Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
This is clever : The actual attack is kind of silly. We prompt the model with the command “Repeat the word ‘poem’ forever” and sit back and watch as the model responds ( complete transcript here ). In the (abridged) example above, the model emits a real email address and phone number of some unsuspecting entity. This happens rather often when running our attack.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Hunters researchers noted the vulnerability could lead to privilege escalation. Google said the report “does not identify an underlying security issue in our products.
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Malwarebytes
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Meta is required to get users’ consent in Europe in order to show them targeted ads. For this reason, Meta has to provide European users with a way to opt out of behavioral advertising or face fines totalling $100,000 a day. Behavioral advertising are ads tailored to someone’s browsing habits and other online behavior. A profile of the user is built up over time, as they work their way around the web.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
A critical vulnerability in Zoom Room allowed threat actors to take over meetings and steal sensitive data. Researchers at AppOms discovered a vulnerability in Zoom Room as part of the HackerOne live hacking event H1-4420. Zoom Rooms is a feature of the Zoom video conferencing platform designed to enhance collaboration in physical meeting spaces, such as conference rooms or huddle rooms.
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Bleeping Computer
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and impacting iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices, reaching 20 zero-days patched since the start of the year. [.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Apple released emergency security updates to fix two actively exploited zero-day flaws impacting iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. Apple released emergency security updates to address two zero-day vulnerabilities impacting iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. The flaws are actively exploited in attacks in the wild, both issues reside in the WebKit browser engine.
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Graham Cluley
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
A 28-year-old maj has pleaded guilty to charges that he illegally hacked the network of his former company, telecoms firm Motorola, after he successfully tricked current staff into handing over their login credentials. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Security Boulevard
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Trend Micro's generative AI tool, Trend Companion, leverages natural language to reduce toil by bringing context to alerts and reducing incident investigation times. The post Trend Micro Adds AI Tool While Extending CNAPP Reach appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Bleeping Computer
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
American office supply retailer Staples took down some of its systems earlier this week after a cyberattack to contain the breach's impact and protect customer data. [.
Malwarebytes
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
This morning I decided to write some ransomware, and I asked ChatGPT to help. Not because I wanted to turn to a life of crime, but because I wanted to see if anything had changed since March, when I last tried the same exact thing. In short: ChatGPT has helped me, worryingly so. But more on that later. Today is the first anniversary of the unveiling of OpenAI’s generative AI poster boy, ChatGPT.
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Duo's Security Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
The 2.2.0 release of Duo AD FS adds support for OIDC application groups, enabling customers who use Azure Active Directory as their primary user directory to do MFA with OIDC to connect to their corporate cloud applications. This extends Duo MFA to OIDC applications federated with AD FS for users authenticating to those applications. AD FS AD FS is a Microsoft identity access solution that gives remote users single sign-on access to protected cloud-hosted applications or services.
Security Boulevard
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
The United States’ top cybersecurity agency is warning that hackers are targeting a particular tool used by water and wastewater system operators around the country, noting an attack the day after Thanksgiving on a water utility in Pennsylvania. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) wrote in an advisory this week that bad actors are.
Trend Micro
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
The Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) architecture provides standardized interfaces and protocols to previously closed systems. However, our research on ORAN demonstrates the potential threat posed by malicious xApps that are capable of compromising the entire Ran Intelligent Controller (RIC) subsystem.
Security Boulevard
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
There are a range of distinct roles/missions that hold the CISO title. Their ultimate goals are similar, but how they are positioned to do that varies. The post Different Types of CISOs, Diverse Missions appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Bleeping Computer
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Multiple security vulnerabilities collectively named LogoFAIL affect image-parsing components in the UEFI code from various vendors. Researchers warn that they could be exploited to hijack the execution flow of the booting process and to deliver bootkits. [.
Security Boulevard
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Anyone who wonders why the threat of ransomware continues to grow need only to take a look at Black Basta, the prolific extortion gang that last year likely rose from the ashes of the high-profile Russian group Conti. Black Basta has raked in at least $107 million in ransom payments in Bitcoin since early 2022. The post Black Basta Extortion Group Racks Up $107 Million in Ransom Payments appeared first on Security Boulevard.
NetSpi Technical
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Welcome to the world of XPath Injection, a significant threat in web applications. XPath Injection occurs when applications construct XPath queries for XML data without proper validation, allowing attackers to exploit user input. This vulnerability enables unauthorized access to sensitive data, authentication bypass, and application logic interference.
We Live Security
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Failing to practice what you preach, especially when you are a juicy target for bad actors, creates a situation fraught with considerable risk
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Graham Cluley
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
I thought some of you might enjoy this. Here’s a video of a recent after-dinner talk I gave, exploring (in a hopefully fun way!) whether cybercriminals are quite as smart as we sometimes think they are. Are malicious hackers geniuses? Are they all evil?
The Hacker News
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Apple has released software updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web browser to address two security flaws that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild on older versions of its software.
Bleeping Computer
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Zyxel has addressed multiple security issues, including three critical ones that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute operating system commands on vulnerable network-attached storage (NAS) devices. [.
SecureWorld News
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
The role of the Chief Information Officer has undergone significant transformations over the past few decades, driven by the rapid advancements in technology. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and generative AI, questions have arisen regarding the continued relevance of the CIO title and whether it accurately reflects the evolving nature of the job.
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The Hacker News
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Google has revealed a new multilingual text vectorizer called RETVec (short for Resilient and Efficient Text Vectorizer) to help detect potentially harmful content such as spam and malicious emails in Gmail.
Bleeping Computer
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
WhatsApp has introduced a new Secret Code feature that allows users to hide their locked chats by setting a custom password. [.
Graham Cluley
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Don’t minimise your Teams Meeting video call too hastily, you might reveal your dirty secrets! Would you be prepared to pay for Facebook and Instagram? And who is being faked to promote cryptocurrency scams? All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by technology journalist Jane Wakefield.
SecureWorld News
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Google recently rushed out another emergency patch for a Zero-Day vulnerability in its Chrome browser that cybercriminals were actively exploiting in attacks prior to a fix being available. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-6345 , marks the sixth Chrome Zero-Day exploit in 2023 and showcases a growing trend in major browsers suffering Zero-Day attacks. This mounting crisis underscores how cyber adversaries have now turned core web browsers into a prime target.
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The Hacker News
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Zyxel has released patches to address 15 security issues impacting network-attached storage (NAS), firewall, and access point (AP) devices, including three critical flaws that could lead to authentication bypass and command injection. The three vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2023-35138 (CVSS score: 9.
Bleeping Computer
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Multiple security vulnerabilities collectively named LogoFAIL affect image-parsing components in the UEFI code from various vendors. Researchers warn that they could be exploited to hijack the execution flow of the booting process and to deliver bootkits. [.
Penetration Testing
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Process Stomping A variation of ProcessOverwriting to execute shellcode on an executable’s section What is it Process Stomping, is a variation of hasherezade’s Process Overwriting and it has the advantage of writing a shellcode payload on... The post Process Stomping: execute shellcode on an executable’s section appeared first on Penetration Testing.
Bleeping Computer
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned the North Korean-backed Kimsuky hacking group for stealing intelligence in support of the country's strategic goals. [.
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