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Chinese Volt Typhoon Exploits Versa Director Flaw, Targets U.S. and Global IT Sectors

Chinese Volt Typhoon Exploits Versa Director Flaw, Targets U.S. and Global IT Sectors

The China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as Volt Typhoon has been attributed with moderate confidence to the zero-day exploitation of a recently disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting Versa Director. The attacks targeted four U.S. victims… 

Microsoft Fixes ASCII Smuggling Flaw That Enabled Data Theft from Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft Fixes ASCII Smuggling Flaw That Enabled Data Theft from Microsoft 365 Copilot

Aug 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Vulnerability Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that could enable the theft of sensitive user information using a technique called ASCII smuggling. “ASCII Smuggling… 

SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access

SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access

Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security SonicWall has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting its firewalls that, if successfully exploited, could grant malicious actors unauthorized access to the devices. The vulnerability,… 

Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €290 Million for GDPR Violations in Data Transfers to U.S.

Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €290 Million for GDPR Violations in Data Transfers to U.S.

Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananGDPR / Data Protection The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber a record €290 million ($324 million) for allegedly failing to comply with European Union (E.U.) data protection standards when… 

Researchers Identify Over 20 Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in MLOps Platforms

Researchers Identify Over 20 Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in MLOps Platforms

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about the security risks in the machine learning (ML) software supply chain following the discovery of more than 20 vulnerabilities that could be exploited to target MLOps platforms. These vulnerabilities, which… 

Critical Flaws in Traccar GPS System Expose Users to Remote Attacks

Critical Flaws in Traccar GPS System Expose Users to Remote Attacks

Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability Two security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the open-source Traccar GPS tracking system that could be potentially exploited by unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution under certain… 

New Android Malware NGate Steals NFC Data to Clone Contactless Payment Cards

New Android Malware NGate Steals NFC Data to Clone Contactless Payment Cards

Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananFinancial Fraud / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered new Android malware that can relay victims’ contactless payment data from physical credit and debit cards to an attacker-controlled device with the goal…