Security News

CISA tags Microsoft SharePoint RCE bug as actively exploited
2024-03-27 16:24

CISA warns that attackers are now exploiting a Microsoft SharePoint code injection vulnerability that can be chained with a critical privilege escalation flaw for pre-auth remote code execution attacks. These two SharePoint Server security vulnerabilities can be chained by unauthenticated attackers to gain RCE on unpatched servers, as STAR Labs researcher Nguyễn Tiến Giang demonstrated during last year's March 2023 Pwn2Own contest in Vancouver.

Protect Your Business With This Seamless Firewall — Now $150 Off
2024-03-27 16:21

TL;DR: There's no shortage of threats to business out there these days, but DNS FireWall can help protect you from cyberthreats. You can get a great security foundation with DNS FireWall, a security app developed to protect an unlimited number of users from a variety of online threats.

Hiring Kit: Security Analyst
2024-03-27 16:00

In general, security analysts are tasked with identifying weaknesses in current security systems and developing solutions to close security vulnerabilities. The kit includes salary details, a job description, interview questions and a job advert.

Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption
2024-03-27 15:30

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Hackers Hit Indian Defense, Energy Sectors with Malware Posing as Air Force Invite
2024-03-27 15:24

Indian government entities and energy companies have been targeted by unknown threat actors with an aim to deliver a modified version of an open-source information stealer malware called...

KuCoin charged with AML violations that let cybercriminals launder billions
2024-03-27 14:08

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged global cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin and two of its founders for failing to adhere to anti-money laundering requirements, allowing threat actors to use the platform to launder money. Founded in 2017 by Chinese citizens Chun Gan and Ke Tang, KuCoin is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms to buy, sell, trade, and store a variety of digital currencies.

Ransomware as a Service and the Strange Economics of the Dark Web
2024-03-27 14:02

The past three months have seen dramatic developments among the ransomware ecosystem to include the takedown of LockBit's ransomware blog, BlackCat exiting the ecosystem, and the emergence of several smaller ransomware groups. Ransomware as a Service has emerged as the dominant business model among large ransomware groups.

Miscreants are exploiting enterprise tech zero days more and more, Google warns
2024-03-27 14:00

Zero-day exploits targeting enterprise-specific software and appliances are now outpacing zero-day bugs overall, according to Google's threat hunting teams. While 61 of the 97 zero-days affected end-user products last year, this number isn't increasing as rapidly as its enterprise counterparts.

CISA Warns: Hackers Actively Attacking Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability
2024-03-27 13:15

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw impacting the Microsoft Sharepoint Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on...

Google: Spyware vendors behind 50% of zero-days exploited in 2023
2024-03-27 13:00

Google's Threat Analysis Group and Google subsidiary Mandiant said they've observed a significant increase in the number of zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks in 2023, many of them linked to spyware vendors and their clients. Among these, the FIN11 threat group exploited three separate zero-day vulnerabilities, while at least four ransomware groups exploited another four zero-days.