Cybersecurity

Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign

Cybersecurity

Booking.com Customers Hit by Phishing Campaign Delivered Via Compromised Hotels Accounts – Perception Point

A new phishing campaign detected by Perception Point and reported by Akamai is targeting Booking.com users and is a prime example of the lengths threat actors will go to for a payday. This attack exemplifies the alarming threat levels the hospitality sector as a whole faces in 2023 as threat actors leverage InfoStealer malware compromised […]

Cybersecurity

Microsoft’s AI-Powered Bing Chat Ads May Lead Users to Malware-Distributing Sites

Sep 29, 2023THNArtificial Intelligence / Malware Malicious ads served inside Microsoft Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot are being used to distribute malware when searching for popular tools. The findings come from Malwarebytes, which revealed that unsuspecting users can be tricked into visiting booby-trapped sites and installing malware directly from Bing Chat conversations. Introduced by Microsoft […]

Cybersecurity

Infusion Firm Faces Lawsuit After Hackers Hit Parent Company

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Proposed Class Action Claim Against Amerita Linked to Larger PharMerica Breach Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • September 28, 2023     Image: Shutterstock Specialty infusion company Amerita is facing a proposed federal class action lawsuit in the wake of a March cyberattack on its […]

Cybersecurity

Progress Software Releases Urgent Hotfixes for Multiple Security Flaws in WS_FTP Server

Sep 29, 2023THNServer Security / Vulnerability Progress Software has released hotfixes for a critical security vulnerability, alongside seven other flaws, in the WS_FTP Server Ad hoc Transfer Module and in the WS_FTP Server manager interface. Tracked as CVE-2023-40044, the flaw has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. All versions of the software are […]

Cybersecurity

Cisco Warns of Vulnerability in IOS and IOS XE Software After Exploitation Attempts

Sep 29, 2023THNVulnerability / Network Security Cisco is warning of attempted exploitation of a security flaw in its IOS Software and IOS XE Software that could permit an authenticated remote attacker to achieve remote code execution on affected systems. The medium-severity vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-20109, and has a CVSS score of 6.6. It impacts […]

Cybersecurity

More than 3.8 billion records exposed in DarkBeam data leak

More than 3.8 billion records have been exposed after digital protection firm DarkBeam left an interface containing the exposed records unprotected. The leak was discovered on September 18 by CEO of cyber security news site SecurityDiscovery, Bob Diachenko, who alerted DarkBeam to the leak. The digital protection firm immediately addressed the vulnerability and closed the leak […]

Cybersecurity

GitHub Repositories Hit by Password-Stealing Commits Disguised as Dependabot Contributions

Sep 28, 2023THNSupply Chain / Malware A new malicious campaign has been observed hijacking GitHub accounts and committing malicious code disguised as Dependabot contributions with an aim to steal passwords from developers. “The malicious code exfiltrates the GitHub project’s defined secrets to a malicious C2 server and modify any existing javascript files in the attacked […]

Cybersecurity

CISA rolls dice on public service campaign to raise cyber awareness

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched its first-ever national public service campaign to raise awareness of cybersecurity in local communities, including for families and small businesses.  The Secure our World campaign is designed to teach people and businesses in local communities how to stay safe online. The campaign includes public service announcements on television, […]