Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire On a path to eliminate security incidents involving software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, Israeli startup Savvy announced today that it has exited...
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Personal Information of 11 Million Patients Stolen in Data Breach at HCA Healthcare – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire HCA Healthcare on Monday announced that the personal information of roughly 11 million patients was stolen in a data breach....
Russia-Linked RomCom Hackers Targeting NATO Summit Guests – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire As part of a recently identified cyber operation, a Russia-linked threat actor known as RomCom has been targeting entities supporting...
Critical Infrastructure Services Firm Ventia Takes Systems Offline Due to Cyberattack – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Critical infrastructure services provider Ventia over the weekend announced that it has taken some of its systems offline to contain...
PoC Exploit Published for Recent Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Vulnerability – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire A recently patched vulnerability in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and AirCube devices could be exploited to execute arbitrary code, vulnerability reporting firm...
Critical Vulnerability Can Allow Takeover of Mastodon Servers – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire A critical vulnerability in the decentralized social networking platform Mastodon could be exploited to take over servers. The issue was...
Iranian Cyberspies Target US-Based Think Tank With New macOS Malware – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire In a recent attack against a US-based think tank, Iranian cyberespionage group Charming Kitten was observed porting a PowerShell backdoor...
Security Firm Finds Over 130k Internet-Exposed Photovoltaic Diagnostics Systems – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire More than 130,000 photovoltaic monitoring and diagnostic solutions are accessible from the public internet, which could make them susceptible to...
Two Apps Hosted on Google Play Caught Sending User Data to Chinese Servers – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Two file management applications hosted on Google Play, with more than 1.5 million combined downloads, were caught sending user data...
Android Security Updates Patch 3 Exploited Vulnerabilities – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Security updates that Google released this week for Android resolve 43 vulnerabilities, including three that have been exploited in attacks....
28,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Pepsi Bottling Ventures – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire More than 28,000 individuals were impacted by a data breach at independent bottling company Pepsi Bottling Ventures. Discovered on January...
Interpol: Key Member of Major Cybercrime Group Arrested in Africa – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Interpol on Wednesday announced the arrest of a suspected senior member of the French-speaking cybercrime group known as Opera1er. Also...
Vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise Switches Allows Attackers to Modify Encrypted Traffic – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Cisco this week informed customers about a high-severity vulnerability in its Nexus 9000 series switches that could allow unauthenticated attackers...
Japan’s Nagoya Port Suspends Cargo Operations Following Ransomware Attack – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire The Port of Nagoya, Japan’s largest port in terms of cargo capacity, has suspended loading and unloading following a ransomware...
Firefox 115 Patches High-Severity Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Mozilla on Tuesday announced the release of Firefox 115 to the stable channel with patches for a dozen vulnerabilities, including...
VMware, Other Tech Giants Announce Push for Confidential Computing Standards – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire In conjunction with the 2023 Confidential Computing Summit last week, VMware announced a partnership with tech giants to accelerate the...
200,000 WordPress Sites Exposed to Attacks Exploiting Flaw in ‘Ultimate Member’ Plugin – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire More than 200,000 WordPress websites are exposed to ongoing attacks targeting a critical vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin. Designed...
MITRE Updates CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire The MITRE Corporation has published an updated Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list to reflect...
Proton Launches Open Source Password Manager – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Internet privacy company Proton this week announced the global launch of its open source password manager, Proton Pass. The password...
IP Fabric Raises $25 Million in Series B Funding – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Network assurance company IP Fabric on Thursday announced that it had secured $25 million in a Series B funding round...
Serious Vulnerability Exposes Admin Interface of Arcserve UDP Backup Solution – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Proof-of-concept (PoC) code targeting a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in the Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) backup software was published...
New MIT Framework Evaluates Side-Channel Attack Mitigations – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire A group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has devised a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of...
Dozens of Businesses Hit Recently by ‘8Base’ Ransomware Gang – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire A ransomware gang named 8Base was the second most active group in June 2023, claiming roughly 30 victims, VMware reports....
Invary Raises $1.85 Million in Pre-Seed Funding for Runtime Integrity Solution – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Operating system runtime validation and security firm Invary today announced it has raised $1.85 million in a pre-seed funding round...
Submarine Cables at Risk of Nation-State Sabotage, Spying: Report – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Submarine cables, the backbone of the global economy and telecommunications, are operating in an increasingly risky environment and are prone...
Sensitive Information Stolen in LetMeSpy Stalkerware Hack – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Radeal, the Polish developer of Android stalkerware ‘LetMeSpy’, is informing users that their personal information and collected data was stolen...
Anatsa Banking Trojan Delivered via Google Play Targets Android Users in US, Europe – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Android users in at least five countries have been targeted with the Anatsa banking trojan via malicious droppers uploaded to...
Patented.ai Raises $4 Million for AI Data Privacy Solution – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Data protection company Patented.ai today announced it has raised $4 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Cooley LLP...
Hundreds of Devices With Internet-Exposed Management Interface Found in US Agencies – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Attack surface management firm Censys has identified hundreds of devices residing within federal networks that have internet-exposed management interfaces. During...
Chrome 114 Update Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ionut Arghire Google this week announced a new Chrome 114 update that patches a total of four vulnerabilities, including three high-severity bugs...