Tag: malicious actors

  • Cloud Blog: Investigating FortiManager Zero-Day Exploitation (CVE-2024-47575)

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/fortimanager-zero-day-exploitation-cve-2024-47575/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Investigating FortiManager Zero-Day Exploitation (CVE-2024-47575) Feedly Summary: Written by: Foti Castelan, Max Thauer, JP Glab, Gabby Roncone, Tufail Ahmed, Jared Wilson Summary In October 2024, Mandiant collaborated with Fortinet to investigate the mass exploitation of FortiManager appliances across 50+ potentially compromised FortiManager devices in various industries. The vulnerability,…

  • Slashdot: White Hat Hackers Earn $500,000 On First Day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/23/2213229/white-hat-hackers-earn-500000-on-first-day-of-pwn2own-ireland-2024?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: White Hat Hackers Earn $500,000 On First Day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights the significant financial rewards earned by white hat hackers during the Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 contest for exploiting various vulnerabilities in NAS devices and smart technologies. This…

  • The Register: Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/internet_archive_zendesk_access_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk Feedly Summary: Org turns its woes into a fundraising opportunity Despite the Internet Archive’s assurances it’s back on its feet after a recent infosec incident, the org still appears to be in trouble after parties unknown claimed to hold…

  • The Register: Jetpack fixes 8-year-old flaw affecting millions of WordPress sites

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/jetpack_patches_wordpress_vulnerability/ Source: The Register Title: Jetpack fixes 8-year-old flaw affecting millions of WordPress sites Feedly Summary: Also, new EU cyber reporting rules are live, exploiters hit the gas pedal, free PDNS for UK schools, and more in brief A critical security update for the near-ubiquitous WordPress plugin Jetpack was released last week. Site…

  • The Register: ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with ‘ESET-branded’ wipers

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/eset_denies_israel_branch_breach/ Source: The Register Title: ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with ‘ESET-branded’ wipers Feedly Summary: Says ‘limited’ incident isolated to ‘partner company’ ESET denies being compromised after an infosec researcher highlighted a wiper campaign that appeared to victims as if it was launched using the Slovak security shop’s infrastructure.……

  • Cloud Blog: Introducing Google Cloud’s new Vulnerability Reward Program

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-launches-new-vulnerability-rewards-program/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introducing Google Cloud’s new Vulnerability Reward Program Feedly Summary: Vulnerability reward programs play a vital role in driving security forward. By incentivizing security research, vulnerabilities can be found and fixed by vendors before they are potentially exploited by malicious actors, protecting users and strengthening security posture. Also known…

  • Hacker News: Salt Typhoon Shows There’s No Security Backdoor That’s Only for the "Good Guys"

    Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/salt-typhoon-hack-shows-theres-no-security-backdoor-thats-only-good-guys Source: Hacker News Title: Salt Typhoon Shows There’s No Security Backdoor That’s Only for the "Good Guys" Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant breach in U.S. telecommunications attributed to a Chinese-government-affiliated hacking group, highlighting the inherent dangers of backdoor access for law enforcement agencies.…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/17/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-40711 Veeam Backup and Replication Deserialization Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant…

  • Hacker News: A team paid to break into top-secret bases

    Source URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8el64yyppro Source: Hacker News Title: A team paid to break into top-secret bases Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the operations of Red Teams that specialize in breaching high-security facilities, such as military bases and corporate headquarters, to test their physical and cyber defenses. It highlights the…

  • CSA: Is AI a Data Security Compliance Challenge?

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/ai-and-data-protection-strategies-for-llm-compliance-and-risk-mitigation Source: CSA Title: Is AI a Data Security Compliance Challenge? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the critical intersection of AI technology, particularly large language models (LLMs), with data security and compliance challenges. It emphasizes the necessity for organizations to adapt to evolving regulations like GDPR and…