A North Korea-linked cyber-espionage group has been observed leveraging job-themed phishing lures to target prospective victims in energy and aerospace verticals and infect them with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MISTPEN. The activity cluster is being tracked by Google-owned Mandiant under the moniker UNC2970, which it said overlaps with a threat group known as TEMP.Hermit, […]
Two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-8503 (SQL Injection) and CVE-2024-8504 (Privilege Escalation), have been uncovered in the VICIdial Contact Center Suite, posing a major risk for call centers globally.
Advanced phishing attacks are putting X accounts, formerly known as Twitter, at risk. Even with two-factor authentication in place, researchers at eSentire have found that account takeovers are still possible.
Google has announced that it’s rolling out a new set of features to its Chrome browser that gives users more control over their data when surfing the internet and protects against online threats. “With the newest version of Chrome, you can take advantage of our upgraded Safety Check, opt out of unwanted website notifications more […]
The GSM Association, the governing body that oversees the development of the Rich Communications Services (RCS) protocol, on Tuesday, said it’s working towards implementing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to secure messages sent between the Android and iOS ecosystems. “The next major milestone is for the RCS Universal Profile to add important user protections such as interoperable […]
Broadcom on Tuesday released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting VMware vCenter Server that could pave the way for remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38812 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a heap-overflow vulnerability in the DCE/RPC protocol. “A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this […]
The US has imposed further sanctions on Intellexa, the maker of the Predator spyware, targeting individuals and entities associated with the company due to its opaque corporate structure designed to evade accountability.