Cyberattacks detected by Trend Micro and Orange Cyberdefense find hackers using malware linked to China-backed groups and ransomware, adding more evidence that nation-state cyberespionage groups are also now using ransomware and further blurring the line between the two. The post Cases of China-Backed Spy Groups Using Ransomware Come to Light appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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PAN-PAN-PAN-OS: Palo Alto Firewalls Under Attack (Again)
Time to Declare an Emergency? Scrotes chain three flaws to take full control—seems pretty easy. The post PAN-PAN-PAN-OS: Palo Alto Firewalls Under Attack (Again) appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Edge device vulnerabilities fueled attack sprees in 2024
Edge devices harboring zero-day and n-day vulnerabilities were linked to the most consequential attack campaigns last year, Darktrace said in an annual threat report released Wednesday. Darktrace’s threat researchers found the most frequent vulnerability exploits in customers’ instances of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure appliances, along with firewall products from Fortinet and Palo…
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Congress is PISSED at British Backdoor Bid, but Apple Stays Shtum
Just meet me at the ADP: Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Andy Biggs got no love for the United Kingdom The post Congress is PISSED at British Backdoor Bid, but Apple Stays Shtum appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Salt Typhoon remains active, hits more telecom networks via Cisco routers
Salt Typhoon, the Chinese nation-state threat group linked to a spree of attacks on U.S. and global telecom providers, remains active in its intrusion and has hit multiple additional networks worldwide, including two in the United States, Recorded Future said in a report released Thursday. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group observed seven compromised Cisco network devices communicating…
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Russian state threat group shifts focus to US, UK targets
A subgroup of Seashell Blizzard has shifted its focus to targets in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K. within the past year, expanding the scope of its malicious activity, Microsoft’s threat intelligence team said in a report released Wednesday. The initial-access operation, which Microsoft tracks as the “BadPilot campaign,” has allowed the Russian state…
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Microsoft fixes 63 vulnerabilities, including 2 zero-days
Microsoft patched 63 vulnerabilities affecting some of its underlying systems and core products, the company said in its latest security update Tuesday, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Windows CoreMessaging and Windows Storage. More than two-thirds of the vulnerabilities covered in the update are high-severity flaws on the CVSS scale. Vulnerabilities with high-severity base scores run…
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Chinese DeepSeek AI App: FULL of Security Holes Say Researchers
Xi knows if you’ve been bad or good: iPhone app sends unencrypted data to China—and Android app appears even worse. The post Chinese DeepSeek AI App: FULL of Security Holes Say Researchers appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Ransom Payments Fell 35% in 2024 After LockBit, BlackCat Takedowns
Law enforcement actions, better defenses, and a refusal by victims to pay helped to reduce the amount of ransoms paid in 2024 by $35%, a sharp decline from the record $1.25 billion shelled out in 2023, according to researchers with Chainalysis. The post Ransom Payments Fell 35% in 2024 After LockBit, BlackCat Takedowns appeared first…
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Barracuda Networks Adds Ability to Scan Outbound Email Messages
Barracuda Networks has added an ability to analyze outbound messages for anomalies to its email protection platform. The post Barracuda Networks Adds Ability to Scan Outbound Email Messages appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Infosec pros: We need CVSS, warts and all
A key pillar of a strong cybersecurity program is identifying vulnerabilities in the complex mix of software programs, packages, apps, and snippets driving all activities across an organization’s digital infrastructure. At the heart of spotting and fixing these flaws is the widely used Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), maintained by a nonprofit called the Forum…
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AttackIQ Bolsters Cyber Defenses with DeepSurface’s Risk-Analysis Tech
This week, AttackIQ acquired DeepSurface to broaden its vulnerability and attack path management capabilities to help enterprises identify and mitigate the most pressing vulnerabilities in their environments. The acquisition enables AttackIQ to add automated vulnerability prioritization within complex IT environments. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, DeepSurface’s RiskAnalyzer platform contextualizes, using roughly 50..…
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Android security update includes patch for actively exploited vulnerability
Google has addressed a total of 47 security vulnerabilities in its February update for the Android operating system, highlighted by the patching of a critical flaw that has reportedly been under active exploitation. The primary focus of the security update is CVE-2024-53104, a high-severity vulnerability affecting the USB Video Class (UVC) driver in the Linux…
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How to Root Out Malicious Employees
Malicious employees and insider threats pose one of the biggest security risks to organizations, as these users have more access and permissions than cybercriminals attacking the organization externally. The post How to Root Out Malicious Employees appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Canadian Man Stole $65 Million in Crypto in Two Platform Hacks, DOJ Says
A 22-year-old Canadian man is indicted by the U.S. DOJ for using borrowed cryptocurrency and exploiting vulnerabilities on the KyberSwap and Indexed Finance DeFi platforms to steal $65 million in digital assets in two schemes between 2021 and 2023. The post Canadian Man Stole $65 Million in Crypto in Two Platform Hacks, DOJ Says appeared…
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CISA/FDA Warn: Chinese Patient Monitors Have BAD Bugs
China crisis? Stop using this healthcare equipment, say Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency and Food & Drug Administration. The post CISA/FDA Warn: Chinese Patient Monitors Have BAD Bugs appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Critical ‘Backdoor’ Discovered in Widely Used Healthcare Patient Monitors
On January 30, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Contec CMS8000 and Epsimed MN-120 patient monitors. The post Critical ‘Backdoor’ Discovered in Widely Used Healthcare Patient Monitors appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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SLAP/FLOP: Apple Silicon’s ‘Son of Spectre’ Critical Flaws
Watch this: Want more “speculative execution” bugs? You’re gonna be in a great mood all day. The post SLAP/FLOP: Apple Silicon’s ‘Son of Spectre’ Critical Flaws appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Apple’s latest patch closes zero-day affecting wide swath of products
Apple released software updates Monday, aimed at addressing multiple security vulnerabilities within its products, including a significant zero-day vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2025-24085, the flaw is a use-after-free vulnerability in the company’s Core Media component, a framework that manages audio and video playback and is central to many of Apple’s multimedia applications. The vulnerability poses a…
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Google Issues Cloud Security Wake-Up Call as Threats Evolve
A report published by Google Cloud found nearly half (46%) of the observed security alerts involved a service account that was overprivileged. The post Google Issues Cloud Security Wake-Up Call as Threats Evolve appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Cisco patches antivirus decommissioning bug as exploit code surfaces
Cisco has patched a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability affecting its open-source antivirus software toolkit, ClamAV, which already has a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code available to the public. Identified as CVE-2025-20128, the vulnerability stems from a heap-based buffer overflow in the Object Linking and Embedding 2 (OLE2) decryption routine, enabling unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a DoS…
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Taking a Threat Adapted Approach to Vulnerability Management
As cyberthreats grow in complexity and frequency, vulnerability management requires more than just patching systems; it demands a dynamic, threat-adapted approach. As part of Cyber Rhino Threat Week ( December 9-13, 2024) which aimed to inform, share threat intelligence insights and best practices with our customers, partners and industry ecosystem, we held a session that..…
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Trump U-Turn: TikTok’s On-Again/Off-Again U.S. Ban
Not For You: The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act shouldn’t be enforced, orders President Trump. The post Trump U-Turn: TikTok’s On-Again/Off-Again U.S. Ban appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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The Future of Automotive Cybersecurity: Why Learning Car Hacking is Essential
As vehicles become smarter, the stakes for securing them grow higher. Learning car hacking is no longer a niche skill — it’s a necessity for anyone interested in the future of cybersecurity. The post The Future of Automotive Cybersecurity: Why Learning Car Hacking is Essential appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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This is HUGE: Biden’s Cybersecurity Exec. Order — Big Parting Gift to Trump
Wow. Just Wow.: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. hits the emergency “do something” button. The post This is HUGE: Biden’s Cybersecurity Exec. Order — Big Parting Gift to Trump appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Tarbomb Denial of Service via Path Traversal
As software applications are built and developed over the years, engineering teams continuously shift perspective on what features to prioritize or de-prioritize. A feature developed five years ago may have no significance today. However, features deemed low priority may still be kept operational for legacy, compatibility, or business requirement reasons. Praetorian discovered such a legacy…
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How Much of Your Business is Exposed on the Dark Web?
The dark web is a thriving underground market where stolen data and corporate vulnerabilities are openly traded. This hidden economy poses a direct and growing threat to businesses worldwide. Recent breaches highlight the danger. The post How Much of Your Business is Exposed on the Dark Web? appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Patch Tuesday: January 2025 Security Update Patches Exploited Elevation of Privilege Attacks
Microsoft’s monthly patches cover Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSPs, Git in Visual Studio, and more.
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Microsoft fixes 159 vulnerabilities in first Patch Tuesday of 2025
In its latest security update, Microsoft has addressed a total of 159 vulnerabilities, covering a broad spectrum of the tech giant’s products, including .NET, Visual Studio, Microsoft Excel, Windows components, and Azure services. The update covers several critical and high-severity flaws across various systems, impacting Windows Telephony Services, Active Directory Domain Services, Microsoft Excel and…
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CISA report touts cyber hygiene enrollment surge for critical infrastructure orgs
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has seen a surge in its Cyber Hygiene (CyHy) service enrollment from critical infrastructure organizations over a two-year period, with the communications sector representing the biggest jump. In a report released Friday, CISA said an analysis of the 7,791 critical infrastructure organizations enrolled in the agency’s vulnerability scanning service…
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Phishing Threats, GenAI Among Top Cybersecurity Risks in 2025
Organizations are facing escalating threats from phishing attacks, personal app usage and the widespread adoption of generative AI (GenAI) in workplaces. According to a Netskope report, phishing attacks surged in 2024, with enterprise employees clicking on phishing links at a rate nearly three times higher than in 2023. The study found phishing campaigns have evolved..…
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Chinese-linked Hackers May Be Exploiting Latest Ivanti Vulnerability
Software maker Ivanti, which for more than a year has been plagued by security flaws in its appliance, unveiled two new ones this week, with Mandiant researchers saying that one likely is being activity exploited by China-linked threat groups. The post Chinese-linked Hackers May Be Exploiting Latest Ivanti Vulnerability appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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New zero-day exploit targets Ivanti VPN product
A year after a series of vulnerabilities impacting a pair of Ivanti VPN products prompted an emergency directive from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to federal agencies, the Utah-based software firm is again experiencing issues with one of its signature systems. The company on Wednesday disclosed two vulnerabilities — CVE-2025-0282 and CVE-2025-0283 — that…
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Building Resilience Into Cyber-Physical Systems Has Never Been This Mission-Critical
Our nation’s critical infrastructure is increasingly brittle and under attack. Take the recent report that the drinking water of millions of Americans is at risk due to technical vulnerabilities. The post Building Resilience Into Cyber-Physical Systems Has Never Been This Mission-Critical appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Insecure Medical Devices — Illumina DNA Sequencer Illuminates Risks
IEI-IEI, Oh: Running an obsolete OS, on obsolete hardware, configured with obsolete settings. The post Insecure Medical Devices — Illumina DNA Sequencer Illuminates Risks appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Android patches several vulnerabilities in first security update of 2025
Android has released its first security update of the year, disclosing several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities that affect a wide range of Android devices. The bulletin identifies five critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities affecting what Android categorizes as the “system,” which encompasses Android’s core components and underlying architecture. These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to…
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Industrial networking manufacturer Moxa reports ‘critical’ router bugs
Firmware in cellular routers, secure routers and network security appliances made by Moxa are vulnerable to a pair of high severity bugs that can escalate privileges for an attacker, give root-level access or allow for unauthorized execution of commands. In a pair of CVEs published Jan. 3, Moxa called the flaws “critical” and warned they…
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Drowning in Visibility? Why Cybersecurity Needs to Shift from Visibility to Actionable Insight
Many security teams today are drowning in data, struggling to transform extensive visibility into actionable, meaningful insights. The post Drowning in Visibility? Why Cybersecurity Needs to Shift from Visibility to Actionable Insight appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Top CVEs & Vulnerabilities of December 2024
When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s not just the technology that evolves, it’s the threats too. Every month brings its own set of challenges, and December 2024 has been no… The post Top CVEs & Vulnerabilities of December 2024 appeared first on Strobes Security. The post Top CVEs & Vulnerabilities of December 2024 appeared first…
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Thousands of industrial routers vulnerable to command injection flaw
Thousands of industrial routers from a Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer are vulnerable to a post-authentication vulnerability, with indications it is already being exploited in the wild to infect devices with Mirai malware. On Dec. 27, VulnCheck detailed the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12856, wherein an attacker can leverage default credentials in Four-Faith F3x24 and F3x36 routers…
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VW Cars Leak Private Data of 800,000 — ‘Volksdaten’
Cariad, VW Group’s software arm, made this classic error. The post VW Cars Leak Private Data of 800,000 — ‘Volksdaten’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Detection Engineering: A Case Study
In this blog post, we will explore the intricate world of detection engineering. We’ll start by examining the inputs and outputs of detection engineering, and then we’ll illustrate the detection engineering lifecycle. The post Detection Engineering: A Case Study appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Best of 2024: CVE-2024-38063: An In-Depth Look at the Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
In a recent security advisory, Microsoft disclosed a high-severity vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-38063. This critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 9.8, poses a significant… The post CVE-2024-38063: An In-Depth Look at the Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability appeared first on Strobes Security. The post Best of 2024: CVE-2024-38063: An…
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Log4Shell Vulnerability | Why it Still Exists and How to Protect Yourself | Contrast Security
Three years ago, Log4Shell was the worst holiday gift ever for security teams, particularly given that it was wrapped in a CISA order to patch by Christmas Eve. The post Log4Shell Vulnerability | Why it Still Exists and How to Protect Yourself | Contrast Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Acumen Threat Analysis: Preparing for 2025
Phishing continues to be the threat vector of choice for adversaries, ransomware continues to deliver the desired financial and destructive results for attackers, while organizations, both public and private, are growing increasingly concerned about the risks posed by insiders. The post Acumen Threat Analysis: Preparing for 2025 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Hacker Uses Info-Stealer Against Security Pros, Other Bad Actors
An unknown hacker called MUT-1244 used information-stealing malware to not only grab sensitive data from cybersecurity professionals but also to steal WordPress credentials from other bad actors who had bought them on the dark web. The post Hacker Uses Info-Stealer Against Security Pros, Other Bad Actors appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/13/24
Insight No. 1: Stop patching the CVE dumpster fire with Vulnrichment It’s time to integrate the crucial data — Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores and other crucial information — from CISA’s Vulnrichment program directly into the NVD. Centralize, streamline, and then focus on what really matters: runtime analysis of your applications. Insight No. 2: Zero days don’t give…
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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/13/24
Insight No. 1: Stop patching the CVE dumpster fire with Vulnrichment It’s time to integrate the crucial data — Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores and other crucial information — from CISA’s Vulnrichment program directly into the NVD. Centralize, streamline, and then focus on what really matters: runtime analysis of your applications. Insight No. 2: Zero days don’t give…
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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/13/24
Insight No. 1: Stop patching the CVE dumpster fire with Vulnrichment It’s time to integrate the crucial data — Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores and other crucial information — from CISA’s Vulnrichment program directly into the NVD. Centralize, streamline, and then focus on what really matters: runtime analysis of your applications. Insight No. 2: Zero days don’t give…
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Charges Against CISOs Create Worries, Hope in Security Industry: Survey
A survey of IT security pros by cybersecurity firm BlackFog found that 70% of them said federal cases like that against SolarWinds’ CISO hurt their opinion about the position, but some said they expected the boards of directors would take the issues of security more seriously. The post Charges Against CISOs Create Worries, Hope in…
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AI Slop is Hurting Security — LLMs are Dumb and People are Dim
Artificial stupidity: Large language models are terrible if you need reasoning or actual understanding. The post AI Slop is Hurting Security — LLMs are Dumb and People are Dim appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches One Actively Exploited Vulnerability, Among Others
December marked a quiet month with 70 vulnerabilities patched, plus updates from outside of Microsoft.
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US Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for 2020 Ransomware Attack
Chinese cybersecurity firm Sichuan Silence has been sanctioned for exploiting a vulnerability in Sophos firewalls used at critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S.