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‘Snatch’ Ransom Group Exposes Visitor IP Addresses

Krebs on Security

The victim shaming site operated by the Snatch ransomware group is leaking data about its true online location and internal operations, as well as the Internet addresses of its visitors, KrebsOnSecurity has found. The leaked data suggest that Snatch is one of several ransomware groups using paid ads on Google.com to trick people into installing malware disguised as popular free software, such as Microsoft Teams , Adobe Reader , Mozilla Thunderbird , and Discord.

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Signal Will Leave the UK Rather Than Add a Backdoor

Schneier on Security

Totally expected, but still good to hear : Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the nonprofit Signal messaging app, reaffirmed that Signal would leave the U.K. if the country’s recently passed Online Safety Bill forced Signal to build “backdoors” into its end-to-end encryption. “We would leave the U.K. or any jurisdiction if it came down to the choice between backdooring our encryption and betrayin

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Weekly Update 367

Troy Hunt

Ah, home 😊 It's been more than a month since I've been able to sit at this desk and stream a weekly video. And now I'm doing it with the glorious spring weather just outside my window, which I really must make more time to start enjoying. Anyway, this week is super casual due to having had zero prep time, but I hope the discussion about the ABC's piece on HIBP and I in particular is interesting.

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Build for Detection Engineering, and Alerting Will Improve (Part 3)

Anton on Security

This blog series was written jointly with Amine Besson, Principal Cyber Engineer, Behemoth CyberDefence and one more anonymous collaborator. In this blog (#3 in the series), we will start to define and refine our detection engineering machinery to avoid the problems covered in Parts 1 and 2. Detection Engineering is Painful — and It Shouldn’t Be (Part 1) Detection Engineering and SOC Scalability Challenges (Part 2) Adopting detection engineering practices should have a roadmap and eventually bec

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Why Giant Content Libraries Do Nothing for Your Employees’ Cyber Resilience

Many cybersecurity awareness platforms offer massive content libraries, yet they fail to enhance employees’ cyber resilience. Without structured, engaging, and personalized training, employees struggle to retain and apply key cybersecurity principles. Phished.io explains why organizations should focus on interactive, scenario-based learning rather than overwhelming employees with excessive content.

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BREAKING NEWS Q&A: What Cisco’s $28 billion buyout of Splunk foretells about cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

There’s a tiny bit more to Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk than just a lumbering hardware giant striving to secure a firmer foothold in the software business. Related: Why ‘observability’ is rising to the fo re Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has laid down a $28 billion bet that he’ll be able to overcome challenges Cisco is facing as its networking equipment business slows, beset by supply chain issues and reduced demand, post Covid 19.

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Critical Vulnerability in libwebp Library

Schneier on Security

Both Apple and Google have recently reported critical vulnerabilities in their systems—iOS and Chrome, respectively—that are ultimately the result of the same vulnerability in the libwebp library: On Thursday, researchers from security firm Rezillion published evidence that they said made it “highly likely” both indeed stemmed from the same bug, specifically in libwebp, the code library that apps, operating systems, and other code libraries incorporate to process WebP ima

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What CIOs Can Learn from Airbnb’s Official ‘Party Pooper’

Lohrman on Security

Every organization has behaviors they are trying to discourage or stop. So what can we learn from Airbnb’s use of data and AI to achieve overall business goals?

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GUEST ESSAY: A roadmap for the finance teams at small businesses to improve cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

If you’re a small business looking for the secret sauce to cybersecurity, the secret is out: start with a cybersecurity policy and make the commitment to security a business-wide priority. Related: SMBs too often pay ransom Small businesses, including nonprofit organizations, are not immune to cyberattacks. The average cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.45 million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks

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Lazarus luring employees with trojanized coding challenges: The case of a Spanish aerospace company

We Live Security

ESET researchers uncover a Lazarus attack against an aerospace company in Spain, where the group deployed several tools, including a publicly undocumented backdoor we named LightlessCan.

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Video Encoding Library Leaves Chrome, Firefox and More Open to Zero-Day Attack

Tech Republic Security

Google and Mozilla have patched the zero-day vulnerability, which originates in the libvpx library.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Malicious ad served inside Bing's AI chatbot

Malwarebytes

In February 2023, Microsoft disclosed its new AI-assisted search engine, Bing Chat, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4. Even though Google has been dominating the search industry for years, this event was significant enough to generate not only interest but also plant the seed for a possible change in the balance in the future. Considering that tech giants make most of their revenue from advertising, it wasn't surprising to see Microsoft introduce ads into Bing Chat shortly after its release.

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DarkBeam leaks billions of email and password combinations

Security Affairs

DarkBeam left an Elasticsearch and Kibana interface unprotected, exposing records from previously reported and non-reported data breaches. The leaked logins present cybercriminals with almost limitless attack capabilities. DarkBeam, a digital risk protection firm, left an Elasticsearch and Kibana interface unprotected, exposing records with user emails and passwords from previously reported and non-reported data breaches.

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Update Chrome Now: Google Releases Patch for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

The Hacker News

Google on Wednesday rolled out fixes to address a new actively exploited zero-day in the Chrome browser. Tracked as CVE-2023-5217, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a heap-based buffer overflow in the VP8 compression format in libvpx, a free software video codec library from Google and the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia).

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How To Implement Zero Trust: Best Practices and Guidelines

Tech Republic Security

Learn how to implement a Zero Trust security model with our comprehensive guide. Discover the best practices and steps to secure your organization.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Ransomware group claims it's "compromised all of Sony systems"

Malwarebytes

Newcomer ransomware group RansomedVC claims to have successfully compromised the computer systems of entertainment giant Sony. As ransomware gangs do, it made the announcement on its dark web website, where it sells data that it's stolen from victims' computer networks. The announcement says Sony's data is for sale: Sony Group Corporation, formerly Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, and Sony Corporation, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato,

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APT34 Deploys Phishing Attack With New Malware

Trend Micro

We observed and tracked the advanced persistent threat (APT) APT34 group with a new malware variant accompanying a phishing attack comparatively similar to the SideTwist backdoor malware. Following the campaign, the group abused a fake license registration form of an African government agency to target a victim in Saudi Arabia.

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New ZenRAT Malware Targeting Windows Users via Fake Password Manager Software

The Hacker News

A new malware strain called ZenRAT has emerged in the wild that's distributed via bogus installation packages of the Bitwarden password manager. "The malware is specifically targeting Windows users and will redirect people using other hosts to a benign web page," enterprise security firm Proofpoint said in a technical report.

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Censys Reveals Open Directories Share More Than 2,000 TB of Unprotected Data

Tech Republic Security

These open directories could leak sensitive data, intellectual property or technical data and let an attacker compromise the entire system. Follow these security best practices for open directories.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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Pegasus spyware and how it exploited a WebP vulnerability

Malwarebytes

Recent events have demonstrated very clearly just how persistent and wide-spread the Pegasus spyware is. For those that have missed the subtle clues, we have tried to construct a clear picture. We attempted to follow the timeline of events, but have made some adjustments to keep the flow of the story alive. On September 12, 2023 we published two blogs urging our readers to urgently patch two Apple issues which were added to the catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities by the Cybersecurity &

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A still unpatched zero-day RCE impacts more than 3.5M Exim servers

Security Affairs

Experts warn of a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-42115, in all versions of Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software. A critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-42115 (CVSS score 9.8), affects all versions of Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software. A remote, unauthenticated attacker, can exploit the vulnerability to gain remote code execution (RCE) on Internet-exposed servers.

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Cisco Warns of Vulnerability in IOS and IOS XE Software After Exploitation Attempts

The Hacker News

Cisco is warning of attempted exploitation of a security flaw in its IOS Software and IOS XE Software that could permit an authenticated remote attacker to achieve remote code execution on affected systems. The medium-severity vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-20109, and has a CVSS score of 6.6. It impacts all versions of the software that have the GDOI or G-IKEv2 protocol enabled.

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Australian Government’s ‘Six Cyber Shields’ Is Potentially a Well-Meaning Skills Crisis

Tech Republic Security

The Australian government’s new national cyber security strategy might have the inadvertent effect of making security efforts even more difficult for businesses by intensifying the current skills shortage.

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The Importance of User Roles and Permissions in Cybersecurity Software

How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

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Google’s Bard conversations turn up in search results

Malwarebytes

Google is coming under scrutiny after people discovered transcripts of conversations with its AI chatbot Bard are being indexed in Google search results. Bard is Google’s answer to ChatGPT, and allows users to have conversations with an AI. Services like these have attracted a lot of attention, because with a bit of tweaking and getting used to they can be really helpful in speeding up tasks.

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Deadglyph, a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor targets the Middle East

Security Affairs

Researchers discovered a previously undocumented sophisticated backdoor, named Deadglyph, used by the Stealth Falcon group for espionage in the Middle East ESET researchers discovered a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor, named Deadglyph, employed by the Stealth Falcon group for espionage in the Middle East. Stealth Falcon is a nation-state actor active since at least 2012, the group targeted political activists and journalists in the Middle East in past campaigns.

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Critical libwebp Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation - Gets Maximum CVSS Score

The Hacker News

Google has assigned a new CVE identifier for a critical security flaw in the libwebp image library for rendering images in the WebP format that has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-5129, the issue has been given the maximum severity score of 10.0 on the CVSS rating system.

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NordVPN Review (2023): Pricing, Security & Performance

Tech Republic Security

Is NordVPN worth it? How much does it cost and is it safe to use? Read our NordVPN review to learn about pricing, features, security, and more.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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Ransomware group demands $51 million from Johnson Controls after cyber attack

Graham Cluley

Johnson Controls, a multinational conglomerate that secures industrial control systems, security equipment, fire safety and air conditioning systems, has been hit by a massive cyber attack. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Alphv group claims the hack of Clarion, a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars

Security Affairs

The Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles. The Alphv ransomware group added Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles, to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. Clarion Japan is the Japanese subsidiary of Clarion Co., Ltd., a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles.

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Microsoft's AI-Powered Bing Chat Ads May Lead Users to Malware-Distributing Sites

The Hacker News

Malicious ads served inside Microsoft Bing's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot are being used to distribute malware when searching for popular tools. The findings come from Malwarebytes, which revealed that unsuspecting users can be tricked into visiting booby-trapped sites and installing malware directly from Bing Chat conversations.

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ProtonVPN vs. AtlasVPN (2023): Which VPN Should You Use?

Tech Republic Security

Which VPN is better, ProtonVPN or AtlasVPN? Read our in-depth comparison to decide which one fits you in terms of pricing, key features and more.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.