Sam Bankaman-Fried, the founder and CEO of the largest cryptocurrency exchange, has recently pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and money laundering. This news has sent shockwaves through the cryptocurrency community, as Bankaman-Fried was highly regarded and his exchange was…
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Arid Viper Steals Sensitive data From Android Phones and Deploy other Malware
According to recent reports, Arabic-speaking Android users have been targeted with spyware by the “Arid Viper” threat actor, also known as APT-C-23, Desert Falcon, or TAG-63). This threat actor has been using counterfeit dating apps designed to exfiltrate data from…
Top 5 Kubernetes Vulnerabilities – 2023
Kubernetes is a popular open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services. It’s a system that simplifies a wide array of deployment, scaling, and operations tasks, but it’s not without its risks. Just as any other software or platform, Kubernetes…
Hackers Hijacking Facebook Accounts with Malware via Facebook Ads
Social media platforms offer financially motivated threat actors opportunities for large-scale attacks by providing a vast user base to target with:- These platforms allow attackers to exploit trust and personal information shared by users, making it easier to craft convincing…
New Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0 Released – What’s New!
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) is vital for supplier-consumer interaction, offering a numerical score to assess security vulnerabilities’ technical severity that helps in guiding the following entities:- CVSS scores interpret the following qualitative ratings for prioritizing vulnerability management and enhancing…
Accenture Acquires Leading Spanish Cybersecurity Firm Innotec Security
Accenture, the global technology services and consulting giant, has announced the acquisition of Innotec Security, a leading cybersecurity-as-a-service provider based in Spain. The deal, which was made public on November 2, 2023, is a strategic move by Accenture to enhance…
DarkGate, Which Abused Microsoft Teams, Now Leverages MSI Files
A new wave of cyberattacks has been discovered by Netskope Threat Labs, involving the use of SharePoint as a delivery platform for the notorious DarkGate malware. This alarming trend is driven by an attack campaign that exploits vulnerabilities in Microsoft…
Multiple Cisco Services Engine Flaws Let Attackers Upload Arbitrary Files
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Cisco Services Engine associated with Arbitrary File Upload and Denial of Service assigned with CVEs CVE-2023-20195, CVE-2023-20196, and CVE-2023-20213. The severity for these vulnerabilities ranges between 4.3 (Medium) and 4.7 (Medium). These vulnerabilities…
Why Storage And Backup Are Cybersecurity’s Weakest Links? – Top 5 Reasons
A lot of money is being spent to protect the enterprise against intrusion. Ransomware protection is currently in the spotlight – and with good reason. But organizations also invest heavily in technologies such as Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure…
Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN Flaw Let Remote Attacker Launch DoS Attack
A vulnerability of medium severity, identified as CVE-2023-20042, with a CVSS score of 6.8, was found in the AnyConnect SSL VPN feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defence (FTD) Software. This vulnerability could potentially…