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Day: April 12, 2023
Balada Injector Infects Nearly 1 Million WordPress Sites
A malware distribution operation known as Balada Injector has been active since 2017, and it is believed that it has infected over a million WordPress sites....
Two New Emergency Patches from Apple
Apple is backporting two security patches released on Friday. The updated patches address zero-day vulnerabilities on iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Details About the Vulnerabilities The first...
XDR vs MDR: A Comparison of Two Detection and Response Solutions
Ensuring an efficient threat detection and response (D&R) strategy for your organization is vital for every sector of its activity. But growing workloads and limited resources...
SD Worx Shuts Down its UK & Ireland IT Systems Following Cyberattack
Belgian company SD Worx shut down all IT systems for its UK and Ireland services after suffering a cyberattack. The European HR and payroll management company...
Protect your company data with an Ivacy VPN lifetime subscription for $18
on April 11, 2023, 4:39 PM EDT Protect your company data with an Ivacy VPN lifetime subscription for $18 The service previously won the BestVPN.com Fastest...
Microsoft Patches 97 CVEs, Including Zero-Day & Wormable Bugs
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday security update for April 2023 contains patches for 97 CVEs, including one zero-day bug under active exploit in ransomware attacks, another that’s a reissue of...
Microsoft Azure Shared Key Misconfiguration Could Lead to RCE
Abuse of shared key authorizations, a default on Azure storage accounts, could allow a threat actor to steal higher privileged access tokens, move laterally throughout the...
‘Blatantly Obvious’: Spyware Offered to Cyberattackers via PyPI Python Repository
Researchers have discovered malware peddlers advertising an info-stealer out in the open on the Python Package Index (PyPI) — the official, public repository for the Python...
Where Are the Women? Making Cybersecurity More Inclusive
The cybersecurity threat continues to rage, and much has already been said about the need for concerted, coordinated, and cohesive steps to combat the menace. A...
7 Things Your Ransomware Response Playbook Is Likely Missing
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Attackers Hide RedLine Stealer Behind ChatGPT, Google Bard Facebook Ads
Cybercriminals are posting what appear to be legitimate sponsored ads on hijacked Facebook business and community pages, which promise free downloads of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT...
How Password Managers Can Get Hacked
Over the past few months, several leading password managers have been victims of hacking and data breaches. For instance, LastPass, which experienced a massive breach last...
How CIEM Can Improve Identity, Permissions Management for Multicloud Deployments
Did you know that 86% of businesses plan to increase their investment in hybrid or multicloud technology? And yet 73% of those same companies find it...
Israeli Irrigation Water Controllers & Postal Service Breached
On April 5, the Israel Post fell victim to a cyberattack, forcing the mail service to shut down some services. Just two days later, farmers missed...
Samsung Engineers Feed Sensitive Data to ChatGPT, Sparking Workplace AI Warnings
Recent reports about engineers at Samsung Electronics inadvertently leaking sensitive company information via ChatGPT in three separate incidents highlight why policies governing employee use of AI...