Cybersecurity
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Tim Neal-Hopes, an Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force, was announced as the new commander of the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Force (NCF) on Monday. Neal-Hopes joins the unit from Strategic Command, where he served as the director for cyber, intelligence and information integration. He is the NCF’s second-ever commander, and the first member […]
The vendor has released a patch (version 1.3.79) to fix the flaw (CVE-2023-5360), and users are recommended to upgrade as soon as possible, but a website cleanup may be necessary to remove any infections or malicious files.
Oct 17, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has revealed that threat actors “interfered” with at least 11 telecommunication service providers in the country between May and September 2023. The agency is tracking the activity under the name UAC-0165, stating the intrusions led to service interruptions for customers. The […]
Oct 17, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Network Security Cisco has warned of a critical, unpatched security flaw impacting IOS XE software that’s under active exploitation in the wild. Rooted in the web UI feature, the zero-day vulnerability is assigned as CVE-2023-20198 and has been assigned the maximum severity rating of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It’s […]
The need for individuals with cyber security skills is rising. In the US alone, there are approximately 700,000 unfilled cyber security jobs. Likewise, 59 percent of cyber security leaders have reported that their teams are understaffed. In order to fill this skills gap, the new generation of cyber security professionals need to be armed with […]
Dozens of vulnerabilities affecting the Squid caching and forwarding web proxy remain unpatched two years after a researcher responsibly disclosed them to developers. Squid is a widely used open source proxy. According to the official site, “Many of you are using Squid without even knowing it! Some companies have embedded Squid in their home or […]
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn cybersecurity rules for public water systems due to lawsuits filed by states and non-profit water associations. The EPA announced in March that it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their public water system audits. The agency offered to provide guidance and technical know-how, but […]
A vulnerability affecting some industrial routers made by Chinese IoT and video surveillance product maker Milesight may have been exploited in attacks, according to exploit and vulnerability intelligence firm VulnCheck. Several UR-series industrial cellular routers from Milesight (Ursalink) are affected by CVE-2023-43261, a serious vulnerability exposing system log files, such as ‘httpd.log’. The exposed logs […]
Users should carefully review app permissions and ensure they are using the latest version of the app to minimize the risk of being targeted by spyware or fake notifications.