Cybersecurity
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The vulnerability (CVE-2023-34051) requires the attacker to compromise a host within the targeted environment and have permissions to add an extra interface or static IP address.
The feature will route third-party traffic through proxies, making users’ IP addresses invisible to specific domains, while adapting to safeguard against cross-site tracking.
Canada on Monday warned of a “Spamouflage” disinformation campaign linked to China that used waves of online posts and deepfake videos manipulated to try to disparage and discredit Canadian lawmakers. The Global Affairs department said in a statement it had “detected a ‘Spamouflage’ campaign connected to the People’s Republic of China.” The bot network, according […]
Blockchain application security startup Blockaid today announced that it has emerged from stealth mode with a $33 million Series A investment. The financing was led by Ribbit Capital and Variant, with additional investment from Cyberstarts, Greylock Partners, and Sequoia Capital. Founded in 2022, with offices in New York and Tel Aviv, the web3 security company […]
The head of Norway’s National Security Authority (NSM) warned on Monday that the exploitation of two recently disclosed Cisco vulnerabilities has resulted in “important businesses” in the country being compromised by hackers. Speaking to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv, NSM chief Sofie Nystrøm said her agency was coordinating the national response to the pair of zero-day […]
Financial services organizations are enticing targets for cybercriminals due to their significant wealth holdings, presenting abundant opportunities for monetary gain through extortion, theft, and fraud, according to Trustwave. In addition to the money itself, the financial services sector stores large volumes of sensitive data, including customer information, financial records, and intellectual property. “In a highly […]
Flaws in the implementation of the Open Authorization (OAuth) standard across three prominent online services could have allowed attackers to take over hundreds of millions of user accounts on dozens of websites, exposing people to credential theft, financial fraud, and other cybercriminal activity. Researchers from Salt Labs discovered critical API misconfigurations on the sites of […]
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Researchers Race to Eliminate Flaws Before Attackers Can Launch Zero-Day Attacks Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • October 20, 2023 Image: Shutterstock You don’t need an active imagination to hack, since most often just sticking with what works yields plenty of results. Time […]
Ukrainian hackers collaborated with the country’s security services, the SBU, to breach Russia’s largest private bank, a source within the department confirmed to Recorded Future News. Last week, two groups of pro-Ukrainian hackers, KibOrg and NLB, hacked into Alfa-Bank and claimed to obtain the data of more than 30 million customers, including their names, dates […]