Cybersecurity

Cloud security predictions for 2024 – Help Net Security

As we reflect on the cybersecurity landscape and the trajectories of threat vectors, it’s evident that we’re on the cusp of a paradigm shift in cloud security. Businesses and cybersecurity professionals must stay abreast of these changes, adapting their strategies to ensure a robust, effective, and resilient security posture. Amidst rising cybersecurity challenges, SMBs and […]

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High-Severity Flaws Uncovered in Bosch Thermostats and Smart Nutrunners

Jan 15, 2024NewsroomOperational Technology / Network Security Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Bosch BCC100 thermostats and Rexroth NXA015S-36V-B smart nutrunners that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, which discovered the flaw in Bosch BCC100 thermostats last August, said the issue could be […]

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Apple fixed a bug in Magic Keyboard that allows to monitor Bluetooth traffic

Apple fixed a bug in Magic Keyboard that allows to monitor Bluetooth traffic Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2024 Apple addressed a recently disclosed Bluetooth keyboard injection vulnerability with the release of Magic Keyboard firmware. Apple released Magic Keyboard Firmware Update 2.0.6 to address a recently disclosed Bluetooth keyboard injection issue tracked as CVE-2024-0230. The flaw […]

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Balada Injector Infects Over 7,100 WordPress Sites Using Plugin Vulnerability

Jan 15, 2024NewsroomWebsite Security / Vulnerability Thousands of WordPress sites using a vulnerable version of the Popup Builder plugin have been compromised with a malware called Balada Injector. First documented by Doctor Web in January 2023, the campaign takes place in a series of periodic attack waves, weaponizing security flaws WordPress plugins to inject backdoor […]

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DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023

Jan 15, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cyber Attack The environmental services industry witnessed an “unprecedented surge” in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic. This marks a 61,839% increase in DDoS attack traffic year-over-year, web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare said in its DDoS threat report for 2023 Q4 published […]

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New Findings Challenge Attribution in Denmark’s Energy Sector Cyberattacks

Jan 14, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability The cyber attacks targeting the energy sector in Denmark last year may not have had the involvement of the Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group, new findings from Forescout show. The intrusions, which targeted around 22 Danish energy organizations in May 2023, occurred in two distinct waves, one which exploited a […]

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Critical RCE Vulnerability Uncovered in Juniper SRX Firewalls and EX Switches

Jan 13, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Network Security Juniper Networks has released updates to fix a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, is rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system. “An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS SRX Series […]

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29-Year-Old Ukrainian Cryptojacking Kingpin Arrested for Exploiting Cloud Services

Jan 13, 2024NewsroomCryptojacking / Cloud Security A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been arrested in connection with running a “sophisticated cryptojacking scheme,” netting them over $2 million (€1.8 million) in illicit profits. The person was apprehended in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on January 9 by the National Police of Ukraine with support from Europol and an unnamed cloud […]