Category: Kamban
Welcome to this week’s edition of the “Bi-Weekly Cyber Roundup” by Canary Trap. At Canary Trap, it is our mission to keep you up-to-date with the most crucial news in the world of cybersecurity and this bi-weekly publication is your gateway to the latest news. In this week’s round-up, we dive into some of the…
Read More
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…
Read More
‘AI and machine learning will drive more automation in incident management,’ says Chellasamy Jamburajan, CEO of AlertOps. ‘This means that many mundane tasks, such as closing tickets or turning off servers, will become automated reducing the need for human intervention in repetitive processes.’ With a clear focus on enhancing incident management through technology and partnerships,…
Read More
An X account hacking spree has fueled a successful pump-and-dump scheme for the $HACKED Solana token, with people rushing to buy the coin. The hacked accounts include MoneyControl (1.4 million followers), People Magazine (7.8 million), and even EUinmyRegion (an account operated by the European Commission), with close to 100K followers. The hacking spree started at approximately 2:00…
Read MoreImage: 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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More