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Cybersecurity needs a leader, so let’s stop debating and start deciding

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Cybersecurity needs a leader, so let’s stop debating and start deciding 2025-02-25 at 18:09 By Help Net Security Have you ever heard anyone earnestly ask in a business, “Who owns legal?” or “Who sets the financial strategy?” Probably not – it should be obvious, right? Yet, when it comes to cybersecurity, the question of ownership […]

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A PostgreSQL zero-day was also exploited in US Treasury hack (CVE-2025-1094)

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A PostgreSQL zero-day was also exploited in US Treasury hack (CVE-2025-1094) 2025-02-17 at 15:49 By Zeljka Zorz The suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers who breached workstations of several US Treasury employees in December 2024 did so by leveraging not one, but two zero-days, according to Rapid7 researchers. It was initially reported that the attackers compromised the

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Rapid7 Flags New PostgreSQL Zero-Day Connected to BeyondTrust Exploitation

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Rapid7 Flags New PostgreSQL Zero-Day Connected to BeyondTrust Exploitation 2025-02-13 at 22:20 By Ryan Naraine Rapid7 finds a new zero-day vulnerability in PostgreSQL and links it to chain of attacks against a BeyondTrust Remote Support product. The post Rapid7 Flags New PostgreSQL Zero-Day Connected to BeyondTrust Exploitation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Ransomware payments plummet as more victims refuse to pay

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Ransomware payments plummet as more victims refuse to pay 2025-02-06 at 15:49 By Zeljka Zorz Chainalysis’ latest report on how the ransomware landscape changed from 2023 to 2024 shows a promising trend: An increasing number of victims refuses to pay the ransom. The total volume of ransom payments decreased year-over-year by approximately 35%, the blockchain

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Ransomware in 2024: New players, bigger payouts, and smarter tactics

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Ransomware in 2024: New players, bigger payouts, and smarter tactics 2024-12-19 at 06:03 By Help Net Security In 2024, ransomware remained the top cybersecurity threat to organizations worldwide. New groups filled the void left by law enforcement crackdowns, targeting businesses with record-breaking ransom demands and sophisticated tactics. In this article, you will find excerpts from

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Cleo patches zero-day exploited by ransomware gang

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Cleo patches zero-day exploited by ransomware gang 2024-12-12 at 18:34 By Zeljka Zorz Cleo has released a security patch to address the critical vulnerability that started getting exploited while still a zero-day to breach internet-facing Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom instances. Version 5.8.0.24 of the three products, which was pushed out on Wednesday, plugs the

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Fortinet FortiManager flaw exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2024-47575)

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Fortinet FortiManager flaw exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2024-47575) 2024-10-24 at 12:18 By Zeljka Zorz Fortinet has finally made public information about CVE-2024-47575, a critical FortiManager vulnerability that attackers have exploited as a zero-day. About CVE-2024-47575 CVE-2024-47575 is a vulnerability stemming from missing authentication for a critical function in FortiManager’s fgfmd daemon. Remote, unauthenticated attackers could

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Infosec products of the month: September 2024

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Infosec products of the month: September 2024 2024-10-01 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Absolute, anecdotes, ArmorCode, Binarly, Bitdefender, Druva, F5 Networks, Gcore, Guardsquare, Huntress, Ketch, LOKKER, Malwarebytes, NETGEAR, Nudge Security, Prompt Security, Rapid7, Revenera, Skyhigh Security, Strivacity, Tenable, Trellix,

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CUPS vulnerabilities affecting Linux, Unix systems can lead to RCE

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CUPS vulnerabilities affecting Linux, Unix systems can lead to RCE 2024-09-27 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz After much hyping and following prematurely leaked information by a third party, security researcher Simone Margaritelli has released details about four zero-day vulnerabilities in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) that can be abused by remote, unauthenticated attackers to

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New infosec products of the week: September 20, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: September 20, 2024 2024-09-20 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from anecdotes, F5 Networks, Gcore, Rapid7, Strivacity, and Veritas Technologies. Veritas unveils AI-driven features to simplify cyber recovery Veritas Technologies unveiled new AI-driven capabilities to

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Rapid7 launches Vector Command for continuous red teaming and security gap identification

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Rapid7 launches Vector Command for continuous red teaming and security gap identification 2024-09-18 at 13:01 By Industry News Rapid7 has unveiled Vector Command, a fully-managed offensive security service. Vector Command combines the external attack surface assessment capabilities of Rapid7’s recently launched Command Platform with continuous Red Teaming services by its internal experts to help customers

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CISA confirms that SonicWall vulnerability is getting exploited (CVE-2024-40766)

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CISA confirms that SonicWall vulnerability is getting exploited (CVE-2024-40766) 2024-09-10 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2024-40766 – a recently fixed improper access control vulnerability affecting SonicWall’s firewalls – to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, thus confirming it is being actively exploited by attackers. Though the

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Apache OFBiz team patches critical RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-45195)

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Apache OFBiz team patches critical RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-45195) 2024-09-06 at 13:02 By Zeljka Zorz For the fourth time in the last five months, Apache OFBiz users have been advised to upgrade their installations to fix a critical flaw (CVE-2024-45195) that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution. About CVE-2024-45195 Apache OFBiz is an open-source suite

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Infosec products of the month: August 2024

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Infosec products of the month: August 2024 2024-09-02 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Adaptive Shield, AppOmni, ArmorCode, Bitwarden, Cequence Security, ClearSale, Clutch Security, Contrast Security, Dragos, Elastic, Endor Labs, Entrust, Fortanix, Fortinet, Guardio, HYCU, Ivanti, McAfee, Nucleus Security, Own,

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New infosec products of the week: August 9, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: August 9, 2024 2024-08-09 at 06:01 By Anamarija Pogorelec Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from: Rapid7, AppOmni, Contrast Security, Elastic, Cequence Security, Veza, ArmorCode, and EndorLabs. Rapid7 releases Command Platform, unified attack defense and response Rapid7 launched its Command Platform,

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Ransomware operators continue to innovate

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Ransomware operators continue to innovate 2024-08-08 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Ransomware groups continue to refine their craft, building and scaling business models that resemble legitimate corporate enterprises, according to Rapid7. They market their services to prospective buyers, offer company insiders commissions in exchange for access, and run formal bug bounty programs. In addition,

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Rapid7 releases Command Platform, unified attack defense and response

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Rapid7 releases Command Platform, unified attack defense and response 2024-08-05 at 15:31 By Industry News Rapid7 launched its Command Platform, a unified threat exposure, detection, and response platform. It allows customers to integrate their critical security data to provide a unified view of vulnerabilities, exposures, and threats from endpoint to cloud to close security gaps

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Check Point VPN zero-day exploited since beginning of April (CVE-2024-24919)

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Check Point VPN zero-day exploited since beginning of April (CVE-2024-24919) 2024-05-31 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have been exploiting CVE-2024-24919, a zero-day vulnerability in Check Point Security Gateways, to pinpoint and extract password hashes for local accounts, which they then used to move laterally in the target organizations’ network. “The vulnerability is particularly critical

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JAVS Courtroom Audio-Visual Software Installer Serves Backdoor

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JAVS Courtroom Audio-Visual Software Installer Serves Backdoor 2024-05-24 at 16:31 By Ionut Arghire Backdoored JAVS courtroom recording and management software installer puts thousands at risk of complete takeover. The post JAVS Courtroom Audio-Visual Software Installer Serves Backdoor appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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Compromised recording software was served from vendor’s official site, threat researchers say

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Compromised recording software was served from vendor’s official site, threat researchers say 2024-05-23 at 18:01 By Zeljka Zorz Legitimate recording software JAVS Viewer has been saddled with loader malware and has been served from the developer’s site since at least April 2, a threat researcher has warned last month. After analyzing a flagged installer detected

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