The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a new set of attacks targeting university staff, researchers, and professors for intelligence gathering purposes. Cybersecurity firm Resilience said it identified the activity in late July 2024 after…
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0.0.0.0 Day: 18-Year-Old Browser Vulnerability Impacts MacOS and Linux Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new “0.0.0.0 Day” impacting all major web browsers that malicious websites could take advantage of to breach local networks. The critical vulnerability “exposes a fundamental flaw in how browsers handle network requests, potentially granting malicious…
Automated Security Validation: One (Very Important) Part of a Complete CTEM Framework
The last few years have seen more than a few new categories of security solutions arise in hopes of stemming a never-ending tidal wave of risks. One of these categories is Automated Security Validation (ASV), which provides the attacker’s perspective…
New Phishing Scam Uses Google Drawings and WhatsApp Shortened Links
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel phishing campaign that leverages Google Drawings and shortened links generated via WhatsApp to evade detection and trick users into clicking on bogus links designed to steal sensitive information. “The attackers chose a group of…
Windows Downgrade Attack Risks Exposing Patched Systems to Old Vulnerabilities
Microsoft said it is developing security updates to address two loopholes that it said could be abused to stage downgrade attacks against the Windows update architecture and replace current versions of the Windows files with older versions. The vulnerabilities are…
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Critical Security Flaw in WhatsUp Gold Under Active Attack – Patch Now
A critical security flaw impacting Progress Software WhatsUp Gold is seeing active exploitation attempts, making it essential that users move quickly to apply the latest. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-4885 (CVSS score: 9.8), an unauthenticated remote code execution bug…
FBI and CISA Warn of BlackSuit Ransomware That Demands Up to $500 Million
The ransomware strain known as BlackSuit has demanded as much as $500 million in ransoms to date, with one individual ransom demand hitting $60 million. That’s according to an updated advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…
Roundcube Webmail Flaws Allow Hackers to Steal Emails and Passwords
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of security flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim’s web browser and steal sensitive information from their account under specific circumstances. “When a victim views…
New Linux Kernel Exploit Technique ‘SLUBStick’ Discovered by Researchers
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive. “Initially, it exploits a timing side-channel of the allocator to…