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New macOS Malware “Cthulhu Stealer” Targets Apple Users’ Data

New macOS Malware “Cthulhu Stealer” Targets Apple Users’ Data

Aug 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Data Privacy Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new information stealer that’s designed to target Apple macOS hosts and harvest a wide range of information, underscoring how threat actors are… 

Latvian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Role in Karakurt Cybercrime Group

Latvian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Role in Karakurt Cybercrime Group

Aug 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Ransomware A 33-year-old Latvian national living in Moscow, Russia, has been charged in the U.S. for allegedly stealing data, extorting victims, and laundering ransom payments since August 2021. Deniss… 

Hardware Backdoor Discovered in RFID Cards Used in Hotels and Offices Worldwide

Hardware Backdoor Discovered in RFID Cards Used in Hotels and Offices Worldwide

Aug 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananHardware Security / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a hardware backdoor within a particular model of MIFARE Classic contactless cards that could allow authentication with an unknown key and open… 

Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Cisco Switch Flaw to Gain System Control

Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Cisco Switch Flaw to Gain System Control

Aug 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Zero-Day Details have emerged about a China-nexus threat group’s exploitation of a recently disclosed, now-patched security flaw in Cisco switches as a zero-day to seize control of the appliance… 

New ‘ALBeast’ Vulnerability Exposes Weakness in AWS Application Load Balancer

New ‘ALBeast’ Vulnerability Exposes Weakness in AWS Application Load Balancer

Aug 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Application Security As many as 15,000 applications using Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Application Load Balancer (ALB) for authentication are potentially susceptible to a configuration-based issue that could expose them… 

The Facts About Continuous Penetration Testing and Why It’s Important

The Facts About Continuous Penetration Testing and Why It’s Important

What is Continuous Attack Surface Penetration Testing or CASPT? Continuous Penetration Testing or Continuous Attack Surface Penetration Testing (CASPT) is an advanced security practice that involves the continuous, automated, and ongoing penetration testing services of… 

Critical Flaw in WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Allows Hackers Admin Access

Critical Flaw in WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Allows Hackers Admin Access

Aug 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could permit unauthenticated users to gain administrator privileges. “The plugin suffers from… 

GitHub Patches Critical Security Flaw in Enterprise Server Granting Admin Privileges

GitHub Patches Critical Security Flaw in Enterprise Server Granting Admin Privileges

Aug 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Software / Vulnerability GitHub has released fixes to address a set of three security flaws impacting its Enterprise Server product, including one critical bug that could be abused to gain site…