Sep 05, 2024Ravie Lakshmanan Cisco has released security updates for two critical security flaws impacting its Smart Licensing Utility that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to elevate their privileges or access sensitive information. A brief…
North Korean threat actors have leveraged a fake Windows video conferencing application impersonating FreeConference.com to backdoor developer systems as part of an ongoing financially-driven campaign dubbed Contagious Interview. The new attack wave, spotted by Singaporean…
Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Mobile Security Google has released its monthly security updates for the Android operating system to address a known security flaw that it said has come under active exploitation in the…
Sep 04, 2024Ravie Lakshmanan A new supply chain attack technique targeting the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has been exploited in the wild in an attempt to infiltrate downstream organizations. It has been codenamed Revival…
Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Zyxel has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting certain access point (AP) and security router versions that could result in the execution of unauthorized…
Sep 04, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Browser Security Account takeover attacks have emerged as one of the most persistent and damaging threats to cloud-based SaaS environments. Yet despite significant investments in traditional security measures,…
Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananGDPR / Privacy The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) against facial recognition firm Clearview AI for violating the General Data Protection Regulation…
Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security A new malware campaign is spoofing Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect VPN software to deliver a variant of the WikiLoader (aka WailingCrab) loader by means of a search engine…
Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Malware A hacktivist group known as Head Mare has been linked to cyber attacks that exclusively target organizations located in Russia and Belarus. “Head Mare uses more up-to-date methods for…
Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked the inner workings of a new ransomware variant called Cicada3301 that shares similarities with the now-defunct BlackCat (aka ALPHV) operation. “It appears that Cicada3301…