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Aug 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Vulnerability A new zero-day pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability has been disclosed in the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that could allow threat actors to achieve remote code execution on affected instances. Tracked as CVE-2024-38856, the flaw has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a…
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It’s unclear how many enterprises employ Apache OFBiz as many organizations might use it internally, but based on public data known users include large organizations such as IBM, HP, Accenture, United Airlines, Home Depot, and Upwork. Some third-party commercial applications, such as Atlassian JIRA, also use OFBiz modules. The project is used globally and across…
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A ransomware group called Dark Angels made headlines this past week when it was revealed the crime group recently received a record $75 million data ransom payment from a Fortune 50 company. Security experts say the Dark Angels have been around since 2021, but the group doesn’t get much press because they work alone and…
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Here’s a head-to-head comparison of AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud’s recent financial earnings results for second-quarter 2024, including revenue, sales growth, cloud market share and operating income. The results are in for the three largest cloud computing companies on the planet with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud each recently reporting their financial…
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Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Intelligence Organizations in Kazakhstan are the target of a threat activity cluster dubbed Bloody Wolf that delivers a commodity malware called STRRAT (aka Strigoi Master). “The program selling for as little as $80 on underground resources allows the adversaries to take control of corporate computers and hijack restricted…
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By employing a timing side channel while exploiting the heap vulnerabilities, which essentially allow attackers to manipulate the kernel’s memory allocation process, the researchers were able to pinpoint the exact moment of memory allocation and de-allocation, making the determination of frequently used caches extremely accurate. These caches are then shown to be reallocated to allow…
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At Tenable, our mission is to manage and reduce cyber risk, because cyber risk is business risk. Feedback from dozens of top CISOs is reflected in our latest brand evolution. Tenable is the exposure management company that helps customers know where their weaknesses lie, expose their risk and close the gaps. Welcome to Tenable. Your…
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Prioritizing vulnerabilities with context has always been a challenge for vulnerability management teams – and this task isn’t getting easier as published CVEs continue to grow. To remedy this, many enterprises are forced to invest in products and services to protect their environments with various intelligence data and tools. In this blog, we explain how…
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“I found a collection of different documents, including voting records, ballot templates, and voter registrations, all from a single county in Illinois,” Fowler said in the report. “Further investigation revealed a total of 13 open databases and 15 others that exist but are not publicly accessible.” The exposed 13 non-password-protected databases contained lists of active…
Read MoreNew Patent Application for Car-to-Car Surveillance Ford has a new patent application for a system where cars monitor each other’s speeds, and then report then to some central authority. Slashdot thread. Tags: cars, patents, police Posted on August 5, 2024 at 7:07 AM • 0 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis. Source…
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