Tag: mitigation
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CISA reveals new malware variant used on compromised Ivanti Connect Secure devices
CISA has released indicators of compromise, detection signatures, and updated mitigation advice for rooting out a newly identified malware variant used by the attackers who … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/03/31/cisa-reveals-new-malware-variant-used-on-compromised-ivanti-connect-secure-devices/
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New Ubuntu Linux security bypasses require manual mitigations
Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ubuntu-linux-security-bypasses-require-manual-mitigations/
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Malicious npm packages found to create a backdoor in legitimate code
Attackers open a reverse shell: This payload is a reverse shell that uses the ssh2 client functionality from the original ethers-provider2 to establish an SSH connection to an attacker-controlled server. The ethers-provider2 ssh client code is modified to listen to certain messages from the server and turn into a reverse shell, meaning the server can…
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DPRK IT Worker Scam: Mitigation Steps for Hiring Teams
Nisos DPRK IT Worker Scam: Mitigation Steps for Hiring Teams Nisos is tracking a network of likely North Korean (DPRK)-affiliated IT workers posing as Singaporean, Turkish, Finish and US nationals with the goal of obtaining employment in remote IT, engineering, and full-stack blockchain positions… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/dprk-it-worker-scam-mitigation-steps-for-hiring-teams/
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ENISA Probes Space Threat Landscape in New Report
EU security agency ENISA has released a new report outlining the threats and potential mitigations for the space sector First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/enisa-probes-space-threat/
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Getting the Most Value Out of the OSCP: The PEN-200 Labs
Tags: access, ai, attack, compliance, container, cyber, cybersecurity, dns, docker, exploit, firewall, guide, hacking, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, kubernetes, microsoft, mitigation, network, open-source, oracle, penetration-testing, powershell, risk, security-incident, service, siem, skills, technology, tool, training, vmware, vulnerability, windowsHow to leverage the PEN-200 simulated black-box penetration testing scenarios for maximal self-improvement and career success. Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this article are solely my own. I have reviewed the content to ensure compliance with OffSec’s copyright policies and agreements. I have not been sponsored or incentivized in any way to recommend or oppose any…
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NIST Warns of Significant Limitations in AI/ML Security Mitigations
NIST has urged more research and emphasis on developing mitigations for attacks on AI and ML systems First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nist-limitations-ai-ml-security/
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CVE-2025-1097, CVE-2025-1098, CVE-2025-1974, CVE-2025-24513, CVE-2025-24514: Frequently Asked Questions About IngressNightmare
Tags: access, advisory, attack, cve, cvss, exploit, flaw, hacker, injection, kubernetes, mitigation, network, open-source, vulnerability, zero-dayFrequently asked questions about five vulnerabilities in the Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes, collectively known as IngressNightmare. Background The Tenable Security Response Team (SRT) has compiled this blog to answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding IngressNightmare. FAQ What is IngressNightmare? IngressNightmare is the name given to a series of vulnerabilities in the Ingress NGINX Controller…
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Medusa ransomware uses malicious Windows driver ABYSSWORKER to disable security tools
Medusa ransomware uses a malicious Windows driver ABYSSWORKER to disable security tools, making detection and mitigation more difficult. Elastic Security Labs tracked a financially driven MEDUSA ransomware campaign using a HEARTCRYPT-packed loader and a revoked certificate-signed driver, ABYSSWORKER, to disable EDR tools. The attackers used a 64-bit Windows PE driver named smuol.sys, disguised as a…
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Oracle Cloud breach may impact 140,000 enterprise customers
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, data, extortion, finance, hacker, mfa, mitigation, oracle, password, radius, ransom, risk, security-incident, service, strategy, supply-chain, threatBusiness impact and risks: In an alarming development, the threat actor has initiated an extortion campaign, contacting affected companies and demanding payment to remove their data from the stolen cache. This creates immediate financial pressure and complex legal and ethical decisions for victims regarding ransom payments.To increase pressure on both Oracle and affected organizations, the…
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CISOs are taking on ever more responsibilities and functional roles has it gone too far?
Tags: ai, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, computing, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, framework, fraud, governance, healthcare, infosec, intelligence, international, Internet, jobs, law, mitigation, nist, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, skills, software, supply-chain, technology, threatth century alongside technology and internet-enabled threats, morphing to meet the demands of the moment. But the position hasn’t just matured; in many cases it has expanded, taking on additional domains.”The CISO role has expanded significantly over the years as companies realize that information security has a unique picture of what is going on across…
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CISA marks NAKIVO’s critical backup vulnerability as actively exploited
Tags: access, advisory, backup, cisa, ciso, cloud, cybersecurity, exploit, kev, mitigation, network, service, update, vulnerabilityCISOs advised to push for immediate patching: CISA has advised immediate federal and civilian patching of the flaw. For the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies, the US cybersecurity watchdog has stipulated a patching deadline of April 19, 2025, in accordance with the BOD 22-01 directive.”Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance…
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Tomcat RCE Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild Mitigation Steps Outlined
Tags: apache, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, malicious, mitigation, rce, remote-code-execution, update, vulnerabilityA recent vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, identified as CVE-2025-24813, has sparked concerns among cybersecurity professionals due to its potential for exploitation in unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), severe information leakage, and malicious content injection. This vulnerability was publicly disclosed on March 10, 2025, along with a patch, and has already seen initial exploit attempts by…
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The State of Digital Trust in 2025 Consumers Still Shoulder the Responsibility
Tags: access, ai, authentication, banking, breach, captcha, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, deep-fake, encryption, finance, fintech, framework, GDPR, government, healthcare, identity, india, insurance, law, login, malicious, metric, mfa, mitigation, password, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, toolThe State of Digital Trust in 2025 – Consumers Still Shoulder the Responsibility madhav Thu, 03/20/2025 – 04:52 Trust remains the cornerstone of digital interactions, yet its foundations are increasingly fragile in an era of sophisticated cyber threats and evolving consumer expectations. The 2024 Digital Trust Index gave us extremely important insights into the expectations…
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How DHS is working to continually improve the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program
Two CISA officials detailed the way agencies are leveraging the program to get the best CDM can offer. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/dhs-cdm-improvement-elasic-shelly-hartsook-matt-house/
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360 Privacy Raises $36M to Expand Threat Protection Services
Investment to Scale Engineering, Expansion from Data Deletion to Threat Reduction. Executive digital protection firm 360 Privacy raised $36 million to expand its engineering team and boost its ability to remove sensitive data from brokers. The company is shifting from a data deletion focus to broader threat mitigation, tackling risks from digital tracking and location…
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Generative AI red teaming: Tips and techniques for putting LLMs to the test
Defining objectives and scopeAssembling a teamThreat modelingAddressing the entire application stackDebriefing, post-engagement analysis, and continuous improvementGenerative AI red teaming complements traditional red teaming by focusing on the nuanced and complex aspects of AI-driven systems including accounting for new testing dimensions such as AI-specific threat modeling, model reconnaissance, prompt injection, guardrail bypass, and more. AI red-teaming…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CSA Outlines Data Security Challenges and Best Practices, While ISACA Offers Tips To Retain IT Pros
Tags: advisory, ai, awareness, banking, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, corporate, crime, crypto, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, governance, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, iot, jobs, mail, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, nis-2, privacy, qr, ransom, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, scam, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vmware, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayCheck out best practices for shoring up data security and reducing cyber risk. Plus, get tips on how to improve job satisfaction among tech staff. Meanwhile, find out why Congress wants federal contractors to adopt vulnerability disclosure programs. And get the latest on cyber scams; zero-day vulnerabilities; and critical infrastructure security. Dive into six things…
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What is DNS Hijacking: Detection, Prevention, and Mitigation
Discover how DNS hijacking works, explore real-world examples and discover effective ways to detect, prevent, and fix DNS hijacking with actionable strategies. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/what-is-dns-hijacking-detection-prevention-and-mitigation/
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What is risk management? Quantifying and mitigating uncertainty
Tags: breach, business, cio, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, data, finance, flaw, framework, governance, healthcare, infosec, infrastructure, insurance, international, jobs, mitigation, monitoring, nist, risk, risk-analysis, risk-assessment, risk-management, software, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerabilityHow do organizations structure risk management operations?: Risk management has in some organizations traditionally been multicentric, with different departments or individuals within the org implementing risk management techniques in their work: Risk management is a component of good project management, for instance. IT leaders in particular must be able to integrate risk management philosophies and…
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Managing Legacy Medical Device and App Cyber Risks
Legacy apps and medical devices continue to pose persistent and considerable risk to healthcare IT environments, and many organizations are still unaware of their prevalence in their settings, said Keith Fricke, partner and principal consultant at tw-Security, who discusses mitigation steps to take. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/managing-legacy-medical-device-app-cyber-risks-i-5464
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CISA Issues Alert on Actively Exploited VMware Vulnerabilities
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, linux, mitigation, threat, vmware, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) escalated warnings on March 4, 2025, by adding four severe vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. Federal agencies and private organizations are urged to prioritize mitigation efforts, as threat actors are actively weaponizing these flaws in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and the Linux kernel. CVE-2025-22225:…
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Geopolitical tensions fuel surge in OT and ICS cyberattacks
New Russian group focused on Ukraine: The second new group to launch attack campaigns against industrial organizations last year, dubbed GRAPHITE, has overlaps with APT28 activities. Also known as Fancy Bear or Pawn Storm, APT28 is believed to be a unit inside Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).GRAPHITE launched constant phishing campaigns against hydroelectric,…
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DNS Amplification Attacks: Examples, Detection Mitigation
Discover DNS amplification attacks, examples, detection methods, and mitigation strategies to protect your network from DDoS threats. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/dns-amplification-attacks-examples-detection-mitigation/
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What is SIEM? Improving security posture through event log data
Tags: access, ai, api, automation, ciso, cloud, compliance, data, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, fortinet, gartner, google, guide, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, kubernetes, LLM, microsoft, mitigation, mobile, monitoring, network, openai, regulation, risk, router, security-incident, service, siem, soar, soc, software, threat, toolAt its core, a SIEM is designed to parse and analyze various log files, including firewalls, servers, routers and so forth. This means that SIEMs can become the central “nerve center” of a security operations center, driving other monitoring functions to resolve the various daily alerts.Added to this data are various threat intelligence feeds that…