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The U.S. Department of State is investigating claims of a cyber incident after a threat actor leaked documents allegedly stolen from a government contractor. "The Department is aware of claims that a cyber incident has occurred and is currently investigating," a State Department spokesperson told BleepingComputer.
A premium WordPress plugin named LayerSlider, used in over one million sites, is vulnerable to unauthenticated SQL injection, requiring admins to prioritize applying security updates for the plugin. LayerSlider is a versatile tool for creating responsive sliders, image galleries, and animations on WordPress sites, allowing users to build visually appealing elements with dynamic content on online platforms.
While Ivanti said the remote code execution risks are limited to "Certain conditions," the company didn't provide details on the vulnerable configurations. "We are not aware of any customers being exploited by these vulnerabilities at the time of disclosure," Ivanti added.
Google has fixed another zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser, which was exploited by security researchers during the Pwn2Own hacking contest last month. One week ago, Google fixed two more Chrome zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024.
AT&T is facing multiple class-action lawsuits following the company's admission to a massive data breach that exposed the sensitive data of 73 million current and former customers. The lawsuit alleges that AT&T failed to adequately protect customers' personal data, leading to a cyberattack and subsequent data breach that exposed sensitive information for 73 million people.
Google has disclosed that two Android security flaws impacting its Pixel smartphones have been exploited in the wild by forensic companies. The high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities are as...
The C-suite is more familiar with AI technologies than their IT and security staff, according to a report from the Cloud Security Alliance commissioned by Google Cloud. The report, published on April 3, addressed whether IT and security professionals fear AI will replace their jobs, the benefits and challenges of the increase in generative AI and more.
So what do you do? In this TechRepublic Premium article, written by Jack Wallen, we'll share a handy list of nine things you should consider for all of your Ubuntu Server deployments. Ubuntu ships with a root account that isn't accessible, because no password has been set.
The U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has criticized Microsoft for a series of security lapses that led to the breach of nearly two dozen companies across Europe and the U.S. by a China-based...
Google has fixed two Google Pixel zero-days exploited by forensic firms to unlock phones without a PIN and gain access to the data stored within them. While the April 2024 security bulletin for Android didn't contain anything severe, the corresponding April 2024 bulletin for Pixel devices disclosed active exploitation of two vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2024-29745 and CVE-2024-29748 flaws.