Main Points: – GitHub announced an improvement to its secret scanning feature. – The improvement extends validity checks to popular services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Microsoft, and Slack. – Validity checks alert users to whether exposed tokens found by secret scanning are active. – This enables users to take effective remediation measures.
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Summary of Security Vulnerabilities in Supermicro’s IPMI Firmware Main Points: – Multiple security vulnerabilities have been revealed in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) firmware for Supermicro baseboard management controllers (BMCs). – These vulnerabilities could lead to privilege escalation and the execution of malicious code on affected systems. – The seven flaws range from high
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QakBot Malware Operators Tenacious Despite Setbacks • QakBot malware operators have continued to conduct their phishing campaigns despite disruptions. • Since early August 2023, these phishers are responsible for delivering the Ransom Knight (aka Cyclops) ransomware and Remcos RAT. • These recent events suggest the law enforcement operations only impacted a portion of the QakBot
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Cisco Patches Critical Flaw in Emergency Responder Key Points The tech giant Cisco has released updates to rectify a serious security flaw in its Emergency Responder system. The vulnerability, referred to as CVE-2023-20101 with a CVSS score of 9.8, enables unverified, distant attackers to log into vulnerable systems utilizing hard-coded credentials. The root of this
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Programmers Get Creative: Malware Edition Meet Lu0Bot: The Newest Threat Malware programmers are getting innovative with unconventional programming languages, like Node.js, to dodge detection systems. Lu0Bot, the recent addition to this array of malware, targets platform-agnostic runtime environments routine in modern web applications. This new breed of malware employs multilayer obfuscation, making it a grave
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When Hackers Have a Field Day: Operation Jacana Targets Guyana’s Government Operation Jacana Takes Aim In quite an eye-opening development, it seems the government wasn’t busy bickering just among themselves, but were also dealing with an unwelcome guest, a cyber espionage campaign known as Operation Jacana. I tell ya, those cyber shenanigans never take a
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Android Banking Trojan GoldDigger Stirs Pot A Shiny New Android Trojan Drains Bank Accounts In keeping with the true digital gold rush that is lined with danger and mystery, a new Android banking trojan, fittingly named GoldDigger, has been discovered. Just like its namesake, it’s not here to make friends. It has its eyes on
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An Update on U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Updates to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has made changes to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. It’s like cleaning out your closet – some flaws stay, some go, and some new ones join the party. On
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Apple’s Security Patch for Zero-Day Flaw in iOS and iPadOS This informative briefing is all about how Apple has picked its security wits by releasing patches to fix a new zero-day vulnerability in iOS and iPadOS. Now you’d think it’s just another day in the Apple orchard, but, just like my dad’s socks, the situation
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Main Points: – Atlassian fixes actively exploited zero-day flaw in Confluence Data Center and Server instances. – The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-22515, enables external attackers to create unauthorized admin accounts and access Confluence servers. – The flaw only impacts certain versions and does not affect versions prior to 6.13.23. Atlassian Addresses Critical Zero-Day Flaw The
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