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November 2024

High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables

High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables

Nov 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Database Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and potentially lead to code… 

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering .5 Billion in Bitcoin

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Thursday. Lichtenstein was charged for his… 

CISA Flags Two Actively Exploited Palo Alto Flaws; New RCE Attack Confirmed

CISA Flags Two Actively Exploited Palo Alto Flaws; New RCE Attack Confirmed

Nov 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday warned that two more flaws impacting the Palo Alto Networks Expedition have come under active exploitation in the…