Aug 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw affecting the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, known as CVE-2024-38856, carries a CVSS
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A long-standing but stealthy group allegedly helping cyber-attackers penetrate IT systems by offering CAPTCHA-solving services has recently been discovered. In a new report, Arkose Cyber Threat Intelligence Research (ACTIR) shared that it had identified a cyber-attack enabling business it named Greasy Opal after observing the group’s tools being used to attack Arkose Labs’ customers. Greasy
Video, Mobile Security The world of Android threats is quite vast and intriguing. In this episode, Becks and Lukáš demonstrate how easy it is to take over your phone, with some added tips on how to stay secure 26 Aug 2024 Android threats are a serious business. Among them is the Blue Ducky script, which
Aug 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Vulnerability Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that could enable the theft of sensitive user information using a technique called ASCII smuggling. “ASCII Smuggling is a novel technique that uses special Unicode characters that mirror ASCII but are actually not visible in the user
YouTube has released a new AI troubleshooting tool to help users recover their accounts after they’ve been hacked. The AI chatbot “support assistant” will act as a guide for users to resecure their login and recover their account after its been hacked. Eligible users will be able to access the tool in the YouTube Help
Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananFinancial Fraud / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered new Android malware that can relay victims’ contactless payment data from physical credit and debit cards to an attacker-controlled device with the goal of conducting fraudulent operations. The Slovak cybersecurity company is tracking the novel malware as NGate, stating it observed the crimeware
Qilin, the ransomware group believed to be behind the recent Synnovis attack, has been observed stealing credentials stored in Google Chrome after gaining access to a target’s network. Researchers at Sophos X-Ops, who detected the activity, said this is an unusual tactic for ransomware groups, and one that could be a bonus multiplier for the
Video Phishing using PWAs? ESET Research’s latest discovery might just ruin some users’ assumptions about their preferred platform’s security 23 Aug 2024 ESET researchers have recently revealed an uncommon type of phishing campaign using Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) that targeted the clients of a prominent Czech bank. The technique used installed a phishing application from
Aug 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananLaw Enforcement / Digital Privacy Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. Durov is believed to have been apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued in connection with a preliminary police investigation. TF1 said the probe
The US government has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and its affiliate Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) for alleged cybersecurity violations. The Department of Justice (DoJ) has joined a whistleblower to file a “complaint-in-intervention” against the institutions for “knowingly” failing to implement cybersecurity controls as required by their Department
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