Security News

This Free Discovery Tool Finds and Mitigates AI-SaaS Risks
2024-01-17 13:30

Wing Security announced today that it now offers free discovery and a paid tier for automated control over thousands of AI and AI-powered SaaS applications. This will allow companies to better...

Code Written with AI Assistants Is Less Secure
2024-01-17 12:14

"At least, that's true today, with today's programmers using today's AI assistants." "Overall, we find that participants who had access to an AI assistant based on OpenAI's codex-davinci-002 model wrote significantly less secure code than those without access."

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Windows Server 2022 patch is breaking apps for some users
2024-01-17 11:45

The latest Windows Server 2022 patch has broken the Chrome browser, and short of uninstalling the update, a registry hack is the only way to restore service for affected users. KB5034129 is a security update for Windows Server 2022 and was released on January 9, 2024.

Kaspersky releases utility to detect iOS spyware infections
2024-01-17 11:36

Kaspersky's researchers have developed a lightweight method to detect indicators of infection from sophisticated iOS spyware such as NSO Group's Pegasus, QuaDream's Reign, and Intellexa's Predator through analyzing a log file created on iOS devices. "The sysdiag dump analysis proves to be minimally intrusive and resource-light, relying on system-based artifacts to identify potential iPhone infections. Having received the infection indicator in this log and confirmed the infection using Mobile Verification Toolkit processing of other iOS artifacts, this log now becomes part of a holistic approach to investigating iOS malware infection," said Maher Yamout, Lead Security Researcher at Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team.

Feds Warn of AndroxGh0st Botnet Targeting AWS, Azure, and Office 365 Credentials
2024-01-17 11:14

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that threat actors deploying the AndroxGh0st malware are creating a botnet for...

Webinar: The Art of Privilege Escalation - How Hackers Become Admins
2024-01-17 10:59

In the digital age, the battleground for security professionals is not only evolving, it's expanding at an alarming rate. The upcoming webinar, "The Art of Privilege Escalation - How Hackers...

New iShutdown Method Exposes Hidden Spyware Like Pegasus on Your iPhone
2024-01-17 10:22

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a "lightweight method" called iShutdown for reliably identifying signs of spyware on Apple iOS devices, including notorious threats like NSO...

Google fixes actively exploited Chrome zero-day (CVE-2024-0519)
2024-01-17 09:59

In the new stable release of the Chrome browser, Google has fixed three security vulnerabilities affecting the V8 engine, including one zero-day with an existing exploit.V8 is an open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine developed by the Chromium Project for Chromium and Google Chrome web browsers.

Home improvement marketers dial up trouble from regulator
2024-01-17 09:30

Another week and yet another couple of pesky cold callers face fines from the UK's data privacy watchdog for "Bombarding" unsuspecting households with marketing messages about home improvements. Poxell, which specializes in energy saving products including double glazing and resin driveways, is being penalized to the tune of £150,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for making 2.6 million marketing calls between March and July 2022, resulting in 413 complaints to the data regulator.

GitHub Rotates Keys After High-Severity Vulnerability Exposes Credentials
2024-01-17 07:41

GitHub has revealed that it has rotated some keys in response to a security vulnerability that could be potentially exploited to gain access to credentials within a production container. The...