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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Severe GitLab Password Reset Vulnerability

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Severe GitLab Password Reset Vulnerability

May 02, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Data Breach The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical flaw impacting GitLab to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, owing to active exploitation in the wild.… 

New Cuttlefish Malware Hijacks Router Connections, Sniffs for Cloud Credentials

New Cuttlefish Malware Hijacks Router Connections, Sniffs for Cloud Credentials

May 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Network Security A new malware called Cuttlefish is targeting small office and home office (SOHO) routers with the goal of stealthily monitoring all traffic through the devices and gather authentication… 

Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds

Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds

May 01, 2024NewsroomFinancial Crime / Forensic Analysis A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent… 

Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers

Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers

May 01, 2024NewsroomMalware / Android Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control (C2) servers for detection evasion. The malware, codenamed… 

Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

May 01, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Insider Threat A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to… 

Millions of Malicious ‘Imageless’ Containers Planted on Docker Hub Over 5 Years

Millions of Malicious ‘Imageless’ Containers Planted on Docker Hub Over 5 Years

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomDocker Hub / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple campaigns targeting Docker Hub by planting millions of malicious “imageless” containers over the past five years, once again underscoring how open-source registries… 

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomMachine Learning / National Security The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence (AI)-related threats. “These guidelines are informed by the whole-of-government effort to assess… 

New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024

New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomIoT Security / Botnet The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation that prohibits them from using default passwords, effective April 29,…