Tag: network security
In addition to major product launches, cybersecurity vendors also announced fundings, acquisitions and key hires this week in Las Vegas. Big Moves At Black Hat Along with an abundance of product launches this week in Las Vegas, numerous cybersecurity vendors have announced other major moves in connection with the Black Hat 2024 conference. Security giant…
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“The MSP market is a great place for a private equity company like EQT to put their money,” said David Stinner, president of US itek, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based MSP. “Once you have an MSP beholden to a backup/cybersecurity solution like Acronis they don’t leave.” MSP cybersecurity and backup provider Acronis is being acquired in a…
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Aug 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of security flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim’s web browser and steal sensitive information from their account under specific circumstances. “When a victim views a malicious email in Roundcube sent by an…
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Aug 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive. “Initially, it exploits a timing side-channel of the allocator to perform a cross-cache attack reliably,” a group of academics…
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From among more than 320 applicants, CRN staff evaluated and selected products spanning the IT industry – including AI and AI infrastructure, cloud management, data analytics, networking, security and storage categories – that offer ground-breaking functionality and new opportunities for partners. Tech Innovators 2024 The wave of development around artificial intelligence and generative AI in…
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Aug 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Incident Response Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has published its root cause analysis detailing the Falcon Sensor software update crash that crippled millions of Windows devices globally. The “Channel File 291” incident, as originally highlighted in its Preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR), has been traced back to a content validation issue that…
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Aug 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cyber Espionage An unnamed media organization in South Asia was targeted in November 20233 using a previously undocumented Go-based backdoor called GoGra. “GoGra is written in Go and uses the Microsoft Graph API to interact with a command-and-control (C&C) server hosted on Microsoft mail services,” Symantec, part of Broadcom,…
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Aug 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananAndroid / Mobile Security, Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a new technique adopted by threat actors behind the Chameleon Android banking trojan targeting users in Canada by masquerading as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) app. “Chameleon was seen masquerading as a CRM app, targeting a Canadian restaurant chain operating internationally,”…
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Aug 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Software Security Apple on Tuesday announced an update to its next-generation macOS version that makes it a little more difficult for users to override Gatekeeper protections. Gatekeeper is a crucial line of defense built into macOS designed to ensure that only trusted apps run on the operating system. When an…
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Highway 9 Networks, Radical and Cape are among the companies aiming to change the networking game. A cloud-native platform purpose-built for enterprise mobile users and devices driven by artificial intelligence. Solar-powered, autonomous aircraft taking telecommunications to the stratosphere. And a private mobile carrier with nationwide 5G and 4G coverage that promises to block hackers and…
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