Getting the Backbones Ready: Strengthening Operational Technology – Essentiality of comprehensive preparation, mitigation and response plans for potential cyber threats – Importance of protecting operational technology and critical systems The Essentials of Cyber-Safety Planning Just as you wouldn’t go into a snowstorm without a parka, businesses can’t afford to face the blizzards of cyberspace without
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Google Bolsters AI Security with its Vulnerability Rewards Program Expansion Main Points: Google has announced the expansion of its Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) for AI systems. The expanded VRP now includes rewards for finding attack scenarios tailored to generative AI. This move aims to bolster AI safety and security to lessen potential risks like unfair
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F5 Warns of Ominous Security Vulnerability In BIG-IP – Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability reported in F5’s BIG-IP product. – The vulnerability is grafted into the configuration utility component and has been appointed with the CVE identifier CVE-2023-46747, with an alarming CVSS score of 9.8. – An unauthenticated attacker with network access can potentially exploit
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Main Points: – A new side-channel attack, iLeakage, has been discovered that exploits a weakness in Apple’s A- and M-series CPUs. – This attack can allow sensitive information to be extracted from the Safari web browser on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices. – Attackers can cause Safari to render a webpage and then recover sensitive
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Scattered Spider: The Prolific Threat Hiding in Plain Sight Main Points: The threat actor, Scattered Spider, has been seen impersonating new hires within organizations. By disguising as novices, they manage to breach accounts and organizations worldwide. Microsoft has flagged Scattered Spider as a notably dangerous financial criminal organization. Scattered Spider’s Camouflage Tactic Scattered Spider, a
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Untangling the Web: Common Cybersecurity Risks Businesses Overlook Main Points: Cyberattacks are commonly discussed, but other overlooked cybersecurity risks can lead to lawsuits and privacy violations. The importance of these overlooked aspects is emphasized by a new case study. Various sectors, including healthcare, finance, e-commerce and more should be aware of these potential risks. When
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Here’s a summarized version of the article with important bullet points: – The threat actor, Tortoiseshell, previously associated with Iran, has been tied to a new set of watering hole attacks. – The attacks aim to deploy a specific type of malware called IMAPLoader. – IMAPLoader is .NET malware with the capability to fingerprint victim
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Mirth Connect: Users Pleaded to Update After Discovery of Remote Code Execution Vulnerability A remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-43208, has been discovered in Mirth Connect, an open-source data integration platform. NextGen HealthCare, the company behind Mirth Connect, is urging users to update to the latest version 4.4.1. This highly exploitable vulnerability was addressed
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Security Holes Uncovered in Major Online Services OAuth Implementation Security flaws Security flaws in the OAuth implementation for Grammarly, Vidio, Bukalapak, and more have been revealed. The faults were discovered and patched between February and April 2023 by the relevant companies after responsible disclosure. Potential consequences included malicious parties gaining unauthorized access to affected accounts.
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Winter Vivern Strikes Again: Roundcube Webmail Software Under Attack Main points: – The cyber villain, Winter Vivern, is up to its old tricks, exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in Roundcube webmail software. – The exploit happened on October 11, 2023, and victims’ email messages were harvested. – ESET security researcher Matthieu Faou spots Winter Vivern’s
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