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Cisco Unveils AI-Native Enterprise Security Solution Hypershield

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 5:07am

Cisco announces Hypershield, an AI-native and cloud-native enterprise security solution with a wide range of capabilities.

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Kapeka: A New Backdoor in Sandworm’s Arsenal of Aggression

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 3:00pm

Kapeka is a new backdoor that may be a new addition to Russia-link Sandworm’s malware arsenal and possibly a successor to GreyEnergy.

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Miggo Security Gets $7.5 Million Seed Funding to Build ADR Technology

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 10:54am

YL Ventures leads an early stage funding round for Miggo Security, a Tel Aviv startup working on application detection and response technology.

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Armis Acquires Silk Security for $150 Million

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 10:06am

Armis has acquired cyber risk prioritization and remediation company Silk Security for $150 million. 

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Cisco: Multiple VPN, SSH Services Targeted in Mass Brute-Force Attacks

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 8:59am

Cisco has observed an increase in brute-force attacks targeting web application authentication, VPNs, and SSH services.

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Ivanti Patches 27 Vulnerabilities in Avalanche MDM Product

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 8:24am

Ivanti releases patches for 27 vulnerabilities in the Avalanche MDM product, including critical flaws leading to command execution.

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Chrome 124, Firefox 125 Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 8:06am

Chrome and Firefox security updates resolve over 35 vulnerabilities, including a dozen high-severity bugs.

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Recent OT and Espionage Attacks Linked to Russia’s Sandworm, Now Named APT44

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 7:36am

Mandiant summarizes some of the latest operations of Russia’s notorious Sandworm group, which it now tracks as APT44.

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Oracle Patches 230 Vulnerabilities With April 2024 CPU

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 6:30am

Oracle releases 441 new security patches to address 230 vulnerabilities as part of its April 2024 Critical Patch Update.

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Exploitation of Palo Alto Firewall Vulnerability Picking Up After PoC Release

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:54am

Palo Alto Networks firewall vulnerability CVE-2024-3400 increasingly exploited after PoC code has been released. 

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Virtual Event Tomorrow: Ransomware Resilience & Recovery Summit 

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:07pm

Join this one-day virtual summit as we shine the spotlight on the shadowy dynamics of ransomware attacks and how you can best prepare your organization to defend against and recover from these relentless attacks.

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Critical PuTTY Vulnerability Allows Secret Key Recovery

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:24am

PuTTY vulnerability CVE-2024-31497 allows attackers to compromise private keys and use them to forge signatures. 

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Cryptojacker Arrested, Charged for Defrauding Cloud Providers of $3.5 Million

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 9:35am

Charles O. Parks III was arrested and charged with defrauding two cloud-services providers of $3.5 million.

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Cloud Users Warned of Data Exposure Risk From Command-Line Tools

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 9:32am

Cloud security specialists found data exposure risk associated with Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud command-line tools.

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Hacker Conversations: Kevin O’Connor, From Childhood Hacker to NSA Operative

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 7:55am

Kevin O’Connor knew he was a hacker by the time he was in Middle School. He went on to work for the NSA and is now director of threat research at Adlumin.

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Ransomware Group Starts Leaking Data Allegedly Stolen From Change Healthcare

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 7:29am

The RansomHub group has started leaking information allegedly stolen from Change Healthcare in February 2024.

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You Against the World: The Offenders Dilemma

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 7:22am

Foreign attackers have many more toolsets at their disposal, so we need to make sure we’re selective about our modeling, preparation and how we assess and fortify ourselves.

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Omni Hotels Says Personal Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 6:53am

Omni Hotels says customer information was compromised in a cyberattack claimed by the Daixin Team ransomware group.

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Delinea Scrambles to Patch Critical Flaw After Failed Responsible Disclosure Attempt

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 5:50am

PAM company Delinea over the weekend rushed to patch a critical authentication bypass vulnerability after it apparently ignored the researcher who found the flaw.

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Cisco Duo Says Hack at Telephony Supplier Exposed MFA SMS Logs

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 2:34pm

Cisco Duo warns that breach exposed phone numbers, phone carriers, metadata and other logs that could lead to downstream social engineering attacks.

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