Oct 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could allow an unauthenticated threat actor to elevate their privileges and perform malicious actions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50550 (CVSS score: 8.1), has been addressed in version 6.5.2 of the plugin. “The plugin…
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LottieFiles announced that specific versions of its npm package carry malicious code that prompts users to connect their cryptocurrency wallets so they can be emptied. As discovered yesterday, following multiple user reports about strange code injections, the affected versions are Lottie Web Player (“lottie-player”) 2.0.5, 2.0.6, and 2.0.7, all published yesterday. LottieFiles quickly released a…
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Cybercrime You may not always stop your personal information from ending up in the internet’s dark recesses, but you can take steps to protect yourself from criminals looking to exploit it 29 Oct 2024 • , 6 min. read How did 44% members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and 68% of British MPs let their…
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Interbank, one of Peru’s leading financial institutions, has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor who hacked into its systems leaked stolen data online. Previously known as the International Bank of Peru (Banco Internacional del Perú), the company provides financial services to over 2 million customers. “We have identified that some data of a…
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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. This week’s cybersecurity round-up covers critical developments across the industry.…
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Microsoft says it will improve security across Entra tenants where security defaults are enabled by making multifactor authentication (MFA) registration mandatory. This move is part of the company’s Secure Future Initiative, launched in November 2023, to boost cybersecurity protection across its products. “We’re removing the option to skip multifactor authentication (MFA) registration for 14 days…
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Cisco’s executive leadership team this week had a lot to say about Cisco 360, the fully overhauled partner program. They also talked about the company’s transformation as it folds in Splunk. Cisco’s executive leadership team was out in full force at the tech giant’s partner summit this week in Los Angeles in a clear signal…
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QNAP has released security patches for a second zero-day bug exploited by security researchers during last week’s Pwn2Own hacking contest. This critical SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50387, was found in QNAP’s SMB Service and is now fixed in versions 4.15.002 or later and h4.15.002 and later. The zero-day flaw was patched one week…
Read MoreFortinet has updated their security advisory addressing a critical FortiManager vulnerability (CVE-2024-47575) to include additional workarounds and indicators of compromise (IOCs). A remote, unauthenticated cyber threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive files or take control of an affected system. At this time, all patches have been released. CISA previously added this…
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