The US government’s cybersecurity agency CISA has “executed the option period on the contract” to keep the vulnerability catalog operational.
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Experts Uncover Four New Privilege Escalation Flaws in Windows Task Scheduler
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed four different vulnerabilities in a core component of the Windows task scheduling service that could be exploited by local attackers to achieve privilege escalation and erase logs to cover up evidence of malicious activities.
The issues have been uncovered in a binary named “schtasks.exe,” which enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change,
The issues have been uncovered in a binary named “schtasks.exe,” which enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change,
Google begins unifying search country domains to Google.com
Google has announced that it’s retiring separate country code top-level domain names like google.co.uk or google.com.br and redirecting users to Google.com. […]
Jira Down: Atlassian users experiencing degraded performance
Atlassian users are experiencing degraded performance amid an ‘active incident’ affecting multiple Jira products since morning hours today. Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Work Management and Jira Product Discovery are among the impacted products. […]
41% of Attacks Bypass Defenses: Adversarial Exposure Validation Fixes That
Your dashboards say you’re secure—but 41% of threats still get through. Picus Security’s Adversarial Exposure Validation uncovers what your stack is missing with continuous attack simulations and automated pentesting. […]
Many Mobile Apps Fail Basic Security—Posing Serious Risks to Enterprises
Top-ranked mobile apps found using hardcoded keys and exposed cloud buckets.
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Pillar Security Banks $9M for AI Security Guardrails
Shield Capital leads a $9 million seed-stage funding round for Israeli startup building technologies for AI security and privacy guardrails.
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CISA extends funding to ensure ‘no lapse in critical CVE services’
CISA says the U.S. government has extended funding to ensure no continuity issues with the critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program. […]
Google Blocked 5.1B Harmful Ads and Suspended 39.2M Advertiser Accounts in 2024
Google on Wednesday revealed that it suspended over 39.2 million advertiser accounts in 2024, with a majority of them identified and blocked by its systems before it could serve harmful ads to users.
In all, the tech giant said it stopped 5.1 billion bad ads, restricted 9.1 billion ads, and blocked or restricted ads on 1.3 billion pages last year. It also suspended over 5 million accounts for
In all, the tech giant said it stopped 5.1 billion bad ads, restricted 9.1 billion ads, and blocked or restricted ads on 1.3 billion pages last year. It also suspended over 5 million accounts for
Ransomware Group Claims Hacking of Oregon Regulator After Data Breach Denial
The Rhysida ransomware gang claims to have stolen 2.5 Tb of files from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
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