Decentralized Matrix messaging network says it now has 115M users
The team behind the Matrix open standard and real-time communication protocol has announced the release of its second major version,...
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Samsung Galaxy S23 hacked twice on first day of Pwn2Own Toronto
Security researchers hacked the Samsung Galaxy S23 twice during the first day of the consumer-focused Pwn2Own 2023 hacking contest in...
VMware Aria Operations for Logs Multiple Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in VMware Aria Operations for Logs. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to...
New Grandoreiro Malware Variant Targets Spain
Cybersecurity experts at Proofpoint have identified a new variant of the Grandoreiro malware, previously known for targeting victims in Brazil...
Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Cost US $78bn
Ransomware breaches have cost the US economy tens of billions of dollars in downtime alone over the past seven years,...
Police Dismantle Multimillion-Dollar Scam Gang
Police in Spain have said they cracked a major organized crime ring which it’s claimed made at least €3m ($3.2m)...
Generative AI Can Save Phishers Two Days of Work
Generative AI tools can save phishing actors 16 hours of work designing a scam email, but still can’t match a...
API Security Flaw Impacted Grammarly, Vidio and Bukalapak
Salt Security has revealed research unveiling critical API security vulnerabilities in the OAuth protocol implementations of popular online platforms like...
Philadelphia Alerts Public to Recent Data Breach
The City of Philadelphia has issued a notice on October 20 2023, reporting a recent security breach that could affect...
US-CERT Vulnerability Summary for the Week of October 16, 2023
High VulnerabilitiesPrimary Vendor -- ProductDescriptionPublishedCVSS ScoreSource & Patch Info1e -- platformAffected 1E Platform versions have a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability...
Ex-NSA Employee Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Data to Russia
A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of attempting to...
Make API Management Less Scary for Your Organization
While application development has evolved rapidly, the API management suites used to access these services remain a spooky reminder of...
iOS Zero-Day Attacks: Experts Uncover Deeper Insights into Operation Triangulation
The TriangleDB implant used to target Apple iOS devices packs in at least four different modules to record microphone, extract...
34 Cybercriminals Arrested in Spain for Multi-Million Dollar Online Scams
Spanish law enforcement officials have announced the arrest of 34 members of a criminal group that carried out various online...
Cisco Zero-Day Exploited to Implant Malicious Lua Backdoor on Thousands of Devices
Cisco has warned of a new zero-day flaw in IOS XE that has been actively exploited by an unknown threat...
Malvertisers Using Google Ads to Target Users Searching for Popular Software
Details have emerged about a malvertising campaign that leverages Google Ads to direct users searching for popular software to fictitious...
Vietnamese Hackers Target U.K., U.S., and India with DarkGate Malware
Attacks leveraging the DarkGate commodity malware targeting entities in the U.K., the U.S., and India have been linked to Vietnamese...
Europol Dismantles Ragnar Locker Ransomware Infrastructure, Nabs Key Developer
Europol on Friday announced the takedown of the infrastructure associated with Ragnar Locker ransomware, alongside the arrest of a "key...
Okta’s Support System Breach Exposes Customer Data to Unidentified Threat Actors
Identity services provider Okta on Friday disclosed a new security incident that allowed unidentified threat actors to leverage stolen credentials...
1Password Detects Suspicious Activity Following Okta Support Breach
Popular password management solution 1Password said it detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29 following the support...
Backdoor Implant on Hacked Cisco Devices Modified to Evade Detection
The backdoor implanted on Cisco devices by exploiting a pair of zero-day flaws in IOS XE software has been modified...
DoNot Team’s New Firebird Backdoor Hits Pakistan and Afghanistan
The threat actor known as DoNot Team has been linked to the use of a novel .NET-based backdoor called Firebird...
Quasar RAT Leverages DLL Side-Loading to Fly Under the Radar
The open-source remote access trojan known as Quasar RAT has been observed leveraging DLL side-loading to fly under the radar...
Who’s Experimenting with AI Tools in Your Organization?
With the record-setting growth of consumer-focused AI productivity tools like ChatGPT, artificial intelligence—formerly the realm of data science and engineering...
