July 2024 – Page 15

How to Reduce SaaS Spend and Risk Without Impacting Productivity

There is one simple driver behind the modern explosion in SaaS adoption: productivity. We have reached an era where purpose-built tools exist for almost every aspect of modern business and it’s incredibly easy (and tempting) for your workforce to adopt these tools without going through the formal IT approval and procurement process.
But this trend has also increased the attack surface—and with

CrowdStrike Explains Why Bad Update Was Not Properly Tested

CrowdStrike has shared a preliminary incident review, explaining why the update that caused global chaos was not caught by testing.

The post CrowdStrike Explains Why Bad Update Was Not Properly Tested appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Patchwork Hackers Target Bhutan with Advanced Brute Ratel C4 Tool

The threat actor known as Patchwork has been linked to a cyber attack targeting entities with ties to Bhutan to deliver the Brute Ratel C4 framework and an updated version of a backdoor called PGoShell.
The development marks the first time the adversary has been observed using the red teaming software, the Knownsec 404 Team said in an analysis published last week.
The activity cluster, also

CrowdStrike Explains Friday Incident Crashing Millions of Windows Devices

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike on Wednesday blamed an issue in its validation system for causing millions of Windows devices to crash as part of a widespread outage late last week.
“On Friday, July 19, 2024 at 04:09 UTC, as part of regular operations, CrowdStrike released a content configuration update for the Windows sensor to gather telemetry on possible novel threat techniques,” the company

Microsoft Defender Flaw Exploited to Deliver ACR, Lumma, and Meduza Stealers

A now-patched security flaw in the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has been exploited as part of a new campaign designed to deliver information stealers such as ACR Stealer, Lumma, and Meduza.
Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said it detected the stealer campaign targeting Spain, Thailand, and the U.S. using booby-trapped files that exploit CVE-2024-21412 (CVSS score: 8.1).
The high-severity

CISA Adds Twilio Authy and IE Flaws to Exploited Vulnerabilities List

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
The vulnerabilities are listed below –

CVE-2012-4792 (CVSS score: 9.3) – Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CVE-2024-39891 (CVSS score: 5.3) – Twilio Authy Information Disclosure

BreachForums v1 database leak is an OPSEC test for hackers

The entire database for the notorious BreachForums v1 hacking forum was released on Telegram Tuesday night, exposing a treasure trove of data, including members’ information, private messages, cryptocurrency addresses, and every post on the forum. […]

Month: July 2024