct risk assessments and

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5,000+ SonicWall firewalls still open to attack (CVE-2024-53704)

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5,000+ SonicWall firewalls still open to attack (CVE-2024-53704) 2025-01-27 at 17:20 By Zeljka Zorz 5,000+ SonicWall firewalls are still vulnerable to attack via a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-53704) that, according to SonicWall, should be considered “at imminent risk of exploitation”. The warning came last week from Bishop Fox researchers, after they successfully exploited the vulnerability on

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AI security posture management will be needed before agentic AI takes hold

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AI security posture management will be needed before agentic AI takes hold 2025-01-27 at 07:40 By Help Net Security As I’m currently knee deep in testing agentic AI in all its forms, as well as new iterations of current generative AI models such as OpenAI’s O1, the complexities of securing AI bot frameworks for enterprise

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Don’t let these open-source cybersecurity tools slip under your radar

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Don’t let these open-source cybersecurity tools slip under your radar 2025-01-27 at 07:07 By Help Net Security This article showcases free, open-source cybersecurity tools that help you identify and address vulnerabilities, detect intrusion, protect websites from cyber attacks, monitor and detect suspicious activities across your network. Am I Isolated: Open-source container security benchmark Am I

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How to use Apple’s App Privacy Report to monitor data tracking

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How to use Apple’s App Privacy Report to monitor data tracking 2025-01-27 at 06:03 By Help Net Security The App Privacy Report, which Apple introduced in iOS 15.2, allows users to monitor how apps access data and interact with third-party services. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the types of sensitive data accessed by

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Week in review: 48k Fortinet firewalls open to attack, attackers “vishing” orgs via Microsoft Teams

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Week in review: 48k Fortinet firewalls open to attack, attackers “vishing” orgs via Microsoft Teams 2025-01-26 at 11:01 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 48,000+ internet-facing Fortinet firewalls still open to attack Despite last week’s confirmation of and warnings about long-standing exploitation

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North Korean IT workers are extorting employers, FBI warns

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North Korean IT workers are extorting employers, FBI warns 2025-01-24 at 16:48 By Zeljka Zorz The FBI is on a mission to raise awareness about the threat that North Korean IT workers present to organizations in the US and around the world. While corporate espionage comes to mind first, the threat goes beyond that: “In

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Nearly half of CISOs now report to CEOs, showing their rising influence

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Nearly half of CISOs now report to CEOs, showing their rising influence 2025-01-24 at 07:33 By Industry News The CISO’s rise to the C-suite comes with more engagement with the boardroom, an audience with the CEO, and the power to make strategic decisions for the business, according to Splunk. CISOs report to the C-suite (Source:

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GUI frontends for GnuPG, the free implementation of the OpenPGP standard

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GUI frontends for GnuPG, the free implementation of the OpenPGP standard 2025-01-24 at 07:20 By Help Net Security GnuPG is a free and comprehensive implementation of the OpenPGP standard. It enables encryption and signing of data and communications, featuring a key management system and support for public key directories. While primarily a command-line tool, GnuPG

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Deepfakes force a new era in fraud detection, identity verification

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Deepfakes force a new era in fraud detection, identity verification 2025-01-24 at 06:32 By Help Net Security The rise in identity fraud over the past two years has significantly impacted all industries, especially finance, banking, fintech, and crypto, according to Regula. With deepfakes threatening every second company around the world, businesses won’t be able to

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New infosec products of the week: January 24, 2025

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New infosec products of the week: January 24, 2025 2025-01-24 at 06:18 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bitsight, DataDome, DigitalOcean, Lookout, and XONA Systems. Lookout Mobile Intelligence APIs identifies cross-platform attacks Lookout Mobile Intelligence APIs give security teams visibility into what’s

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Juniper enterprise routers backdoored via “magic packet” malware

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Juniper enterprise routers backdoored via “magic packet” malware 2025-01-23 at 20:05 By Zeljka Zorz A stealthy attack campaign turned Juniper enterprise-grade routers into entry points to corporate networks via the “J-magic” backdoor, which is loaded into the devices’ memory and spawns a reverse shell when instructed to do so. “Our telemetry indicates the J-magic campaign

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Cisco fixes ClamAV vulnerability with available PoC and critical Meeting Management flaw

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Cisco fixes ClamAV vulnerability with available PoC and critical Meeting Management flaw 2025-01-23 at 15:03 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has released patches for a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Meeting Management (CVE-2025-20156) and a heap-based buffer overflow flaw (CVE-2025-20128) that, when triggered, could terminate the ClamAV scanning process on endpoints running a Cisco Secure Endpoint

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SonicWall SMA appliances exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2025-23006)

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SonicWall SMA appliances exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2025-23006) 2025-01-23 at 11:03 By Zeljka Zorz A critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-23006) affecting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances is being exploited by attackers. “We strongly advises users of the SMA1000 product to upgrade to the hotfix release version to address the vulnerability,” the company said

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Defense strategies to counter escalating hybrid attacks

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Defense strategies to counter escalating hybrid attacks 2025-01-23 at 07:33 By Zeljka Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Tomer Shloman, Sr. Security Researcher at Trellix, talks about attack attribution, outlines solutions for recognizing hybrid threats, and offers advice on how organizations can protect themselves against hybrid attacks. What are the most promising technologies or

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Web Cache Vulnerability Scanner: Open-source tool for detecting web cache poisoning

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Web Cache Vulnerability Scanner: Open-source tool for detecting web cache poisoning 2025-01-23 at 07:03 By Help Net Security The Web Cache Vulnerability Scanner (WCVS) is an open-source command-line tool for detecting web cache poisoning and deception. The scanner, developed by Maximilian Hildebrand, offers extensive support for various web cache poisoning and deception techniques. It features

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CISOs are juggling security, responsibility, and burnout

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CISOs are juggling security, responsibility, and burnout 2025-01-23 at 06:34 By Help Net Security This article gathers excerpts from multiple reports, presenting statistics and insights that may be valuable for CISOs, helping them with informed decision-making, risk management, and developing strategies to enhance their organization’s cybersecurity posture. CISOs don’t invest enough in code security 72%

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