Hackers Stole Over 8 Million Users Data From U.S. Government Services Contractor

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Using a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, hackers gained access to 8 to 11 million individuals’ ‘Users Data’ protected health information. Maximus, a US government contracting business based in San Francisco, has acknowledged a data breach. Maximus works with federal, state, …

Metabase Critical Flaw Permit Attackers to Act as Servers – Critical Update

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A Critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability has been discovered in Metabase which could allow hackers to infiltrate servers and execute unauthorized commands. The developers of Metabase have released patches to address this vulnerability. Metabase is an open-source business intelligence …

Android Phones Will Now Warn About Unknown Bluetooth Trackers, Including AirTags

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Google has announced an alerting and manual scanning mechanism which can be used to find unknown tracker alerts. This feature will be rolled out to Android 6.0+ users by this month.  In April 2021, Apple released AirTags, a device that …

Hackers Exploit Windows Search Feature to Execute Malware on Infected Systems

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Malware authors persistently seek novel approaches to exploit unsuspecting users in the active cyber threat landscape. To easily locate all the available files, folders, and other items on your Windows system, Microsoft Windows OS offers an outstanding powerful tool known …

Hackers Distribute PurpleFox Malware Using Vulnerable MS-SQL Servers

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The purple fox malware has been active since 2018, adopting a new technique to deliver its payload through MS SQL servers. The threat actors target poorly managed MS SQL servers and execute PowerShell commands to install malicious MSI files and …

ModSecurity WAF Flaw Let Hackers Trigger DoS Attack

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Trustwave’s open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) engine, ModSecurity, faces DoS risk due to four transformation actions vulnerability. Cybersecurity researchers at Trustwave identified this flaw and alerted the ModSecurity team about their detection. The vulnerability was tracked as CVE-2023-38285. However, the …

Over 60% of AWS Environments Exposed to Zenbleed Attacks

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AMD Zenbleed 2 processors were found vulnerable to use-after-free flaws, enabling data theft. While the exploitation of this flaw demands local code execution, less likely in cloud setups. The Zenbleed vulnerability that is documented recently puts more than 60 percent …

FraudGPT: New Black Hat AI Tool Launched by Cybercriminals

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Along with tech companies, cybercriminals are also actively leveraging generative AI models for creating AI-powered chatbots. The growing rise of generative AI models has dramatically changed the threat scenario. Exploiting ChatGPT’s popularity, threat actors create a copycat hacker tool to …

Russia Sends Cybersecurity CEO to Jail for 14 Years

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The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov, the former founder and CEO of one of Russia’s largest cybersecurity firms. Sachkov, 37, has been detained for nearly two years under charges that …

API Security – Top 4 Challenges Faced by CISOs

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CISOs recognize the importance of integrating web applications and API security to protect sensitive customer data while facilitating seamless business operations. Recent headlines featuring security breaches like Optus, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Dropbox highlight the critical security challenges posed by APIs’ …