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December 2024

BeyondTrust Issues Urgent Patch for Critical Vulnerability in PRA and RS Products

BeyondTrust Issues Urgent Patch for Critical Vulnerability in PRA and RS Products

Dec 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananSaaS Security / Incident Response BeyondTrust has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products that could potentially lead to the execution of… 

INTERPOL Pushes for “Romance Baiting” to Replace “Pig Butchering” in Scam Discourse

INTERPOL Pushes for “Romance Baiting” to Replace “Pig Butchering” in Scam Discourse

Dec 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Fraud / Social engineering INTERPOL is calling for a linguistic shift that aims to put to an end to the term “pig butchering,” instead advocating for the use of “romance baiting”… 

Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts

Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts

Dec 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Privacy Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach that impacted millions of… 

Critical Apache Struts Flaw Found, Exploitation Attempts Detected

Critical Apache Struts Flaw Found, Exploitation Attempts Detected

Dec 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Vulnerability Threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Struts that could pave the way for remote code execution. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-53677,… 

Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware

Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware

Dec 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Credential Theft A new social engineering campaign has leveraged Microsoft Teams as a way to facilitate the deployment of a known malware called DarkGate. “An attacker used social engineering via…