The Hacker News

APRIL 3, 2023

Data storage devices maker Western Digital on Monday disclosed a "network security incident" that involved unauthorized access to its systems. The breach is said to have occurred on March 26, 2023, enabling an unnamed third party to gain access to a "number of the company's systems."

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

A recently disclosed vulnerability in Dell EMC Enterprise SONiC (CVE-2023-32484) could have profound consequences for your data center network security.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 4, 2024

The post 8 Takeaways from Apple 2023 Threat Research appeared first on Security Boulevard. The newly-released Apple cybersecurity threat study reveals interesting data points and demonstrates how the threat landscape is evolving.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

So, we ( Tim and Anton , the crew behind the podcast ) wanted to post another reflections blog based on our Cloud Security Podcast by Google being almost 3 (we will be 3 years old on Feb 11, 2024, to be precise), kind of similar to this one. So, what did we do differently in 2023? We do have a few fun new things! what a NOT surprise ?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2023

Thanks are in order to BSides Leeds for publishing their presenter’s outstanding BSides Leeds 2023 security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSides Leeds 2023 – Kim Hendry – The NSM Ouroboros: Embracing The Endless Cycle Of Network Security Monitoring appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2024

There was an alarming surge of user-submitted web vulnerability submissions in 2023—with a 30% increase compared to 2022—as open-scoped bug bounty programs evolved. The post Web Vulnerability Submissions Exploded in 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

million in 2023, with more than 750,000 of those positions in the U.S. For example, hiring managers will want a network security engineer with knowledge of networks or an identity management analyst with experience in identity systems. They are not looking for someone interested in security.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2023

But some vendors faced stiff criticism over their privacy and security stances. The post CES 2023 FAIL: Worst in Show for Security and Privacy appeared first on Security Boulevard. The Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up yesterday.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Here are the five challenges that will alter the industry in 2023: Zero trust will replace perimeter security. In fact, Gartner reports that zero-trust network access will remain the fastest-growing segment in network security, with growth of 36 percent in 2022 and 31 percent anticipated in 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But for 2023, cybersecurity will be a “key pillar” of the company’s focus – particularly data compliance and protection. An area that Kakran is bullish on for 2023 is Kubernetes security and observability. Looking at 2023, he says that ransomware solutions will be a hot category. Data Compliance and Protection.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 15, 2024

Mark Rasch examines 2023 cybercrime cases that appear to be the most impactful—not the most extensive or expensive—just the most “interesting.” The post Stupid Human Tricks: Top 10 Cybercrime Cases of 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Compared to network security systems that include appliances such as firewalls that monitor traffic as it flows through a scenario, threat hunting is a different approach to dealing with cyber-attacks.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

billion shelled out in 2023, according to researchers with Chainalysis. The post Ransom Payments Fell 35% in 2024 After LockBit, BlackCat Takedowns appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Network security creates shielded, monitored, and secure communications between users and assets. Securing the expanding, sprawling, and sometimes conflicting collection of technologies that make up network security provides constant challenges for security professionals.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2023

The post 5G and Cybersecurity Risks in 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Four years later, the number of people with 5G-enabled devices is still small in most countries. It’s uncertain if the reason behind the sluggish adoption is affordability, the lack of.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Android, Apple, Apache, Cisco, and Microsoft are among the names reporting significant security vulnerabilities and fixes in the last week, and some of those are already under assault by hackers. Here are some of the top vulnerabilities from the last week that security and IT teams should address. score of 9.8 out of 10.0,

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The Hacker News

JULY 12, 2023

SonicWall on Wednesday urged customers of Global Management System (GMS) firewall management and Analytics network reporting engine software to apply the latest fixes to secure against a set of 15 security flaws that could be exploited by a threat actor to circumvent authentication and access sensitive information.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Belgian authorities are investigating Chinese hackers for breaching its State Security Service (VSSE), stealing 10% of emails from 2021 to May 2023. The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office is probing a possible security breach on its State Security Service (VSSE) by China-linked threat actors.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2023

It’s not often that a zero-day vulnerability causes a network security vendor to urge customers to physically remove and decommission an entire line of affected hardware — as opposed to just applying software updates.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for October 2023 covers a total of 103 CVEs, including three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting WordPad, Skype and the HTTP/2 “ Rapid Reset ” DDoS vulnerability. CVE-2023-41763 , an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Skype for Business with a CVSS score of 5.3

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2023

The post Top 10 Open Source Software Risks of 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard. This problem has come into focus as more vulnerabilities present themselves and attacks on open source software ecosystems become more.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

August 28, 2023 Ransomware Group Exploits Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability In July, Citrix released a patch for a critical remote code execution vulnerability ( CVE-2023-3519 ), which affected the company’s NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway products and carried a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS vulnerability scale.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2023

The post R.I.P. Kevin Mitnick, 1963–2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Kevin is Free: Hackers’ hacker dies, aged 59.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

30, 2023 NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes Flaws Can Lead to Credential Theft Type of Attack: Path sanitization bypass and injection vulnerabilities discovered in the NGINX Ingress controller can allow for credential theft, arbitrary command execution, and critical data access. CVE-2023-5044 (Code Injection): This CVSS score 7.6

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Security Boulevard

MAY 31, 2023

Synopsys named a winner in the Application Security Organization category for a 2023 Fortress Cyber Security Award. The post Synopsys named in 2023 Fortress Cyber Security Awards appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

September 29, 2023 Patch WS_FTP Now: 10 / 10 RCE Vulnerability Revealed Type of attack: Attackers can exploit unpatched vulnerabilities to perform remote code execution (RCE), directory traversal, cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection , cross-site request forgery (CSRF), and file enumeration attacks. RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-42117 = 8.1

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Security Boulevard

MAY 8, 2023

Denise Ahrens, Andrea Jaime, Annia Rodriguez of Synopsys Software Integrity Group named to CRN’s 2023 Women of the Channel Awards list. The post CRN’s 2023 Women of the Channel Awards list appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

AT&T agreed to pay $13 million to settle an FCC investigation into a data breach in January 2023 that put a focus on the evolving security landscape and the growing threat to customer data that organizations store in the cloud.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2023

Barracuda warns customers to immediately replace Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances impacted by the flaw CVE-2023-2868. Earliest identified evidence of exploitation of CVE-2023-2868 is currently October 2022.” Threat actors exploited the flaw CVE-2023-2868 to obtain unauthorized access to a subset of ESG appliances.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It can also be a challenge for security and IT pros even to know everything they own — a vulnerable device may have been forgotten — so asset management is an increasingly important part of vulnerability management. The problem: CVE-2023-20198 , with a highest-possible CVSS Score of 10.0, and CVE-2023-20273 with a CVSS Score of 7.2,

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2023

The post 2023 is the Year of the Enterprise Browser appeared first on Security Boulevard. Enterprises adopting SaaS must answer thorny questions around compliance, transparency and cybersecurity in order to fully realize the potential benefits. The seeds of the.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A survey of more than 6,550 security professionals finds that while organizations continue to invest heavily in cybersecurity there’s still not a lot of confidence when it comes to actually being able to thwart attacks. The post 2023 Cybersecurity Spending Increases to Combat Evolving Threats appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The sheer number of security issues underscores the need for strong patch and vulnerability management — and for cyber resilience that goes deeper than common preventive measures. The problem: Arm has issued a security alert on CVE-2023-4211 , an actively exploited vulnerability in its Mali GPU drivers.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This week, the following active exploits of vulnerabilities were announced: Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) group exploits January 2023 vulnerabilities in Fortinet firewalls and ManageEngine software to perform remote code execution (RCE) on U.S. Read More: The 8 Best Vulnerability Scanner Tools for 2023 What is Patch Management?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Read about the following vulnerabilities and bugs to know what your business and security team should address, as these flaws and attacks can apply to startups and large enterprises alike. An attacker can use policies for scheduled security scans to run a pipeline in GitLab, posing as another user. severity rating.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 21, 2023

Here’s a roundup of the week’s major vulnerabilities that security teams should mitigate or patch. A few small errors in the implementation of AES Encryption allows for unauthenticated ACE, and the security firm GreyNoise notes a significant spike in attackers trying to exploit this vulnerability.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

See also: Top Patch and Vulnerability Management tools October 9, 2023 D-Link WiFi range extender susceptible to command injection attacks Type of attack: The vulnerability is a combination of a Denial of Service (DoS) attack and a Remote Command Injection attack.

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