Threat actors are increasingly banking on a new technique that leverages near-field communication (NFC) to cash out victim’s funds at scale. The technique, codenamed Ghost Tap by ThreatFabric, enables cybercriminals… Read More »Ghost Tap: Hackers Exploiting NFCGate to Steal Funds via Mobile Payments
Microsoft has announced a new Windows Resiliency Initiative as a way to improve security and reliability, as well as ensure that system integrity is not compromised. The idea, the tech… Read More »Microsoft Launches Windows Resiliency Initiative to Boost Security and System Integrity
The frequency and sophistication of modern cyberattacks are surging, making it increasingly challenging for organizations to protect sensitive data and critical infrastructure. When attackers compromise a non-human identity (NHI), they… Read More »NHIs Are the Future of Cybersecurity: Meet NHIDR
Multiple decade-old security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the needrestart package installed by default in Ubuntu Server (since version 21.04) that could allow a local attacker to gain root privileges… Read More »Decades-Old Security Vulnerabilities Found in Ubuntu’s Needrestart Package
A new China-linked cyber espionage group has been attributed as behind a series of targeted cyber attacks targeting telecommunications entities in South Asia and Africa since at least 2020 with… Read More »China-Backed Hackers Leverage SIGTRAN, GSM Protocols to Infiltrate Telecom Networks
Oracle is warning that a high-severity security flaw impacting the Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Framework has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21287 (CVSS score: 7.5),… Read More »Oracle Warns of Agile PLM Vulnerability Currently Under Active Exploitation
Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two zero-day flaws that have come under active exploitation in the wild. The… Read More »Apple Releases Urgent Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Malicious actors are exploiting misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks to conduct stream ripping and enable sports piracy using live streaming capture tools. The attacks involve the hijack of unauthenticated Jupyter… Read More »Hackers Hijack Unsecured Jupyter Notebooks to Stream Illegal Sports Broadcasts
The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings… Read More »Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices
Privileged accounts are well-known gateways for potential security threats. However, many organizations focus solely on managing privileged access—rather than securing the accounts and users entrusted with it. This emphasis is… Read More »Privileged Accounts, Hidden Threats: Why Privileged Access Security Must Be a Top Priority