Category Security

Dec 11, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Endpoint Security In today’s highly distributed workplace, every employee has the ability to act as their own CIO, adopting new cloud and SaaS technologies whenever and wherever they need. While this has been…

Global law enforcement agencies have seized 27 popular platforms used to launch Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to take websites offline. Three administrators have been arrested in France and Germany and over 300 users were identified for planned operational activities. The…

Microsoft issued patches for scores of vulnerabilities in its December Patch Tuesday yesterday, including one that is currently being exploited by threat actors. The zero-day flaw, CVE-2024-49138, is an elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File…

Dec 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Breach The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020. Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao), who is said to…

Microsoft closed out its Patch Tuesday updates for 2024 with fixes for a total of 72 security flaws spanning its software portfolio, including one that it said has been exploited in the wild. Of the 72 flaws, 17 are rated…

Dec 10, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new set of cyber attacks that it said were aimed at defense companies in the country as well as its security…

Dec 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Ivanti has released security updates to address multiple critical flaws in its Cloud Services Application (CSA) and Connect Secure products that could lead to privilege escalation and code execution. The list of vulnerabilities…

A leading manufacturer of cardiac implants and devices has revealed that it was hit by a ransomware attack back in November. Artivion makes stent grafts, heart valves, prosthetics and other products to help cardiac and vascular surgeons perform life-saving operations.…

Dec 10, 2024The Hacker NewsMalware Analysis / Cyber Threat Cyber attackers never stop inventing new ways to compromise their targets. That’s why organizations must stay updated on the latest threats. Here’s a quick rundown of the current malware and phishing…

In episode 28 of The AI Fix, the new version of ChatGPT does a surprisingly good job of telling Mark how to defend himself from a flame thrower-wielding robot dog in his living room, Graham loses 30,000 robots on the…