Tag: Cyberattacks
The vulnerability—which has been exploited in attacks compromising more than 50 FortiManager devices, according to Mandiant researchers—was disclosed by Fortinet Wednesday. A critical-severity FortiManager vulnerability publicly disclosed by Fortinet this week has been exploited in attacks dating back to late June, according to Mandiant researchers. The attacks exploiting the flaw (tracked at CVE-2024-47575) has compromised…
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‘Reports have shown this vulnerability to be exploited in the wild,’ the security vendor says in an advisory Wednesday. Fortinet disclosed Wednesday that a critical-severity vulnerability affecting numerous versions of FortiManager has seen exploitation in attacks. The flaw is tracked at CVE-2024-47575 and can enable remote execution of code by an unauthenticated threat actor, according…
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In an interview with CRN, the Mandiant founder discusses joining the board at Expel and why he believes GenAI is ‘going to help the defender more.’ When it comes to generative AI, cybersecurity luminary Kevin Mandia believes the technology will end up as a bigger asset to cyber defense teams than hackers—even though the benefits…
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For the week ending Oct. 18, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Presidio, Intel, AMD, Google Cloud, Netskope, Cyera and Inforcer. The Week Ending Oct. 18 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is channel superstar Presidio for striking a strategic collaborative agreement (SCA) that…
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When it comes to the channel, ‘I think even our relationships with our partners are stronger because of this,’ Kurtz says during a CRN interview Tuesday. The massive global outage in July caused by a CrowdStrike update has ultimately “helped transform” the company, which should put the cybersecurity vendor in an even better position to…
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In an interview, Kurtz also discusses the major opportunities for solution and service providers in working with GenAI-powered security. Kurtz On The Record For CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO George Kurtz, the massive IT outage caused by the cybersecurity vendor’s faulty update in July has revealed just how essential the solution and service provider community really…
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The real-world demo of Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robot suggests hackers may soon have a whole new attack surface to try to exploit. Get ready to meet your newest home IoT device, C-3PO. Last night in Burbank, Calif., Elon Musk offered a real-world demo of Tesla’s much-anticipated Optimus bots, letting the humanoid robots loose to mingle…
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The vendor disclosed that some customers have been attacked through exploitation of the newly discovered flaws in its Cloud Service Appliance. Ivanti disclosed Tuesday that some customers have been attacked through exploitation of three newly discovered vulnerabilities in its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) gateway. The vendor said the flaws have been exploited in conjunction with…
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From personalized attacks and malware evasion to audio deepfakes, here’s what you need to know on five of the GenAI-powered threats that security experts are watching right now. GenAI Threats To Know While it’s not always possible to pinpoint exactly where generative AI has played a role in a cyberattack, organizations can assume it’s now…
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The telecom giant says a portion of its customers were impacted by the breach of FBCS, a collection agency formerly used by Comcast. Comcast Cable Communications disclosed that a portion of its customers were impacted by the breach of FBCS (Financial Business and Consumer Solutions), a collection agency formerly used by the telecom giant. In…
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