> TODAY'S SUMMARY (18 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several significant threats and trends. An attacker leveraged 4,837 hijacked GitHub accounts to deploy a secret stealer in over 1,800 repositories, underscoring the risks associated with compromised credentials. Poland's national e-government platform was taken offline following a cyberattack, disrupting public services. A critical vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's HTTP/2 module could allow remote code execution, emphasizing the need for prompt patching. Additionally, threat actors exploited stolen AI credentials to generate $740,000 in free compute resources, indicating the increasing value of AI tokens in cybercrime. Finally, unauthorized access incidents linked to ScreenConnect affected 288 endpoints across 48 organizations, prompting security measures from ConnectWise.
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New libtasn1 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.
Sodium could be made to expose sensitive information.
The State of Texas has obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Samsung that prohibits the South Korean company from collecting audio and visual data about what Texas consumers are watching on their TVs. [...]
The State of Texas obtained a short-lived, temporary restraining order (TRO) against Samsung that prohibited the South Korean company from collecting audio and visual data about what Texas consumers are watching on their TVs. [...]
Researchers at Radware discovered new prompt injection attacks in ChatGPT agentic features
The UK government’s cyber action plan is by the government for the government, and has no advice for the private sector nor CNI.
The post UK Government Unveils New Cyber Action Plan appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting...
A long-term cyber-espionage campaign targeting South Asia's telecom firms has been linked to UAT-7290
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USN-7946-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GnuPG 2.x.
This update provides the corresponding updates for GnuPG 1.x.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that GnuPG incorrectly handled crafted input.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program,
or execute arbitrary co...
Users and developers have hailed Linux as the operating system that “just works,” celebrating it for decades as a symbol of open source strength, speed, and security. Linux’s architecture and permissions model have long helped maintain cybersecurity resilience, fostering a reputation for near-invin...
Cybersecurity headlines often focus on threat actors and attack vectors, but the quietest and most dangerous threat in cybersecurity may be within our own teams. The difficulty of detecting cyber threats is accelerating, and the volume, creativity, and effectiveness of attacks show no signs of slow...
The deal aims to bolster CrowdStrike's Falcon platform with "continuous identity" protection to secure human and AI-driven access in real-time.
The post CrowdStrike to Buy Identity Security Firm SGNL for $740 Million in Cash appeared first on SecurityWeek.
As environments become more complex and grow, the instinctive response has been to add more tools. Organizations now manage an average of 45 cybersecurity products, which gives the impression of broad protection. Yet the organizations seeing the most meaningful reductions in breaches are the ones u...
Traditional compliance often forces companies to expose sensitive information to prove they follow the rules. This approach increases the risk of breaches and raises severe privacy concerns. With rising regulatory pressure and stricter data sovereignty laws, more organizations are exploring zero-kn...
The company will use the funds to enhance its AI-based narrative intelligence technology platform and accelerate go-to-market efforts.
The post Blackbird.AI Raises $28 Million for Narrative Intelligence Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A practical guide to the Backend for Frontend pattern for secrets management.
The post Stop Leaking API Keys: The Backend for Frontend (BFF) Pattern Explained appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Cybersecurity risk is no longer an abstract concern relegated to IT teams, it is a material business risk that boards and senior leaders must actively manage.UK government research indicates that around 43% of businesses experienced a cyber security breach or attack in the past year, underlining how...
It was discovered that Sodium incorrectly handled the elliptic curve point
validity check in certain atypical use cases. This could result in invalid
points being used, contrary to expectations.
If you are running a strong EDR platform, you're doing something right. EDR is essential. It's great at detecting and responding to malicious activity: suspicious processes, behaviors, lateral movement, and indicators of compromise.Â
But here's the uncomfortable truth: EDR does not tell you, w...