Cybersecurity
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Jan 17, 2024The Hacker NewsCyber Threat / Live Webinar In the digital age, the battleground for security professionals is not only evolving, it’s expanding at an alarming rate. The upcoming webinar, “The Art of Privilege Escalation – How Hackers Become Admins,” offers an unmissable opportunity for IT security experts to stay ahead in this relentless […]
Crypto heists increased in volume by 42% in 2023, with 283 incidents, according to an analysis by consumer awareness firm Comparitech. This compares to 199 crypto theft incidents in 2022. However, the total monetary value stolen in 2023 fell by 51% in 2022, from $3.55bn to $1.75bn. Worryingly, $16.93m of crypto has already been stolen […]
VMware fixed a critical flaw in Aria Automation. Patch it now! Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2024 VMware warns customers of a critical vulnerability impacting its Aria Automation multi-cloud infrastructure automation platform. VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation) is a modern cloud automation platform that simplifies and streamlines the deployment, management, and governance of cloud infrastructure […]
Jan 17, 2024NewsroomSpyware / Forensic Analysis Cybersecurity researchers have identified a “lightweight method” called iShutdown for reliably identifying signs of spyware on Apple iOS devices, including notorious threats like NSO Group’s Pegasus, QuaDream’s Reign, and Intellexa’s Predator. Kaspersky, which analyzed a set of iPhones that were compromised with Pegasus, said the infections left traces in […]
Dive Brief: A cyber event — such as ransomware, data breaches and IT disruptions – has become the top concern for U.S. businesses, replacing business interruption, according to the annual Allianz Risk Barometer, released Tuesday. Cyber events are a leading global concern of businesses for the third-consecutive year, Allianz found. Business interruption and natural catastrophes […]
Jan 17, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Vulnerability Google on Tuesday released updates to fix four security issues in its Chrome browser, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-0519, concerns an out-of-bounds memory access in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, which can be weaponized by threat actors to trigger a crash. “By […]
The ransomware industry surged in 2023 as it saw an alarming 55.5% increase in victims worldwide, reaching a staggering 4,368 cases. Figure 1: Year over year victims per quarter The rollercoaster ride from explosive growth in 2021 to a momentary dip in 2022 was just a teaser—2023 roared back with the same fervor as 2021, […]
Atlassian fixed critical RCE in older Confluence versions Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2024 Atlassian warns of a critical remote code execution issue in Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server that impacts older versions. Atlassian warns of a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-22527 (CVSS score 10.0), in Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server […]
Ivanti said it is seeing a spike in hackers targeting two recently disclosed vulnerabilities in its Connect Secure VPN product, as cybersecurity researchers also sized up the extent of the damage. Since issuing an advisory last week, “we have seen a sharp increase in threat actor activity and security researcher scans” concerning the bugs, an […]