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US critical infrastructure cyberattack reporting rules inch closer to reality
2024-03-28 13:30

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Critical Unpatched Ray AI Platform Vulnerability Exploited for Cryptocurrency Mining
2024-03-27 10:39

Cybersecurity researchers are warning that threat actors are actively exploiting a "disputed" and unpatched vulnerability in an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform called Anyscale...

Strengthening critical infrastructure cybersecurity is a balancing act
2024-03-26 05:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Aaron Crow, Senior Director at MorganFranklin Consulting, discusses critical infrastructure cybersecurity strategies, barriers to threat information sharing, and innovative technologies enhancing resilience against cyberattacks. How do current cybersecurity strategies address the critical infrastructure sectors' unique needs and vulnerabilities?

US sanctions APT31 hackers behind critical infrastructure attacks
2024-03-25 16:06

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Wuhan-based company used by the Chinese Ministry of State Security as cover in attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure organizations. The Office of Foreign Assets Control has also designated two Chinese nationals linked to the APT31 Chinese state-backed hacking group and who worked as contractors for the Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited MSS front company for their involvement in the same attacks and "Endangering U.S. national security."

AWS Patches Critical 'FlowFixation' Bug in Airflow Service to Prevent Session Hijacking
2024-03-22 13:45

Cybersecurity researchers have shared details of a now-patched security vulnerability in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) that could be potentially exploited...

FBI v the bots: Feds urge denial-of-service defense after critical infrastructure alert
2024-03-21 22:20

The US government has recommended a series of steps that critical infrastructure operators should take to prevent distributed-denial-of-service attacks. The joint guide, entitled Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks [PDF], distinguishes between denial-of-service and DDoS attacks.

Secrets sprawl: Protecting your critical secrets
2024-03-21 04:30

As the undisputed leader in leaked secrets detection, GitGuardian has been meticulously identifying and reporting the prevalence of such secrets on public GitHub for years. Hardcoding secrets in source code repositories, Committing secrets to public code repositories, Exposing secrets in developer communication channels, Leaking secrets in container images or artifacts at build time.

Ivanti Releases Urgent Fix for Critical Sentry RCE Vulnerability
2024-03-21 03:55

Ivanti has disclosed details of a critical remote code execution flaw impacting Standalone Sentry, urging customers to apply the fixes immediately to stay protected against potential cyber...

Atlassian Releases Fixes for Over 2 Dozen Flaws, Including Critical Bamboo Bug
2024-03-21 03:34

Atlassian has released patches for more than two dozen security flaws, including a critical bug impacting Bamboo Data Center and Server that could be exploited without requiring user interaction....

Ivanti fixes critical Standalone Sentry bug reported by NATO
2024-03-20 17:08

Ivanti warned customers to immediately patch a critical severity Standalone Sentry vulnerability reported by NATO Cyber Security Centre researchers. Ivanti also fixed a second critical vulnerability in its Neurons for ITSM IT service management solution that enables remote threat actors with access to an account with low privileges to execute commands "In the context of web application's user."