Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Washington Post has a long and detailed story about the operation that’s well worth reading (alternate version here ). The sales pitch came from a marketing official trusted by Hezbollah with links to Apollo. The marketing official, a woman whose identity and nationality officials declined to reveal, was a former Middle East sales representative for the Taiwanese firm who had established her own company and acquired a license to sell a line of pagers that bore the Apollo brand.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Microsoft’s Siva Sundaramoorthy provides a blueprint for how common cyber precautions apply to generative AI deployed in and around security systems.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

American Water, one of the largest water utility providers in the United States, fell victim to a cyberattack that disrupted its billing systems, throwing light on the increasing vulnerability of critical infrastructure to such threats. While water services were not interrupted, the breach temporarily paused the company’s billing operations, causing customer concern.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Almost all businesses in the U.K. were breached by cyber attackers in the last 12 months, a report has found.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

GitHub has released security updates for Enterprise Server (GHES) to address multiple issues, including a critical bug that could allow unauthorized access to an instance. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9487, carries a CVS score of 9.5 out of a maximum of 10.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

SentinelOne’s Alex Stamos sees a future where defenders have the advantage when it comes to generative AI. At least until it can write exploit code.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

As the United States enters full swing into its next presidential election, people are feeling worried, unsafe, and afraid. And none of that has to do with who wins. According to new research from Malwarebytes, people see this election season as a particularly risky time for their online privacy and cybersecurity. Political ads could be hiding online scams, many people feel, and the election, they say, will likely fall victim to some type of “cyber interference.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2024

North Korea-linked actors deploy a new Linux variant of FASTCash malware to target financial systems, researcher HaxRob revealed. The cybersecurity researcher HaxRob analyzed a new variant of the FASTCash “payment switch” malware which targets Linux systems. The variant discovered by the researcher was previously unknown and targets Ubuntu 22.04 LTS distributions.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Bots that “remove clothes” from images have run rampant on the messaging app, allowing people to create nonconsensual deepfake images even as lawmakers and tech companies try to crack down.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

North Korean threat actors have been observed using a Linux variant of a known malware family called FASTCash to steal funds as part of a financially-motivated campaign. The malware is "installed on payment switches within compromised networks that handle card transactions for the means of facilitating the unauthorized withdrawal of cash from ATMs," a security researcher who goes by HaxRob said.

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We Live Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ever alert to fresh money-making opportunities, fraudsters are blending physical and digital threats to steal drivers’ payment details via fake QR codes targeting electric car owners

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2024

WordPress Jetpack plugin issued an update to fix a critical flaw allowing logged-in users to view form submissions by others on the same site. The maintainers of the WordPress Jetpack plugin have addressed a critical vulnerability that could allow logged-in users to access forms submitted by other users on the same site. Jetpack is a popular plugin for WordPress that provides a suite of features to enhance website functionality, security, and performance.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 15, 2024

SideWinder, aka T-APT-04 or RattleSnake, is one of the most prolific APT groups that began its activities in 2012 and was first publicly mentioned by us in 2018. Over the years, the group has launched attacks against high-profile entities in South and Southeast Asia. Its primary targets have been military and government entities in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China and Nepal.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In recent years, the number and sophistication of zero-day vulnerabilities have surged, posing a critical threat to organizations of all sizes. A zero-day vulnerability is a security flaw in software that is unknown to the vendor and remains unpatched at the time of discovery.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Posted by Jianing Sandra Guo, Product Manager and Nataliya Stanetsky, Staff Program Manager, Android Janine Roberta Ferreira was driving home from work in São Paulo when she stopped at a traffic light. A man suddenly appeared and broke the window of her unlocked car, grabbing her phone. She struggled with him for a moment before he wrestled the phone away and ran off.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

New variants of an Android banking trojan called TrickMo have been found to harbor previously undocumented features to steal a device's unlock pattern or PIN. "This new addition enables the threat actor to operate on the device even while it is locked," Zimperium security researcher Aazim Yaswant said in an analysis published last week.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2024

GitHub addressed a critical vulnerability in Enterprise Server that could allow unauthorized access to affected instances. Code hosting platform GitHub addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9487 (CVSS score of 9.5), in GitHub Enterprise Server that could lead to unauthorized access to affected instances. An attacker could exploit a cryptographic signature verification flaw in GitHub Enterprise Server to bypass SAML SSOand unauthorized user access.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2024-28987 (CVSS score: 9.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 15, 2024

via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Ravioli-Shaped Objects’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Pentagon has officially released the final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0, setting the stage for full implementation by mid-2025. This new standard will require U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractors to meet specific cybersecurity requirements to better protect sensitive data and defense information. Public inspection of the rule began last Friday, and formal publication is expected by today, October 15, according to the DoD.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Multiple security vulnerabilities were identified in PHP, a widely-used open source general purpose scripting language which could compromise the security and integrity of web applications. These vulnerabilities include incorrect parsing of multipart/form-data, improper handling of directives, and flawed logging mechanisms. Let’s dive into the details of the recent vulnerabilities.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Several reputable sources are warning about a very sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) supported type of scam that is bound to trick a lot of people into compromising their Gmail account. The most recent warning comes from CEO of Y Combinator Garry Tan who posted on X , saying the scammers using AI voices tell you someone has issued a death certificate for you and is trying to recover your account.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Read how AppOmni and Okta address the challenge of security teams correlating identity behavior with SaaS activity through the Shared Signals Framework (SSF). The post Closing Security Gaps with AppOmni and Okta’s Integrated SaaS and Identity Protection appeared first on AppOmni. The post Closing Security Gaps with AppOmni and Okta’s Integrated SaaS and Identity Protection appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Category CMMC, News Risk Level The long-awaited CMMC rule has finally been officially published and is accompanied by some beneficial changes from the original draft. We break them down for you so you and your organization can begin to prepare for the imminent enforcement. If you read our Race to CMMC Compliance breakdown or watched our recent Hive Live episode CMMC 101 , then you are already well-versed in the different levels and assessment requirements for the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Today’s online world is a little like a virtual battlefield, rife with threats and vulnerabilities. So, having a strong cybersecurity posture for your business is crucial. Penetration testing – either automated or manual – is an essential tool to protect sensitive data and systems from hackers. These two methods aim to make defences stronger against… The post Automated vs manual penetration testing – which is best?

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Google Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Posted by Alex Rebert, Security Foundations, and Chandler Carruth, Jen Engel, Andy Qin, Core Developers Error-prone interactions between software and memory 1 are widely understood to create safety issues in software. It is estimated that about 70% of severe vulnerabilities 2 in memory-unsafe codebases are due to memory safety bugs. Malicious actors exploit these vulnerabilities and continue to create real-world harm.

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Trend Micro

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This article uncovers a Golang ransomware abusing AWS S3 for data theft, and masking as LockBit to further pressure victims. The discovery of hard-coded AWS credentials in these samples led to AWS account suspensions.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malware campaign that leverages a malware loader named PureCrypter to deliver a commodity remote access trojan (RAT) called DarkVision RAT. The activity, observed by Zscaler ThreatLabz in July 2024, involves a multi-stage process to deliver the RAT payload.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Kubernetes Security Response Committee has disclosed two security vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-9486 and CVE-2024-9594) in the Kubernetes Image Builder that could allow attackers to gain root access to virtual machines (VMs).... The post CVE-2024-9486 (CVSS 9.8): Kubernetes Image Builder Flaw Exposes VMs to Root Access appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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