Tag: network security
Oct 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Zero-Day Microsoft has released security updates to fix a total of 118 vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 118 flaws, three are rated Critical, 113 are rated Important, and two are rated Moderate in severity. The Patch Tuesday…
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Oct 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Identity Theft Microsoft is warning of cyber attack campaigns that abuse legitimate file hosting services such as SharePoint, OneDrive, and Dropbox that are widely used in enterprise environments as a defense evasion tactic. The end goal of the campaigns are broad and varied, allowing threat actors to compromise identities…
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TD Synnex, ConnectWise, Critical Start, ThoughtSpot, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Capgemini were among the tech companies making key executive hires and moves in September 2024. New CEOs at TD Synnex, ConnectWise, ThoughtSpot and Critical Start were among the biggest executive moves in September. Taking those top spots, respectively, were Patrick Zammit, previously with Avnet; Manny Rivelo,…
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Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cybercrime Users searching for game cheats are being tricked into downloading a Lua-based malware that is capable of establishing persistence on infected systems and delivering additional payloads. “These attacks capitalize on the popularity of Lua gaming engine supplements within the student gamer community,” Morphisec researcher Shmuel Uzan said in a…
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Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability Ivanti has warned that three new security vulnerabilities impacting its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) have come under active exploitation in the wild. The zero-day flaws are being weaponized in conjunction with another flaw in CSA that the company patched last month, the Utah-based software services provider said. Successful exploitation…
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‘Infrastructure is our biggest problem here right now, for customers, for people personally,’ says Ed Tatsch, owner and president of North Carolina MSP ETS Networks. More than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and then hit the Southeast, Ed Tatsch, owner and president of Arden, N.C.-based family-run MSP ETS Networks, could call…
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Oct 08, 2024The Hacker NewsMachine Learning / Data Security Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes and misinformation may cause worry in the world of technology and investment, but this powerful, foundational technology has the potential to benefit organizations of all kinds when harnessed appropriately. In the world of cybersecurity, one of the most important areas of…
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Oct 08, 2024The Hacker NewsWeb Security / Payment Fraud Is your store at risk? Discover how an innovative web security solution saved one global online retailer and its unsuspecting customers from an “evil twin” disaster. Read the full real-life case study here. The Invisible Threat in Online Shopping When is a checkout page, not a…
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Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / APT Attack Russian government agencies and industrial entities are the target of an ongoing activity cluster dubbed Awaken Likho. “The attackers now prefer using the agent for the legitimate MeshCentral platform instead of the UltraVNC module, which they had previously used to gain remote access to systems,” Kaspersky said,…
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Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems using two disparate bespoke toolsets. Victims included a South Asian embassy in Belarus and a European Union government (E.U.) organization,…
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