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2024-03-14 08:05

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Ande Loader Malware Targets Manufacturing Sector in North America
2024-03-14 07:17

The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been observed using a loader malware called Ande Loader to deliver remote access trojans (RATs) like Remcos RAT and NjRAT. The attacks, which take the...

MobSF: Open-source security research platform for mobile apps
2024-03-14 05:30

The Mobile Security Framework is an open-source research platform for mobile application security, encompassing Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile. MobSF can be used for mobile app security assessment, penetration testing, malware analysis, and privacy evaluation.

Only 13% of medical devices support endpoint protection agents
2024-03-14 05:00

Traditionally, medical devices have replacement schedules based on mean times for component failures, and not on cybersecurity concerns. Securing networked medical devices requires a complex strategy of mitigation efforts, starting with installing endpoint protection agents on devices that support it.

DarkGate Malware Exploited Recently Patched Microsoft Flaw in Zero-Day Attack
2024-03-14 04:57

A DarkGate malware campaign observed in mid-January 2024 leveraged a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day using bogus software installers. “During this campaign, users...

How teams can improve incident recovery time to minimize damages
2024-03-14 04:30

With breach recovery costs skyrocketing, speeding time to recovery to minimize downtime and losses should be top of mind for security leaders. Most focus on adding more prevention and detection tools.

Fortinet Warns of Severe SQLi Vulnerability in FortiClientEMS Software
2024-03-14 04:21

Fortinet has alerted users to a severe vulnerability in FortiClientEMS, enabling potential attacker-driven code execution.This SQL Injection flaw, identified as CVE-2023-48788 with a 9.3 CVSS score, affects FortiClientEMS versions 7.2.0 to 7.2.2 and 7.0.1 to 7.0.10; users should upgrade to safer versions. Credits for the discovery go to Thiago Santana and the U.K.'s NCSC.

IT leaders think immutable data storage is an insurance policy against ransomware
2024-03-14 04:00

69% consider this data storage essential to their corporate cybersecurity, and only 12% of those who deployed immutable data storage say it is not essential. This is followed by France at 96%, Germany at 94% and the UK at 85%. While a relatively low number of IT leaders worldwide who currently use immutable data storage do not regard it as "Essential" to their cybersecurity strategy, a larger percentage resides in the UK: 24% of UK respondents have deployed it but say it is not essential to their cybersecurity, compared to 11% in France, 9% in the US and 6% in Germany.

US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan
2024-03-14 01:46

The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act - a law aimed at forcing TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app's US operations or face the prospect of a ban. The bill names only TikTok as a "Foreign adversary controlled application" and prohibits "Providing services to distribute, maintain, or update" the app - including by offering it for sale in an app store.

Nissan to let 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis know their data was stolen in cyberattack
2024-03-14 00:32

Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack on its systems - perhaps by the Akira ransomware gang.Some of those affected by the breach were customers of finance services that Nissan operated and branded for rival automakers Mitsubishi, Renault, Infiniti, LDV, and RAM. "We know this will be difficult news for people to receive, and we sincerely apologize to our community for any concerns or distress it may cause," Nissan said in a statement posted to its website.