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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires security camera vendor Verkada to create a comprehensive information security program as part of a settlement after multiple security failures enabled hackers to access live video feeds from internet-connected cameras. Many cameras were located in sensitive environments, such as women’s health clinics, psychiatric hospitals, prisons, and schools. FTC alleges that…
Read MoreCRN breaks down 10 major new hires and executive departures at AWS in recent months, which includes many AI executives. Amazon Web Services is snatching up major artificial intelligence talent including CEOs from AI startups along with executives who’ve worked for the likes of OpenAI, Microsoft and Google Cloud. However, AWS has also recently witnessed…
Read MoreAn old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing. This week, several readers reported receiving…
Read MoreD-Link is warning that four remote code execution (RCE) flaws impacting all hardware and firmware versions of its DIR-846W router will not be fixed as the products are no longer supported. The four RCE flaws, three of which are rated critical and do not require authentication, were discovered by security researcher yali-1002, who released minimal…
Read More10up–Simple Local Avatars Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in 10up Simple Local Avatars.This issue affects Simple Local Avatars: from n/a through 2.7.10. 2024-08-26 4.3 CVE-2024-43116audit@patchstack.com advancedformintegration — advanced_form_integration Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Nasirahmed Advanced Form Integration.This issue affects Advanced Form Integration: from n/a through 1.89.4. 2024-08-26 4.3 CVE-2024-43340audit@patchstack.com Analytify–Analytify Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)…
Read MoreCISA released one Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory on September 3, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations. Source link lol
Read MoreSep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked the inner workings of a new ransomware variant called Cicada3301 that shares similarities with the now-defunct BlackCat (aka ALPHV) operation. “It appears that Cicada3301 ransomware primarily targets small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), likely through opportunistic attacks that exploit vulnerabilities as the initial access vector,”…
Read MoreSep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Malware A hacktivist group known as Head Mare has been linked to cyber attacks that exclusively target organizations located in Russia and Belarus. “Head Mare uses more up-to-date methods for obtaining initial access,” Kaspersky said in a Monday analysis of the group’s tactics and tools. “For instance, the attackers took…
Read MoreThree men have pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain one-time passcodes from customers of various banks and services in the U.K. The codes – temporary passwords also known as OTPs, were part of multi-factor authentication protections and criminals subscribing to the illegal service could use them to access…
Read MoreOil and gas giant Halliburton has confirmed in a filing today to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that data was stolen in the recent attack linked to the RansomHub ransomware gang. The form 8-K filing mentions that an unauthorized third party accessed and exfiltrated sensitive information from Halliburton systems, and the company is now…
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