Latest headlines from security outlets
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New COSMICENERGY Malware Exploits ICS Protocol to Sabotage Power Grids
A new strain of malicious software that's engineered to penetrate and disrupt critical systems in industrial environments has been unearthed.Google-owned threa…
Data Stealing Malware Discovered in Popular Android Screen Recorder App
Google has removed a screen recording app named "iRecorder - Screen Recorder" from the Play Store after it was found to sneak in information stealing capabilit…
Legion Malware Upgraded to Target SSH Servers and AWS Credentials
An updated version of the commodity malware called Legion comes with expanded features to compromise SSH servers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials asso…
Searching for AI Tools? Watch Out for Rogue Sites Distributing RedLine Malware
Malicious Google Search ads for generative AI services like OpenAI ChatGPT and Midjourney are being used to direct users to sketchy websites as part of a BATLO…
Industrial Cellular Routers at Risk: 11 New Vulnerabilities Expose OT Networks
Several security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in cloud management platforms associated with three industrial cellular router vendors that could expose o…
What eBPF Means for Container Threat Detection
With eBPF monitoring container activity from the kernel layer, many of the challenges associated with observability in the cloud are solved.
Researchers Discover 3 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure API Management Service
Three new security flaws have been disclosed in Microsoft Azure API Management service that could be abused by malicious actors to gain access to sensitive inf…
Why Your Detection-First Security Approach Isn't Working
Stopping new and evasive threats is one of the greatest challenges in cybersecurity. This is among the biggest reasons whyattacks increased dramatically in the…
Browser Security Survey: 87% of SaaS Adopters Exposed to Browser-borne Attacks
The browser serves as the primary interface between the on-premises environment, the cloud, and the web in the modern enterprise. Therefore, the browser is als…
N.K. Hackers Employ Matryoshka Doll-Style Cascading Supply Chain Attack on 3CX
The supply chain attack targeting 3CX was the result of a prior supply chain compromise associated with a different company, demonstrating a new level of sophi…
North Korean Hackers Uncovered as Mastermind in 3CX Supply Chain Attack
Enterprise communications service provider 3CX confirmed that thesupply chain attacktargeting its desktop application for Windows and macOS was the handiwork o…
Iran-Based Hackers Caught Carrying Out Destructive Attacks Under Ransomware Guise
The Iranian nation-state group known asMuddyWaterhas been observed carrying out destructive attacks on hybrid environments under the guise of a ransomware oper…
New Rilide Malware Targeting Chromium-Based Browsers to Steal Cryptocurrency
Chromium-based web browsers are the target of a new malware called Rilide that masquerades itself as a seemingly legitimate extension to harvest sensitive data…
Microsoft Fixes New Azure AD Vulnerability Impacting Bing Search and Major Apps
Microsoft has patched a misconfiguration issue impacting the Azure Active Directory (AAD) identity and access management service that exposed several "high-imp…
Spyware Vendors Caught Exploiting Zero-Day Vulnerabilities on Android and iOS Devices
A number of zero-day vulnerabilities that were addressed last year were exploited by commercial spyware vendors to target Android and iOS devices, Google's Thr…
From Ransomware to Cyber Espionage: 55 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Weaponized in 2022
As many as 55 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild in 2022, with most of the flaws discovered in software from Microsoft, Google, and Apple.Whil…
Mageia 2023-0103: liferea security update
Remote code execution on feed enrichment. If "Extract full content from HTML5 and Google AMP" has been enabled for one or more feed subscriptions it is possibl…
North Korean UNC2970 Hackers Expands Operations with New Malware Families
A North Korean espionage group tracked asUNC2970has been observed employing previously undocumented malware families as part of a spear-phishing campaign targe…
Jenkins Security Alert: New Security Flaws Could Allow Code Execution Attacks
A pair of severe security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Jenkins open source automation server that could lead to code execution on targeted system…
ZeroLock: How to Defend Against Ransomware on Linux
Written by Linux security expert and LinuxSecurity.com Founder Dave Wreski.Attacks targeting Linux have surged in recent years due to the mass migration of wor…
Security and IT Teams No Longer Need To Pay For SaaS-Shadow IT Discovery
This past January, a SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) company named Wing Security (Wing) made waves with thelaunch of its free SaaS-Shadow IT discovery …
IBM's mainframe operating system upgrade will embrace AI
IBM said this week it will soon roll out an AI-infused, hybrid-cloud oriented version of its z/OS mainframe operating system.
Microsoft Increasing Linux Security On Hyper-V With VTL/VSM Support
Microsoft engineers continue to work heavily on enhancing the Linux support for Hyper-V considering that in the Azure public cloud at last report was more than…
Open Source Security Foundation's Criticality Score 2.0 Debuts To Rank Important OSS Projects
Back in 2020 Google and the Open-Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) came up with a "Criticality Score" to rank the importance/criticality of open-source proj…