As a kid, you may have played a game called “capture the flag,” where opposing teams try to sneak into each other’s territory and retrieve a colored flag in order to win.
If your security tools feel slower than they should, you’re not imagining it. Many IT teams blame their sluggish SIEM performance on query complexity or alert volume. But sometimes the real issue is much simpler: oversized input files quietly dragging your system down.
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a "widespread and ongoing" SMS phishing campaign that's been targeting toll road users in the United States for financial theft since mid-October 2024.
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Behind every one of those actions is an API quietly lifting the heavy. APIs—Application Programming Interfaces—allow apps to talk to each other, exchange data, and make your social media experience feel seamless.
The cascading supply chain attack that initially targeted Coinbase before becoming more widespread to single out users of the "tj-actions/changed-files" GitHub Action has been traced further back to the theft of a personal access token (PAT) related to SpotBugs.
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EDRKillShifter accomplishes its goals by means of a known tactic called Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) that involves using a legitimate but vulnerable driver to terminate security solutions protecting the endpoints.
Satellite navigation systems are under rising threat from jamming and spoofing attacks, risking aviation, maritime, and telecom safety worldwide, warn global agencies.
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The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-4577, refers to an argument injection vulnerability in PHP affecting Windows-based systems running in CGI mode that could allow remote attackers to run arbitrary code.
Are you feeling stagnant at your current job? You're not alone, and you may be due for a career change. Here's a fact that might finally inspire you to switch to cybersecurity: there are about 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs waiting to be filled, and some of those companies are willing to pay top dollar for experts who can protect their businesses from cyber threats.
The China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as UNC3886 has been observed targeting end-of-life MX Series routers from Juniper Networks as part of a campaign designed to deploy custom backdoors, highlighting their ability to focus on internal networking infrastructure.
Multiple cyber incidents, targeting telecom giants, healthcare providers, and government agencies. These attacks highlight the growing complexity of cyber threats and the need for stronger defenses.
Small business owners might still believe the size of their company protects them from cyberattacks, assuming that hackers are only interested in larger, high-profile targets. However, cybercriminals will not discriminate based on company size
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a widespread phishing campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA images shared via PDF documents hosted on Webflow's content delivery network (CDN) to deliver the Lumma stealer malware.
A recent campaign, dubbed GitVenom, targeting GitHub users with deceptive projects exemplifies this trend, as detailed in Kaspersky’s Securelist latest research authored by Georgy Kucherin and Joao Godinho.
The threat actors behind the Darcula phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform appear to be readying a new version that allows prospective customers and cyber crooks to clone any brand's legitimate website and create a phishing version, further bringing down the technical expertise required to pull off phishing attacks at scale.
Freelance software developers are the target of an ongoing campaign that leverages job interview-themed lures to deliver cross-platform malware families known as BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret.
Doxbin, a notorious platform associated with doxxing and the exposure of personal information, has been compromised by a hacker group known as Tooda. The attack, which appears a long-time rivalry between different groups, has resulted in the deletion of user accounts, a loss of administrative control, and a leak of a massive user database.
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed using a new tactic that involves deceiving targets into running PowerShell as an administrator and then instructing them to paste and run malicious code provided by them.
WhatsApp has issued a warning to its users, revealing that nearly 100 individuals across more than two dozen countries were targeted by a sophisticated hacking tool. The spyware, which was developed by Israeli company Paragon Solutions, specifically targeted journalists and members of civil society, making this an alarming breach of privacy.
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While passwords remain the first line of defense for protecting user accounts against unauthorized access, the methods for creating strong passwords and protecting them are continually evolving. For example, NIST password recommendations are now prioritizing password length over complexity.
TF2 is a community infested with hackers and scammers who use extremely advanced methods to steal valuable items and accounts.
Wiz Research, a prominent player in the cloud security space, has observed that a critical security flaw, CVE-2024-50603, impacting the Aviatrix Controller cloud networking platform, has been actively exploited in the wild by threat actors.
The hacker, who was previously linked to several high-profile data breaches, is now selling the allegedly stolen data, demanding payment in Monero (XML) cryptocurrency to remain anonymous and untraceable.
Wiz Research, a prominent player in the cloud security space, has observed that a critical security flaw, CVE-2024-50603, impacting the Aviatrix Controller cloud networking platform, has been actively exploited in the wild by threat actors.
Have you ever wondered how ethical hackers identify vulnerabilities that could cause organizations to fail to work? I have almost 5 years of experience as a cybersecurity expert, and I frequently come across this curiosity. Knowing how to get beyond security measures is only one aspect of ethical hacking.
The European General Court on Wednesday fined the European Commission, the primary executive arm of the European Union responsible for proposing and enforcing laws for member states, for violating the bloc's own data privacy regulations.
A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Sophos users must ensure that their firewall devices are updated with the latest updates, as the vendor addresses several security vulnerabilities. Exploiting these vulnerabilities could allow various malicious actions, including code execution attacks.
A new attack campaign has targeted known Chrome browser extensions, leading to at least 16 extensions being compromised and exposing over 600,000 users to data exposure and credential theft.
A new attack campaign has targeted known Chrome browser extensions, leading to at least 16 extensions being compromised and exposing over 600,000 users to data exposure and credential theft.
North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign have been observed dropping a new JavaScript malware called OtterCookie.
As 5G networks are being gradually rolled out in major cities across the world, an analysis of its network architecture has revealed a number of potential weaknesses that could be exploited to carry out a slew of cyber assaults, including denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to deprive subscribers of Internet access and intercept data traffic.
Ethical hacking, also known as penetration testing, involves authorized attempts to breach computer systems, networks, or applications to identify and rectify security vulnerabilities.
A new, stealthy banking trojan targeting Android devices, capable of stealing banking credentials, crypto wallets, and sensitive data.
The North Korea-aligned threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a series of phishing attacks that involve sending email messages that originate from Russian sender addresses to ultimately conduct credential theft.
Mumbai's cyber police have registered an FIR against a US-based man who allegedly claimed he could tamper with and hack the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), reported Indian Express on Sunday.
A threat actor named Matrix has been linked to a widespread distributed denial-of-service (DoD) campaign that leverages vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in Internet of Things (IoT) devices to co-opt them into a disruptive botnet.
Two critical security flaws impacting the Spam protection, Anti-Spam, and FireWall plugin WordPress could allow an unauthenticated attacker to install and enable malicious plugins on susceptible sites and potentially achieve remote code execution.
Chinese threat actor BrazenBamboo has been exploiting a previously undisclosed zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiClient Windows VPN client using a modular post-exploitation toolkit named DeepData.
Months after the cybersecurity incident, the oil giant Halliburton shared details about the financial losses. According to the latest update, the cyberattack that targeted Halliburton earlier this year cost the firm $35 million.
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Energy giant Halliburton has confirmed its systems were hacked and that intruders “accessed and exfiltrated information” following a cyberattack last week.
The Pokémon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords.
A faulty software update issued by security giant CrowdStrike has resulted in a massive overnight outage that’s affected Windows computers around the world.
Video game giant Activision is investigating a hacking campaign that’s targeting players with the goal of stealing their credentials, TechCrunch has learned.
We’re almost at the end of 2024, a year that will go down as having seen some of the biggest, most damaging data breaches in recent history.
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