Half of Execs Request Security Bypass Over Past Year
Nearly half (49%) of C-level executives have requested to bypass one or more security measures in the past year, highlighting...
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Palo Alto Reveals New Features in Russian APT Turla’s Kazuar Backdoor
The latest version of the Kazuar backdoor could be more sophisticated than previously imagined, according to Palo Alto Networks.The Kazuar...
NHS Trust Reprimanded After Delays to Thousands of Referrals
UK GDPR regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded an NHS trust after an IT issue led to many...
British Library Still Reeling After Major Cyber Incident
The UK’s national library is still suffering what it describes as a “major technology outage” due to a “cyber incident”...
Forty Countries Agree Not to Pay Cybercrime Ransoms
Dozens of US allies have signed an agreement never to pay digital extortionists, in a sign of the growing impact...
North Korean Hackers Target macOS Crypto Engineers With Kandykorn
North Korean hackers suspected to be associated with the Lazarus Group have been observed targeting blockchain engineers involved in cryptocurrency...
28 Countries Sign Bletchley Declaration on Responsible Development of AI
The UK government called it a “landmark” decision for the future of artificial intelligence (AI). The Bletchley Declaration, an international...
Data Encrypted in 75% of Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Organizations
Data was successfully encrypted in 75% of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations in 2023, according to new research from Sophos.This...
Mysterious Kill Switch Shuts Down Mozi IoT Botnet
The Mozi botnet, known for exploiting vulnerabilities in a large number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, has been experienced...
US-CERT Vulnerability Summary for the Week of October 23, 2023
High VulnerabilitiesPrimary Vendor -- ProductDescriptionPublishedCVSS ScoreSource & Patch Info projectworlds_pvt._limited -- online_art_gallery Online Art Gallery v1.0 is vulnerable to multiple...
Researchers Expose Prolific Puma’s Underground Link Shortening Service
A threat actor known as Prolific Puma has been maintaining a low profile and operating an underground link shortening service...
Iranian Cyber Espionage Group Targets Financial and Government Sectors in Middle East
A threat actor affiliated with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been observed waging a sophisticated cyber espionage...
Hands on Review: LayerX’s Enterprise Browser Security Extension
The browser has become the main work interface in modern enterprises. It's where employees create and interact with data, and...
North Korean Hackers Targeting Crypto Experts with KANDYKORN macOS Malware
State-sponsored threat actors from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been found targeting blockchain engineers of an unnamed...
Turla Updates Kazuar Backdoor with Advanced Anti-Analysis to Evade Detection
The Russia-linked hacking crew known as Turla has been observed using an updated version of a known second-stage backdoor referred...
Alert: F5 Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting BIG-IP Vulnerability
F5 is warning of active abuse of a critical security flaw in BIG-IP less than a week after its public...
Massive cybercrime URL shortening service uncovered via DNS data
An actor that security researchers call Prolific Puma has been providing link shortening services to cybercriminals for at least four...
Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky products on govt devices
Canada has banned the use of Kaspersky security products and Tencent's WeChat app on mobile devices used by government employees,...
Samsung Galaxy gets new Auto Blocker anti-malware feature
Samsung has unveiled a new security feature called 'Auto Blocker' as part of the One UI 6 update, offering enhanced...
Malicious NuGet packages abuse MSBuild to install malware
A new NuGet typosquatting campaign pushes malicious packages that abuse Visual Studio's MSBuild integration to execute code and install malware...
British Library knocked offline by weekend cyberattack
The British Library has been hit by a major IT outage affecting its website and many of its services following...
Atlassian warns of critical Confluence flaw leading to data loss
Australian software company Atlassian warned admins to immediately patch Internet-exposed Confluence instances against a critical security flaw that could lead...
Avast confirms it tagged Google app as malware on Android phones
Czech cybersecurity company Avast confirmed that its antivirus SDK has been flagging a Google Android app as malware on Huawei,...
Dozens of countries will pledge to stop paying ransomware gangs
An alliance of 40 countries will sign a pledge during the third annual International Counter-Ransomware Initiative summit in Washington, D.C.,...
