The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Cary, NC, Oct. 22, 2024, CyberNewswire — INE Security offers essential advice to protect digital assets and enhance security. As small businesses increasingly depend on digital technologies to operate and grow, the risks associated with cyber threats also escalate. INE Security , a leading provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, today shared its cybersecurity training for cyber hygiene practices for small businesses, underscoring the critical role of continuous education in

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It only takes five days on average for attackers to exploit a vulnerability, according to a new report by cybersecurity company Mandiant.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Fortinet has issued a security advisory for its FortiManager platform, addressing a critical vulnerability—CVE-2024-47575—which has been actively exploited in the wild. This vulnerability, rated at CVSS 9.8, arises from a... The post Fortinet Warns of Actively Exploited Flaw in FortiManager: CVE-2024-47575 (CVSS 9.8) appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Introduction Lazarus APT and its BlueNoroff subgroup are a highly sophisticated and multifaceted Korean-speaking threat actor. We closely monitor their activities and quite often see them using their signature malware in their attacks — a full-feature backdoor called Manuscrypt. According to our research, Lazarus has been employing this malware since at least 2013 and we’ve documented its usage in 50+ unique campaigns targeting governments, diplomatic entities, financial institutions, mili

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2024

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft SharePoint flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the Microsoft SharePoint Deserialization Vulnerability CVE-2024-38094 (CVSS v4 score: 7.2) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Russia, Iran, and China are targeting the US election with an evolving array of influence operations in the last days of campaign season.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Fortinet has confirmed details of a critical security flaw impacting FortiManager that has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-47575 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability is also known as FortiJump and is rooted in the FortiGate to FortiManager (FGFM) protocol.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) helps organizations address evolving data security and privacy requirements by protecting and managing sensitive information. Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) comes into play– an essential solution for addressing evolving data security and privacy requirements Data plays a significant role and will continue to do so in the future.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A high-severity flaw impacting Microsoft SharePoint has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38094 (CVSS score: 7.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The SEC fined Unisys, Avaya, Check Point, and Mimecast for misleading disclosures about the impact of the SolarWinds Orion hack. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged four companies, Unisys, Avaya, Check Point, and Mimecast for misleading public disclosures related to the supply chain attack on SolarWinds. The SEC fined the four companies for having downplayed the impact of the attack.

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We Live Security

OCTOBER 23, 2024

ESET researchers uncover new Rust-based tools that we named MDeployer and MS4Killer and that are actively utilized by a new ransomware group called Embargo.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

New variants of a banking malware called Grandoreiro have been found to adopt new tactics in an effort to bypass anti-fraud measures, indicating that the malicious software is continuing to be actively developed despite law enforcement efforts to crack down on the operation.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Microsoft’s social network for professionals, LinkedIn, is an important platform for job recruiters and seekers alike. It’s also a place where criminals go to find new potential victims. Like other social media platforms, LinkedIn is no stranger to bots attracted to special keywords and hashtags. Think “I was laid off”, “I’m #opentowork” and similar phrases that can wake up a swarm of bots hungry to scam someone new.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new adversarial technique that could be used to jailbreak large language models (LLMs) during the course of an interactive conversation by sneaking in an undesirable instruction between benign ones.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Threat actors are targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy SRBMiner crypto miners on compromised instances, Trend Micro warns. Trend Micro researchers observed attackers targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy SRBMiner crypto miners on compromised instances. The threat actors used the gRPC protocol over h2c to bypass security and execute crypto mining on Docker hosts, manipulating Docker functionalities via gRPC methods. “The attacker first checked the availability and version o

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Threat actors have been observed abusing Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) Transfer Acceleration feature as part of ransomware attacks designed to exfiltrate victim data and upload them to S3 buckets under their control. "Attempts were made to disguise the Golang ransomware as the notorious LockBit ransomware," Trend Micro researchers Jaromir Horejsi and Nitesh Surana said.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Google has rolled out a crucial update to its Chrome browser, addressing three high-severity security flaws that could be exploited by attackers. The update, versions 130.0.6723.69/.70 for Windows and Mac,... The post Chrome Patches Multi Vulnerabilities in Latest Stable Release appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 23, 2024

After eight months, one of the US's most prominent crypto-crime investigators may finally be coming home.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Four tax preparation software companies failed to comply with government rules that require the sharing of tax-related info to be done only with specific disclosures and full tax-payer consent, according to an audit released by the Treasure Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) in the United States. “According to Treasury Regulation § 301.7216-3, tax return information may not be used or disclosed except as specifically permitted or when the taxpayer provides consent.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 23, 2024

IBM is rolling out Guardian Data Security Center, a framework designed to give enterprises the tools they need to address the emerging cyberthreats that come the ongoing development of generative AI and quantum computing. The post IBM Addresses AI, Quantum Security Risks with New Platform appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Zero Day

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Here's the perfect way to add high-performance storage to your Raspberry Pi 5 project.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it has fined four companies $7 million for misleading statements about their cybersecurity incidents, particularly concerning the high-profile 2019 SolarWinds hack. Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., and Mimecast Limited were found to have downplayed the severity of their data breaches in public disclosures, obscuring the full scope of the incidents from investors and the public.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Editor’s note: James Xiang and Hayden Evans contributed to this blog. Key Points In October 2024, ReliaQuest responded to an intrusion affecting a manufacturing sector customer. We identified “Scattered Spider” to be behind the incident. This English-speaking collective previously served as an affiliate for ransomware group “ALPHV” and now partners with “RansomHub.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Identity security is front, and center given all the recent breaches that include Microsoft, Okta, Cloudflare and Snowflake to name a few. Organizations are starting to realize that a shake-up is needed in terms of the way we approach identity security both from a strategic but also a technology vantage point.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 23, 2024

FortiFAIL: Remote code execution vulnerability still not acknowledged by Fortinet after 10+  days’ exploitation. The post FortiJump: Yet Another Critical Fortinet 0-Day RCE appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Cisco Talos researchers uncovered a new and highly adaptive malware family, WarmCookie, also referred to as BadSpace. This malware has been actively used since April 2024, targeting organizations across various... The post New WarmCookie/BadSpace Malware Targets Organizations appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It may come as a surprise to learn that 34% of security practitioners are in the dark about how many SaaS applications are deployed in their organizations. And it’s no wonder—the recent AppOmni 2024 State of SaaS Security Report reveals that only 15% of organizations centralize SaaS security within their cybersecurity teams.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The cybersecurity revolution that began with increased network visibility has culminated in the rise of AI, which can automatically make sense of information that even the best-staffed IT departments never could. The post AI is Revolutionizing Cybersecurity — But Not in the Ways You Might Think appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Zero Day

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Whether you're a digital hoarder or separating from a work or school account, you can archive your Google messages and media with this free and clever workaround.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Together, AI and purple security offer ideal actionable input and ongoing orientation for a CTEM framework. The post Bolstering CTEM with AI and Purple Team Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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