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The Willy Wonka World of Application Security Defenses 2024-08-26 at 16:01 By David Broggy One doesn’t have to be a magician to understand how to track the hundreds, if not thousands, of applications that are running on your network. To lighten the load and eliminate the need for having supernatural abilities, let’s go over some […]

2 out of 3 major pollical donation sites lack critical security 2024-08-26 at 15:02 By As the election season draws closer, the increase in political donations may attract cyber criminals.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Unpacking Slack Hacks: 6 Ways to Protect Sensitive Data with Secure Collaboration 2024-08-26 at 14:34 By Nowadays, sensitive and critical data is traveling in everyday business channels that offer only the basic level of security and encryption, and companies are often oblivious to the risk. A case in point: Disney suffered a devastating data leak

Researchers Identify Over 20 Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in MLOps Platforms 2024-08-26 at 14:34 By Cybersecurity researchers are warning about the security risks in the machine learning (ML) software supply chain following the discovery of more than 20 vulnerabilities that could be exploited to target MLOps platforms. These vulnerabilities, which are described as inherent- and implementation-based

Cognizant alleges Infosys swiped its trade secrets 2024-08-26 at 14:16 By Laura Dobberstein Sueball suggests outsourcer went out of bounds by developing competing product A subsidiary of IT outsourcer Cognizant field a lawsuit on Friday in Texas federal court alleging that rival Infosys was involved in stealing trade secrets and engaging in anticompetitive behavior.… This

Critical Flaws in Traccar GPS System Expose Users to Remote Attacks 2024-08-26 at 11:00 By Two security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the open-source Traccar GPS tracking system that could be potentially exploited by unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. Both the vulnerabilities are path traversal flaws and could be weaponized

Broadcom promised to reform VMware so it enables better hybrid clouds. Will it deliver? 2024-08-26 at 09:07 By Simon Sharwood It needs to – Virtzilla’s customers, allies, and enemies are all pondering off-ramps and trying to lure unhappy users VMware Explore  Adopting – or increasing the use of – a proprietary computing architecture like IBM’s

New Android Malware NGate Steals NFC Data to Clone Contactless Payment Cards 2024-08-26 at 08:02 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered new Android malware that can relay victims’ contactless payment data from physical credit and debit cards to an attacker-controlled device with the goal of conducting fraudulent operations. The Slovak cybersecurity company is tracking the novel

Telegram founder and CEO arrested in France 2024-08-26 at 07:03 By Simon Sharwood Rumors swirl that lack of content moderation has angered authorities The founder and CEO of made-in-Russia messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France on Saturday – and subjected to further detention the next day – apparently over his company’s failure

Engineering the human out of cybersecurity 2024-08-26 at 07:03 By Cybersecurity controls must be constantly evaluated to ensure they can withstand new and upcoming threats, especially those that target employees.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Alleged Karakut ransomware scumbag charged in US 2024-08-26 at 05:17 By Jessica Lyons Plus: Microsoft issues workaround for dual-boot crashes; ARRL cops to ransom payment, and more Infosec in brief  Deniss Zolotarjovs, a suspected member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware gang, has been charged in a US court with allegedly conspiring to commit money laundering,

Buying a PC for local AI? These are the specs that actually matter 2024-08-25 at 16:46 By Tobias Mann If you guessed TOPS and FLOPS, that’s only half right Ready to dive in and play with AI locally on your machine? Whether you want to see what all the fuss is about with all the

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France for Content Moderation Failures 2024-08-25 at 09:31 By Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. Durov is believed to have been apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued in connection with a

New Linux Malware ‘sedexp’ Hides Credit Card Skimmers Using Udev Rules 2024-08-25 at 09:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new stealthy piece of Linux malware that leverages an unconventional technique to achieve persistence on infected systems and hide credit card skimmer code. The malware, attributed to a financially motivated threat actor, has been codenamed

LEGO’s Concorde is the only supersonic jet you can build for the price of a fancy dinner 2024-08-24 at 12:46 By Richard Speed And still step on in the dark Hands-on  Having admired the Concorde perched atop the Sinsheim Museum, we wanted one of our own but had to settle for the next best thing

UK government can’t kick consultancy habit despite promises 2024-08-24 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Spending returns to pandemic levels as tech deals make up bulk of framework agreements UK public expenditure on management consultancies has returned to COVID-era levels, despite repeated plans by the previous government to reduce dependency on external expertise.… This article is

Meta Exposes Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Global Political Figures on WhatsApp 2024-08-24 at 10:46 By Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor, who it said used a set of WhatsApp accounts that attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine,

CISA Urges Federal Agencies to Patch Versa Director Vulnerability by September 2024-08-24 at 10:46 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has placed a security flaw impacting Versa Director to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. The medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39717 (CVSS score: 6.6), is case

Under pressure from Europe, Apple makes iOS browser options bit more reasonable 2024-08-24 at 10:31 By Thomas Claburn Cupertino quits screwing around with defaults – for those in the EU Analysis  Apple has agreed to change the way it implements web browser choice screens and browser capabilities to comply with Europe’s monopoly-busting Digital Markets Act.…