A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Composer could have been exploited to achieve remote code ********** on cloud servers by means of a supply chain ******* technique called dependency confusion.
The vulnerability has been codenamed CloudImposer by Tenable Research.
"The vulnerability could have allowed an attacker to ******* an internal software dependencyView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers are continuing to warn about North Korean threat actors' attempts to target prospective victims on LinkedIn to deliver malware called RustDoor.
The latest advisory comes from Jamf Threat Labs, which said it spotted an ******* attempt in which a user was contacted on the professional social network by claiming to be a recruiter for a legitimate decentralizedView the full article
Imagine this... You arrive at work to a chaotic scene. Systems are down, panic is in the air. The culprit? Not a rogue virus, but a compromised identity. The attacker is inside your walls, masquerading as a trusted user. This isn't a horror movie, it's the new reality of cybercrime. The question is, are you prepared?
Traditional incident response plans are like old maps in a new world. TheyView the full article
The PCI DSS landscape is evolving rapidly. With the Q1 2025 deadline looming ever larger, businesses are scrambling to meet the stringent new requirements of PCI DSS v4.0. Two sections in particular, 6.4.3 and 11.6.1, are troublesome as they demand that organizations rigorously monitor and manage payment page scripts and use a robust change detection mechanism. With the deadline fast approachingView the full article
Apple has filed a motion to "voluntarily" dismiss its lawsuit against commercial spyware vendor NSO Group, citing a shifting risk landscape that could lead to exposure of critical "threat intelligence" information.
The development was first reported by The Washington Post on Friday.
The iPhone maker said its efforts, coupled with those of others in the industry and national governments to tackleView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of ongoing phishing campaigns that ****** refresh entries in HTTP headers to deliver spoofed email login pages that are designed to harvest users' credentials.
"Unlike other phishing webpage distribution behavior through HTML content, these attacks use the response header sent by a server, which occurs before the processing of the HTML content," Palo AltoView the full article
Ivanti has revealed that a newly patched security flaw in its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The high-severity vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-8190 (CVSS score: 7.2), which allows remote code ********** under certain circumstances.
"An OS command injection vulnerability in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance versions 4.6 Patch 518 and before allowsView the full article
Details have emerged about a now-patched security flaw impacting Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality headset that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious attackers to infer data entered on the device's virtual keyboard.
The *******, dubbed GAZEploit, has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-40865.
"A novel ******* that can infer eye-related biometrics from the avatar image toView the full article
British authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male in connection with a cyber ******* affecting Transport for London (TfL).
"The 17-year-old male was detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses in relation to the *******, which was launched on TfL on 1 September," the U.K. National ****** Agency (NCA) said.
The teenager, who's from Walsall, is said to have beenView the full article
Even as cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, the number one ******* vector for unauthorized access ******** phished credentials (Verizon DBIR, 2024). Solving this problem resolves over 80% of your corporate risk, and a solution is possible.
However, most tools available on the market today cannot offer a complete defense against this ******* vector because they were architected toView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new variant of an Android banking ******* called TrickMo that comes packed with new capabilities to evade analysis and display fake login screens to capture victims' banking credentials.
"The mechanisms include using malformed ZIP files in combination with JSONPacker," Cleafy security researchers Michele Roviello and Alessandro Strino said. "In addition,View the full article
Malicious actors are likely leveraging publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for recently disclosed security flaws in Progress Software WhatsUp Gold to conduct opportunistic attacks.
The activity is said to have commenced on August 30, 2024, a mere five hours after a PoC was released for CVE-2024-6670 (CVSS score: 9.8) by security researcher Sina Kheirkhah of the Summoning Team, whoView the full article
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign targeting Linux environments to conduct illicit cryptocurrency mining.
The activity, which specifically singles out the Oracle Weblogic server, is designed to deliver malware dubbed Hadooken, according to cloud security firm Aqua.
"When Hadooken is *********, it drops a Tsunami malware and deploys a crypto miner," security researcherView the full article
Bank customers in the Central Asia region have been targeted by a new strain of Android malware codenamed Ajina.Banker since at least November 2024 with the goal of harvesting financial information and intercepting two-factor authentication (2FA) messages.
Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which discovered the threat in May 2024, said the malware is propagated via a network of Telegram channelsView the full article
GitLab on Wednesday released security updates to address 17 security vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw that allows an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user.
The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-6678, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10.0
"An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.14 prior to 17.1.7, starting from 17.2 prior toView the full article
Nearly 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes running outdated versions of the operating system and belonging to users spanning 197 countries have been infected by a new malware dubbed Vo1d (aka Void).
"It is a ********* that puts its components in the system storage area and, when commanded by attackers, is capable of secretly downloading and installing third-party software," Russian antivirusView the full article
Internet-exposed Selenium Grid instances are being targeted by bad actors for illicit cryptocurrency mining and proxyjacking campaigns.
"Selenium Grid is a server that facilitates running test cases in parallel across different browsers and versions," Cado Security researchers Tara Gould and Nate Bill said in an analysis published today.
"However, Selenium Grid's default configuration lacksView the full article
Cato CTRL (Cyber Threats Research Lab) has released its Q2 2024 Cato CTRL SASE Threat Report. The report highlights critical findings based on the analysis of a staggering 1.38 trillion network flows from more than 2,500 of Cato’s global customers, between April and June 2024.
Key Insights from the Q2 2024 Cato CTRL SASE Threat Report
The report is packed with unique insights that are based onView the full article
Iraqi government networks have emerged as the target of an "elaborate" cyber ******* campaign orchestrated by an Iran state-sponsored threat actor called OilRig.
The attacks singled out Iraqi organizations such as the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cybersecurity company Check Point said in a new analysis.
OilRig, also called APT34, Crambus, Cobalt Gypsy, GreenBug,View the full article
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that it has commenced a "Cross-Border statutory inquiry" into Google's foundational artificial intelligence (AI) model to determine whether the tech giant has adhered to data protection regulations in the region when processing the personal data of ********* users.
"The statutory inquiry concerns the question of whether Google has compliedView the full article
WordPress.org has announced a new account security measure that will require accounts with capabilities to update plugins and themes to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatorily.
The enforcement is expected to come into effect starting October 1, 2024.
"Accounts with commit access can push updates and changes to plugins and themes used by millions of WordPress sites worldwide," theView the full article
The operators of the mysterious Quad7 botnet are actively evolving by compromising several brands of SOHO routers and VPN appliances by leveraging a combination of both known and unknown security flaws.
Targets include devices from TP-LINK, Zyxel, Asus, Axentra, D-Link, and NETGEAR, according to a new report by French cybersecurity company Sekoia.
"The Quad7 botnet operators appear to beView the full article
A "simplified ********-speaking actor" has been linked to a new campaign that has targeted multiple countries in Asia and Europe with the end goal of performing search engine optimization (SEO) rank manipulation.
The ****** hat SEO cluster has been codenamed DragonRank by Cisco Talos, with victimology footprint scattered across Thailand, India, Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, and China.
"View the full article
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the arrest of five ******** nationals and one Singaporean man for their alleged involvement in illicit cyber activities in the country.
The development comes after a group of about 160 law enforcement officials conducted a series of raids on September 9, 2024, simultaneously at several locations.
The six men, aged between 32 and 42, are suspected ofView the full article
Imagine a world where you never have to remember another password. Seems like a dream come true for both end users and IT teams, right? But as the old saying goes, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
If your organization is like many, you may be contemplating a move to passwordless authentication. But the reality is that a passwordless security approach comes with its ownView the full article
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