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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 actors access to sensitive services running on local devices,” Oligo Security researcher Avi Lumelsky

US Offering $10 Million Reward for Iranian ICS Hackers

The US is offering up to $10 million for Iranian individuals accused of hacking water utility industrial control systems last year.

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Vulnerabilities Exposed Widely Used Solar Power Systems to Hacking, Disruption

Vulnerabilities found in solar power systems could have been exploited by hackers to cause disruption and possibly blackouts.

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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 of exposures and equips security teams to continuously validate exposures, security measures, and remediation at scale. ASV is an important element

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 listed below –

CVE-2024-38202 (CVSS score: 7.3) – Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2024-21302 (CVSS

AWS Patches Vulnerabilities Potentially Allowing Account Takeovers

AWS has patched vulnerabilities in several products, including flaws that could have been exploited to take over accounts.

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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 the best-known websites in computing to craft the threat, including Google and WhatsApp to host the attack elements,

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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) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
“BlackSuit actors have exhibited a willingness to negotiate payment amounts,” the

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 impacting versions of the network monitoring application released before 2023.1.3.
“The

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