The cyber security agencies of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have issued their annual list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities. The Register reports: The top two spots on the list go to Citrix, which topped the chart with a remote code execution bug in versions 12 and 13 of NetScaler ADC and Gateway. […]
A hacker claims to have stolen 440 GB of data from cybersecurity firm Fortinet, exploiting an Azure SharePoint vulnerability. The breach, dubbed “Fortileak,” was revealed on a forum with access credentials shared online. HackRead reports: Dubbed Fortileak by the hacker, the breach allegedly originates from an exposure in Fortinet’s Azure SharePoint instance. In the forum post, the […]
A vulnerability on multiple web browsers was exploited by the Citrine Sleet threat actor to steal crypto from its victims, according to Microsoft. A Microsoft report claims a North Korean threat actor has been exploiting a flaw on Chromium to steal cryptocurrency. The company’s security blog attributed the exploitation of this bug “with medium confidence” […]
An article in The Register begins with a simple question: Do you have your VMware ESXi hypervisor joined to Active Directory? If you don’t know what The Register is even talking about, pass this article to your IT department directly. The Register explains the significance of a recently patched vulnerability, and why you should patch […]
Once again, threat actors are jumping to exploit a newly identified vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer software. As Bleeping Computer reports, exploit attempts were noted less than 24 hours after the vendor disclosed the vulnerability. The new security issue received the identifier CVE-2024-5806 and allows attackers to bypass the authentication process in the Secure File Transfer Protocol […]
Sisense Security Week reports: The US government cybersecurity agency CISA on Thursday issued a red-alert for what appears to be a massive supply chain breach at Sisense, a New York company that sells big-data analytics tools to businesses. In a cryptic note, CISA warned of a recent “compromise of Sisense customer data” that was discovered […]
“Two quick taps and we open the door” This may give you second thoughts about any hotel you stay in, or at least what brand of keycard door lock they use for hotel rooms. Andy Greenberg of WIRED reports: When thousands of security researchers descend on Las Vegas every August for what’s come to be […]
Livemint reports: Cybercriminals have found a way to gain access to people’s Google accounts without needing their password, and the new exploit gives hackers continued access to Google services even after a user’s password has been reset. The new vulnerability was analysed by security firm CloudSEK and reported by The Independent. Furthermore, the issue first […]
Bleeping Computer reports: Google has released emergency updates to fix another Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild, the eighth patched since the start of the year. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-7024 exists in the wild,” a security advisory published Wednesday said. The company fixed the zero-day bug for users in the Stable Desktop […]
Majority of firms using generative AI experience related security incidents – even as it empowers security teams
How many times do we read about something new and think, “What can possibly go wrong, right?” Some new research by the Capgemini Research Institute found that 97% of organizations using generative AI were affected by data breaches or security concerns linked to generative AI, and most do not have an adequate budget to deal with […]