Tag: software
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Serbian government used Cellebrite to unlock phones, install spyware
Serbian police and intelligence officers used Cellebrite forensic extraction software to unlock journalists’ and activists’ phones and install previously unknown … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/12/16/serbian-government-used-cellebrite-to-unlock-phones-install-spyware/
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ConnectOnCall breach exposes health data of over 910,000 patients
Healthcare software as a service (SaaS) company Phreesia is notifying over 910,000 people that their personal and health data was exposed in a May breach of its subsidiary ConnectOnCall. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/connectoncall-breach-exposes-health-data-of-over-910-000-patients/
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Deloitte Alerts Rhode Island to Significant Data Breach in RIBridges System
Rhode Island’s RIBridges system has suffered a major data breach, potentially exposing personal information, with Deloitte confirming the presence of malicious software First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/deloitte-rhode-island-data-breach/
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Nadav Zafrir Becomes CEO at Check Point Software
Check Point Software, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced a leadership transition. Gil Shwed, the company’s founder and current CEO, will assume the role of Executive Chairman. Nadav Zafrir, a seasoned cybersecurity veteran, will step into the CEO position, effective immediately. >>Check Point embarks on a new chapter, with my transition into my…
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Data Governance in DevOps: Ensuring Compliance in the AI Era
With the evolution of modern software development, CI/CD pipeline governance has emerged as a critical factor in maintaining both agility and compliance. As we enter the age of artificial intelligence (AI), the importance of robust pipeline governance has only intensified. With that said, we’ll explore the concept of CI/CD pipeline governance and why it’s vital,…
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Security leaders top 10 takeaways for 2024
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, corporate, crowdstrike, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, email, finance, fraud, governance, group, guide, hacker, identity, incident response, infosec, ISO-27001, office, okta, phishing, privacy, programming, regulation, risk, risk-management, saas, security-incident, service, software, startup, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityThis year has been challenging for CISOs, with a growing burden of responsibility, the push to make cybersecurity a business enabler, the threat of legal liability for security incidents, and an expanding attack landscape.As the year comes to a close, CISOs reflect on some of the takeaways that have shaped the security landscape in 2024.…
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Cloud Access Security Broker ein Kaufratgeber
Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, cisco, cloud, compliance, control, cyberattack, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, gartner, governance, intelligence, mail, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, phishing, ransomware, risk, saas, service, software, startup, threat, tool, zero-day, zero-trust -
Sicherheitslücken/Schadsoftware, Hacks (Dez. 2024): Windows, 7-Zip, Ivanti etc.
Noch ein kleiner Sammelbeitrag zu Schwachstellen in diversen Produkten wie Windows, Ivanti Cloud-Apps, 7-Zip, Windows 9-Days, Dell Software, und mehr. Manche Schwachstellen sind gepatcht, für andere gibt es ein Exploit oder sie werden ausgenutzt. Weiterhin konnten Sicherheitsforscher die MFA für … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2024/12/14/sicherheitsluecken-und-schadsoftware-dez-2024-7-zip-ivanti/
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Time of Reckoning Reviewing My 2024 Cybersecurity Predictions
Tags: ai, attack, automation, awareness, breach, business, chatgpt, china, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, disinformation, election, espionage, exploit, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, law, linkedin, malware, monitoring, moveIT, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, risk, russia, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerability, warfare, zero-dayThe brutal reality is that cybersecurity predictions are only as valuable as their accuracy. As 2024 comes to a close, I revisit my forecasts to assess their utility in guiding meaningful decisions. Anyone can make predictions (and far too many do), but actually being correct is another matter altogether. It is commonplace for security companies…
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CISA warns of ransomware gangs exploiting Cleo, CyberPanel bugs
The agency urged federal civilian agencies to patch a vulnerability that impacts a widely used file-sharing product from the software company Cleo.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cisa-ransomware-cleo-cyberpanel-bugs
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CISA confirms critical Cleo bug exploitation in ransomware attacks
CISA confirmed today that a critical remote code execution bug in Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom file transfer software is being exploited in ransomware attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-confirms-critical-cleo-bug-exploitation-in-ransomware-attacks/
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Arctic Wolf beobachtet Zero-Day-Exploit von Cleo-MFT-Software
Das Threat-Intelligence-Team der Arctic Wolf Labs haben neue schadhafte Aktivitäten beobachtet. Diese stehen im Zusammenhang mit der von Huntress aufgedeckten Zero-Day-Schwachstelle in der Cleo-Managed-File-Transfer (MFT) -Software. Im Dezember 2024 beobachtete Arctic Wolf Labs eine Mass-Exploitation-Kampagne, bei der Cleo-MFT-Lösungen für den unberechtigten Fernzugriff genutzt wurden. Die Ausführungskette umfasste einen verschleierten Powershell-Stager, einen Java-Loader sowie eine Java-basierte Backdoor,…
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Thales and Imperva Win Big in 2024
Tags: access, api, application-security, attack, authentication, banking, business, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, conference, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, encryption, firewall, gartner, group, guide, iam, identity, infosec, insurance, intelligence, malicious, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, privacy, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, threat, usaThales and Imperva Win Big in 2024 madhav Fri, 12/13/2024 – 09:36 At Thales and Imperva, we are driven by our commitment to make the world safer, and nothing brings us more satisfaction than protecting our customers from daily cybersecurity threats. But that doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate winning the occasional award. In the year…
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Sicherheitsupdates: Dell schließt Lücken in PCs, Treibern und Zubehör
Tags: softwareAngreifer können mehrere Sicherheitslücken in Dells Hard- und Software ausnutzen. Nun sind Sicherheitspatches erschienen. First seen on heise.de Jump to article: www.heise.de/news/Sicherheitsupdates-Dell-schliesst-Luecken-in-PCs-Treibern-und-Zubehoer-10198245.html
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Tackling software vulnerabilities with smarter developer strategies
In this Help Net Security interview, Karl Mattson, CISO at Endor Labs, discusses strategies for enhancing secure software development. Mattson covers how developers can … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/12/13/karl-mattson-endor-labs-secure-coding/
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Study highlights challenges, priorities in securing open-source software
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/study-highlights-challenges-priorities-in-securing-open-source-software
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New Malware Framework Targets Cleo File Systems
Possible Long-Term Attack by Unknown Hackers Thwarted. Hackers exploiting flaws in Cleo Communications software instances had intimate knowledge of their internals and deployed a previously unknown family of malware, security researchers from Huntress said Thursday. Cleo published a patch Wednesday evening. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/new-malware-framework-targets-cleo-file-systems-a-27045
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Security researchers find deep flaws in CVSS vulnerability scoring system
The industrywide method for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and hardware needs to be revised because it provides potential misleading severity assessment, delegates at Black Hat Europe were told Thursday.The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) makes use of various metrics to quantify vulnerability severity. A presentation at Black Hat by cybersecurity experts from…
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Microsoft Windows ‘Best Fit’ character conversion ‘ripe for exploitation’
Tags: api, application-security, attack, cve, exploit, flaw, injection, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, office, programming, software, switch, technology, tool, vulnerability, windowsSecurity researchers have outlined a novel attack vector that exploits the “Best Fit” character conversion technology built into Windows.The technology comes into play in string conversions, particularly when characters cannot be directly represented in a target character set.However, application security experts Orange Tsai and Splitline Huang from Taiwanese firm DEVCORE used a presentation at Black…
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Checkmarx CEO: Evolving Supply Chain Threats Demand Action
Checkmarx’s Sandeep Johri Details Malicious Code, AI Risks in Application Security. As software complexities grow, supply chain security is now essential to application security, according to Sandeep Johri, Checkmarx CEO. Johri discusses the challenges of malicious code, adversarial AI and the market’s call for consolidated security platforms. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/checkmarx-ceo-evolving-supply-chain-threats-demand-action-a-27040
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Hackers Exploiting Cleo Software Zero-Day
Attackers Target Managed File Transfer Software Vulnerabilities. File transfer software made by Cleo Communications is under active attack and a patch meant to stymie hackers doesn’t fix the flaw, say security researchers from Huntress. Hackers exploit an arbitrary file-write vulnerability along with a feature that automatically executes files. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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KeyTrap DNSSEC: The day the internet (almost) stood still
Tags: attack, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, dns, email, exploit, germany, google, Internet, mitigation, service, software, technology, vulnerabilityA severe vulnerability in the internet lookup protocol DNSSEC carried the potential to make much of the web functionally inaccessible for many, according to a presentation at Black Hat Europe.DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) offers mitigation against various types of cyberattacks, including DNS spoofing and cache poisoning, by providing a way to cryptographically authenticate…
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Cleo patches critical zero-day exploited in data theft attacks
Cleo has released security updates for a zero-day flaw in its LexiCom, VLTransfer, and Harmony software, currently exploited in data theft attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cleo-patches-critical-zero-day-exploited-in-data-theft-attacks/