Category: AI in news
“The initial vector is a SQL Injection in the login form,” Vlad Babkin, the Eclypsium security researcher who found the flaw, told CSO. “Theoretically it should be possible to bypass the login, but we felt our proof of exploitability was sufficient to diagnose the vulnerability.” Weak hashes contributed to vulnerability In theory cryptographic hashes should…
Read More
That has upset a noisy element among the government’s own MPs, many of whom see China as a major threat to UK security and would prefer it if the government were more explicit about this. In March, China was blamed for a cyber-campaign targeting MPs. Not long after, two Parliamentary aides were charged with spying…
Read More
“Among other things, traffic should be appropriately encrypted prior to even entering a VPN. All technology has vulnerabilities. The mere fact that a tool has a particular vulnerability doesn’t mean it can’t be helpful in a robust defense in depth strategy.” Noah Beddome, Leviathan’s CISO in residence, said that CISOs need to remember the origin…
Read More
Permissions in SaaS platforms like Salesforce, Workday, and Microsoft 365 are remarkably precise. They spell out exactly which users have access to which data sets. The terminology differs between apps, but each user’s base permission is determined by their role, while additional permissions may be granted based on tasks or projects they are involved with.…
Read More
DocGo also added that, while the investigation is ongoing, the company has found no evidence of continued unauthorized activity on its systems and has contained the incident. Additionally, it is sending out notifications to users affected by the attack. Healthcare highly attacked There have been heightened adversary activities in US healthcare, with the authorities warning…
Read More
״Defenders think in lists, attackers think in graphs,” said John Lambert from Microsoft, distilling the fundamental difference in mindset between those who defend IT systems and those who try to compromise them. The traditional approach for defenders is to list security gaps directly related to their assets in the network and eliminate as many as…
Read More
Google, however, refuted the allegations. “We’ve reviewed the research and determined that Chrome’s behavior does not violate Apple’s policy, and the data is not being used for fingerprinting,” a Google spokesperson said. “Instead, this data is being used to ensure proper device functionality.” According to Google, the data being sent off-device is not being derived…
Read More
May 08, 2024NewsroomWeb Security / Vulnerability A high-severity flaw impacting the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to create rogue admin accounts on susceptible websites. The findings come from WPScan, which said that the vulnerability (CVE-2023-40000, CVSS score: 8.3) has been leveraged to set up bogus admin users with…
Read More
In general terms, after exploiting a vulnerability or misconfiguration, the attackers execute a series of infection scripts that prepare the environment, eliminate competing malware, and deploy a cryptomining program and the Kinsing trojan which is used for remote control. These are usually accompanied by a rootkit that’s meant to hide the files and processes of…
Read More
“This is key to advancing both our platform quality and capability such that we can protect the digital estates of our customers and build a safer world for all.” The message is that Microsoft’s priority is no longer ensuring that legacy technology will be accepted and allowed to continue to be acceptable in a modern…
Read More