Both human and machine identities occupy a unique position: they are simultaneously the foundation of cybersecurity and its weakest link.
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Biden Executive Order Aims to Shore Up US Cyber Defenses
President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity and making it easier to go after foreign adversaries or hacking groups.
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The $10 Cyber Threat Responsible for the Biggest Breaches of 2024
You can tell the story of the current state of stolen credential-based attacks in three numbers:
Stolen credentials were the #1 attacker action in 2023/24, and the breach vector for 80% of web app attacks. (Source: Verizon).
Cybersecurity budgets grew again in 2024, with organizations now spending almost $1,100 per user (Source: Forrester).
Stolen credentials on criminal forums cost as
New UEFI Secure Boot Vulnerability Could Allow Attackers to Load Malicious Bootkits
Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems.
The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-7344 (CVSS score: 6.7), resides in a UEFI application signed by Microsoft’s “Microsoft Corporation UEFI CA 2011” third-party UEFI certificate, according to a new
The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-7344 (CVSS score: 6.7), resides in a UEFI application signed by Microsoft’s “Microsoft Corporation UEFI CA 2011” third-party UEFI certificate, according to a new
Researchers Find Exploit Allowing NTLMv1 Despite Active Directory Restrictions
Cybersecurity researchers have found that the Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy that’s designed to disable NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v1 can be trivially bypassed by a misconfiguration.
“A simple misconfiguration in on-premise applications can override the Group Policy, effectively negating the Group Policy designed to stop NTLMv1 authentications,” Silverfort researcher Dor Segal said in a
“A simple misconfiguration in on-premise applications can override the Group Policy, effectively negating the Group Policy designed to stop NTLMv1 authentications,” Silverfort researcher Dor Segal said in a
Data From 15,000 Fortinet Firewalls Leaked by Hackers
Hackers have leaked 15,000 Fortinet firewall configurations, which were apparently obtained as a result of exploitation of CVE-2022–40684.
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Hackers Hide Malware in Images to Deploy VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer
Threat actors have been observed concealing malicious code in images to deliver malware such as VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer as part of separate campaigns.
“In both campaigns, attackers hid malicious code in images they uploaded to archive[.]org, a file-hosting website, and used the same .NET loader to install their final payloads,” HP Wolf Security said in its Threat Insights Report
“In both campaigns, attackers hid malicious code in images they uploaded to archive[.]org, a file-hosting website, and used the same .NET loader to install their final payloads,” HP Wolf Security said in its Threat Insights Report
2024 US Healthcare Data Breaches: 585 Incidents, 180 Million Compromised User Records
In 2024 organizations informed the US government about 585 healthcare data breaches affecting a total of nearly 180 million user records.
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Python-Based Malware Powers RansomHub Ransomware to Exploit Network Flaws
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an attack that involved a threat actor utilizing a Python-based backdoor to maintain persistent access to compromised endpoints and then leveraged this access to deploy the RansomHub ransomware throughout the target network.
According to GuidePoint Security, initial access is said to have been facilitated by means of a JavaScript malware downloaded named
According to GuidePoint Security, initial access is said to have been facilitated by means of a JavaScript malware downloaded named
Researcher Uncovers Critical Flaws in Multiple Versions of Ivanti Endpoint Manager
Ivanti has rolled out security updates to address several security flaws impacting Avalanche, Application Control Engine, and Endpoint Manager (EPM), including four critical bugs that could lead to information disclosure.
All the four critical security flaws, rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scale, are rooted in EPM, and concern absolute path traversal flaws that allow a remote unauthenticated
All the four critical security flaws, rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scale, are rooted in EPM, and concern absolute path traversal flaws that allow a remote unauthenticated