The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is deploying additional election inspectors ahead of this year’s national elections, strengthening a team dedicated to combating electoral interference from a range of bad actors. The new inspectors bring “extensive experience” in monitoring the administration and security of US elections, according to CISA Senior Advisor Cait Conley, who…
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Feb 09, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Cryptocurrency Sixty-one banking institutions, all of them originating from Brazil, are the target of a new banking trojan called Coyote. “This malware utilizes the Squirrel installer for distribution, leveraging Node.js and a relatively new multi-platform programming language called Nim as a loader to complete its infection,” Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky…
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Feb 09, 2024The Hacker NewsCloud Security / Open Source XDR / SIEM Cloud computing has innovated how organizations operate and manage IT operations, such as data storage, application deployment, networking, and overall resource management. The cloud offers scalability, adaptability, and accessibility, enabling businesses to achieve sustainable growth. However, adopting cloud technologies into your infrastructure presents…
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Feb 09, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence An unnamed Islamic non-profit organization in Saudi Arabia has been targeted as part of a stealthy cyber espionage campaign designed to drop a previously undocumented backdoor called Zardoor. Cisco Talos, which discovered the activity in May 2023, said the campaign has likely persisted since at least March 2021,…
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Feb 09, 2024NewsroomZero Day Vulnerability / Network Security Fortinet has disclosed a new critical security flaw in FortiOS SSL VPN that it said is likely being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21762 (CVSS score: 9.6), allows for the execution of arbitrary code and commands. “A out-of-bounds write vulnerability [CWE-787] in FortiOS may allow a…
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Feb 09, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Zero Day Ivanti has alerted customers of yet another high-severity security flaw in its Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA gateway devices that could allow attackers to bypass authentication. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-22024, is rated 8.3 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system. “An XML external entity or XXE…
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A group of attackers have compromised accounts on the SendGrid email delivery platform and are using them to launch phishing attacks against other SendGrid customers. The campaign is likely an attempt to collect credentials for a mass email service with a good reputation that would help attackers bypass spam filters in other attacks. “The campaign…
Read MoreToday, CISA partnered with the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Securing Software Repositories Working Group to publish the Principles for Package Repository Security framework. Recognizing the critical role package repositories play in securing open source software ecosystems, this framework lays out voluntary security maturity levels for package repositories. This publication supports Objective 1.2 of CISA’s…
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As organisations seek to enhance security and user experience, passwordless authentication methods – such as biometrics, hardware tokens, etc. – will gradually replace traditional passwords. The shift towards passwordless authentication is driven by the need for stronger identity verification, reduced susceptibility to phishing, and improved user convenience. While challenges such as interoperability and privacy concerns…
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