Apr 17, 2024NewsroomIoT Security / Network Security Cisco is warning about a global surge in brute-force attacks targeting various devices, including Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, web application authentication interfaces, and SSH services, since at least March 18, 2024. “These attacks all appear to be originating from TOR exit nodes and a range of other…
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Rosenquist points to a past client that wanted to replace its human help desk with an AI chatbot for password resets. That bot, he says, would validate the user and reset corporate passwords for the IT department — a huge time-saver, but the system would require administrative access to sensitive credential systems that would be…
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The proposed regulation in the NPRM applies to all organizations that are not considered “small businesses” as defined by the US Small Business Administration, except for small businesses that are considered “high-risk,” such as critical access hospitals in rural areas, owners and operators of nuclear facilities, and central school districts. In its 450-page NPRM, CISA…
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The OpenJS Foundation was formed from the merging of the Node.js Foundation and the JS Foundation and hosts many JavaScript projects and technologies that are used by millions of websites and applications including Appium, Electron, jQuery, Node.js and webpack. In addition to detecting the social engineering attempt targeting one of its own projects, the Foundation…
Read MoreApply appropriate updates provided by Mozilla to vulnerable systems immediately after appropriate testing. (M1051: Update Software) Safeguard 7.1: Establish and Maintain a Vulnerability Management Process: Establish and maintain a documented vulnerability management process for enterprise assets. Review and update documentation annually, or when significant enterprise changes occur that could impact this Safeguard.o Safeguard 7.4: Perform…
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Erin West is the Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara County, California and the founder of Project Shamrock. Whether she’s prosecuting eye-popping SIM-swap money grabs or large-scale pig butchering operations out of business, her stories and experience can help you stay safer. And if you don’t scare so easily because you’re feeling really good about…
Read MoreCISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on April 16, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations. Source link lol
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Apr 16, 2024NewsroomSupply Chain / Software Security Security researchers have uncovered a “credible” takeover attempt targeting the OpenJS Foundation in a manner that evokes similarities to the recently uncovered incident aimed at the open-source XZ Utils project. “The OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council received a suspicious series of emails with similar messages, bearing different names…
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Apr 16, 2024NewsroomCloud Security / DevSecOps New cybersecurity research has found that command-line interface (CLI) tools from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud can expose sensitive credentials in build logs, posing significant risks to organizations. The vulnerability has been codenamed LeakyCLI by cloud security firm Orca. “Some commands on Azure CLI, AWS CLI, and…
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Apr 16, 2024NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Endpoint Security The threat actor tracked as TA558 has been observed leveraging steganography as an obfuscation technique to deliver a wide range of malware such as Agent Tesla, FormBook, Remcos RAT, LokiBot, GuLoader, Snake Keylogger, and XWorm, among others. “The group made extensive use of steganography by sending VBSs, PowerShell…
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