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August 2024

After global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike courts hackers with action figures and gratitude

After global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike courts hackers with action figures and gratitude

On Wednesday morning, thousands of cybersecurity professionals swarmed the halls of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, the epicenter of the annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference, where dozens of companies were advertising their… 

Microsoft Warns of Unpatched Office Vulnerability Leading to Data Exposure

Microsoft Warns of Unpatched Office Vulnerability Leading to Data Exposure

Aug 10, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security Microsoft has disclosed an unpatched zero-day in Office that, if successfully exploited, could result in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to malicious actors. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38200… 

Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers

Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers

Aug 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple critical flaws in Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings that, if successfully exploited, could result in serious consequences. “The impact of these vulnerabilities… 

Microsoft Reveals Four OpenVPN Flaws Leading to Potential RCE and LPE

Microsoft Reveals Four OpenVPN Flaws Leading to Potential RCE and LPE

Aug 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Microsoft on Thursday disclosed four medium-severity security flaws in the open-source OpenVPN software that could be chained to achieve remote code execution (RCE) and local privilege escalation (LPE).…