Summary of Key Points VMware has informed customers of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit involving a recently fixed security flaw in Aria Operations for Logs. The severe vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2023-34051 with a CVSS score of 8.1, pertains to an authentication bypass that could result in remote code execution. An unauthorized malicious actor can take advantage
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Former NSA Employee Pleads Guilty to Espionage: The Inside Out From Loyal Employee to Spy Charges Remember when you borrowed your office pen and accidentally took it home? Well, Jareh Sebastian Dalke, a 31-year-old former NSA employee, apparently wanted to take more than just stationary goodies. This chap served as an Information Systems Security Designer
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Spanish Officials Ring Out Scam Ring, Seize €3 Million Main Points Spain’s law enforcement arrested 34 members of an online scamming gang. The gang’s fraudulent activities have led to a profit of about €3 million. A series of searches across five Spanish cities led to these arrests. Officials confiscated a trove of objects, including simulated
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Software Development: Marching from Monolithic Meltdowns to Agile Acrobats – The evolution of application development has progressed significantly, yet the application programming interface (API) management systems are still stuck in the proverbial ‘computer stone age’ – Integration of newly developed APIs with legacy models still present challenges for organizations embarking on the path of modernization
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Hackers Play Hide and Seek with Cisco: Smarter Backdoor in Devices Main Takeaways A backdoor implanted on Cisco devices gets an upgrade to enhance its stealth capabilities. The upgraded implant exploits two zero-day flaws found in IOS XE software. Changes were made to keep the backdoor invisible by previous fingerprinting methods. Network traffic to compromised
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TriangleDB: The Unwanted Guest at The Apple Party A Brief Overview of the Situation The TriangleDB implant specifically targets Apple iOS devices. This malicious implant has at least four modules allowing it to record microphone audio, extract data from iCloud Keychain, extract data from SQLite databases, and estimate the user’s location. Kaspersky discovered and publicized
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A Suspicious Breach Detected – But 1Password User Data Remains Untouched, CTO Confirms Main Points: 1Password detects unusual activity on its Okta instance. The suspicious activity got noticed on September 29, following a support system breach. Immediately following the detection, the activity was terminated. Initial investigations suggest no compromise of user data or other sensitive
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Quasar RAT: Stealthy Trojan Taking Windows by Storm Main Points: – Open-source remote access trojan known as Quasar RAT is exploiting DLL side-loading. – Quasar RAT flies under the radar, stealthily siphoning data from compromised Windows hosts. – The technique leverages the inherent trust of DLL files in the Windows environment. – Researchers Tejaswini Sandapolla
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#### Main Points – Troublesome gang, ‘DoNot Team’ associated with use of .NET-based backdoor known as Firebird, primarily targeting victims in Pakistan and Afghanistan. – Cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky, divulged the findings in their quarterly APT (Advanced Persistent Threats) report for the third quarter of 2023. – The attack chains are also reportedly utilized to deliver
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Consumer AI Brings Productivity and Security Challenges Consumer-focused AI tools like ChatGPT have experienced unprecedented growth. AI is now accessible to all employees, not only data science and engineering teams. Productivity benefits are immense, but increased use brings new IT and security challenges. Artificial Intelligence: No Longer Just for Tech Teams Once upon a time
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