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Hackers are increasingly weaponizing PDF files to deliver malware and carry out cyberattacks.  They exploit the all-presence and trustworthiness of PDFs to trick victims into opening malicious files that can contain malicious links, embedded code, or vulnerabilities that allow remote …

The mobile threat landscape has become increasingly dangerous, primarily following a significant rise in cyberattacks, which surged by 350% in 2023 due to the shift towards remote work.  Mobile devices are now prime targets for various threats, including mobile phishing, …

Azure Automation is a service that automates processes across various cloud platforms, making it easier to manage complicated hybrid setups.  It comes with a runtime environment that lets users set up the environment for running scripts and updates them to …

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released eight new Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories. These advisories address pressing security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits affecting ICS. ICSA-24-268-01 OPW Fuel Management Systems SiteSentinel A critical vulnerability in OPW Fuel Management Systems’ …

CAPTCHAs, or Completely Automated Public Turing tests, are widely used online to verify that users are human rather than bots.  They typically present challenges like “distorted text,” “image recognition tasks,” or “audio prompts” that require human cognitive skills to solve. …

 Cloudflare has launched free threat intelligence and over ten new security tools available to all its customers. This initiative addresses some of the most pressing cybersecurity challenges, including account takeover attacks, supply chain attacks, and API endpoint vulnerabilities. This article …

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a pivotal new resource to improve the safety and security of K-12 schools across the United States. The “Anonymized Threat Response Guidance: A Toolkit for K-12 Schools” is designed to assist educational …

NVIDIA has disclosed critical vulnerabilities in its Container Toolkit, potentially allowing attackers to execute remote code. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2024-0132 and CVE-2024-0133, affect all versions of the NVIDIA Container Toolkit up to and including version 1.16.1. The most severe …

Bot protection or bot mitigation software protects websites and web apps from malicious traffic. A ‘bot’ (short for robot) is a software program that performs automated, repetitive, pre-defined tasks. Bots typically imitate or replace human behavior. Because they’re automated, they …

Citrix has issued a security bulletin detailing vulnerabilities in XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor that could allow malicious administrators to crash or render the host unresponsive. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2024-45817, CVE-2022-24805, and CVE-2022-24809, affect XenServer 8 and Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 …