Month: September 2024
Image: MidjourneyMicrosoft says a ransomware affiliate it tracks as Vanilla Tempest now targets U.S. healthcare organizations in INC ransomware attacks. INC Ransom is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation whose affiliates have targeted public and private organizations since July 2023, including Yamaha Motor Philippines, the U.S. division of Xerox Business Solutions(XBS), and, more recently, Scotland’s National Health…
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GitLab has released security updates to address a critical SAML authentication bypass vulnerability impacting self-managed installations of the GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is a single sign-on (SSO) authentication protocol that allows users to log in across different services using the same credentials. The flaw, tracked as…
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The massive campaign targeted U.S. networks through compromising devices including routers and firewalls, according to an advisory from the FBI and other agencies. A massive cyberattack campaign linked to China targeted U.S. networks through compromising devices including routers and firewalls, according to an advisory Wednesday from the FBI and other federal agencies. The advisory from…
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‘Many customers are reporting the OpenAI models are not delivering high levels of accuracy,’ Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said. Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff railed against copilot artificial intelligence products offered by Microsoft and other vendors, touting his company’s agentic approach as one that delivers better accuracy while maintaining the importance of the vendor’s…
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Microsoft may have accidentally confirmed that Windows 11 24H2 (Windows 11 2024 Update) is arriving on September 24 as part of the optional preview update, with it rolling out to more people as part of the mandatory October Patch Tuesday updates. This news comes via a blog post about how Microsoft Copilot would be coming to…
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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen botnet comprising an army of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices that are likely operated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor called Flax Typhoon (aka Ethereal Panda or RedJuliett). The sophisticated botnet, dubbed Raptor Train by Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, is believed to have been operational since at…
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Apple has paused the rollout of iPadOS 18 on iPad Pro tablets with the M4 chip after numerous owners reported the update is “bricking” their devices, with no way to turn them on after performing the update. Attempts to overcome the problem using standard recovery methods such as force restart or entering recovery mode have…
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With Gartner recently declaring that SOAR (security orchestration, automation, and response) is being phased out in favor of generative AI-based solutions, this article will explore in detail four key security automation use cases. 1. Enriching Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) Indicators of compromise (IoCs), such as suspicious IP addresses, domains, and file hashes, are vital in…
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The FBI and cybersecurity researchers have disrupted a massive Chinese botnet called “Raptor Train” that infected over 260,000 networking devices to target critical infrastructure in the US and in other countries. The botnet has been used to target entities in the military, government, higher education, telecommunications, defense industrial base (DIB), and IT sectors, mainly in…
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On Tuesday, Russian anti-malware company Doctor Web (Dr.Web) disclosed a security breach after its systems were targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend. Dr.Web disconnected all servers from its internal network after detecting “signs of unauthorised interference” to its IT infrastructure. The company was also forced to stop delivering virus database updates to customers on…
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