Category Security

The United Nations’ aviation agency has confirmed that hackers have compromised its systems, and accessed thousands of records stored in its internal recruitment database. The admission came after a hacker called “Natohub” claimed on a underground forum on Monday that…

The UK government has provided more details of a new scheme designed to help the nation better protect itself from cyber-threats. It announced £1.9m ($2.3m) in government and private sector funding for 30 “Cyber Local” projects across England and Northern…

Jan 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence Threat actors are attempting to take advantage of a recently disclosed security flaw impacting GFI KerioControl firewalls that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to achieve remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability…

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its US equivalent have urged Ivanti customers to take immediate action to mitigate two new vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited. Ivanti released a security advisory on Wednesday outlining the…

Jan 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / GDPR The European General Court on Wednesday fined the European Commission, the primary executive arm of the European Union responsible for proposing and enforcing laws for member states, for violating the bloc’s own data…

Ivanti is warning that a critical security flaw impacting Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways has come under active exploitation in the wild beginning mid-December 2024. The security vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0282 (CVSS score: 9.0), a stack-based…

Cybersecurity researchers have found that bad actors are continuing to have success by spoofing sender email addresses as part of various malspam campaigns. Faking the sender address of an email is widely seen as an attempt to make the digital…

Security researchers have uncovered a new Mirai-based botnet that uses zero-day exploits for industrial routers and smart home devices to spread. The offensively named “gayfemboy” botnet was first discovered by Chinese research outfit Qi’anxin XLab back in February 2024. Yet…

Jan 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Compliance The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for Internet-of-Things (IoT) consumer devices. “IoT products can be susceptible to a range of…

The US has launched a Cyber Trust Mark for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, enabling consumers to easily assess the cybersecurity standards of such products when making purchasing decisions. Consumer smart device manufacturers that qualify for the Cyber Trust Mark…