Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Researcher Discovers Downgrade Attack Abusing Windows Update Process

A security researcher at SafeBreach demonstrated at the Black Hat 2024 conference that two zero-day vulnerabilities can be exploited in downgrade attacks to revert fully updated Windows systems back to older versions, reintroducing vulnerabilities.

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Automated Security Validation: One (Very Important) Part of a Complete CTEM Framework

The last few years have seen more than a few new categories of security solutions arise in hopes of stemming a never-ending tidal wave of risks. One of these categories is Automated Security Validation (ASV), which provides the attacker’s perspective of exposures and equips security teams to continuously validate exposures, security measures, and remediation at scale. ASV is an important element

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SEC Ends Probe Into MOVEit Attacks Impacting 95 Million People

The SEC has closed its investigation into Progress Software's handling of a zero-day flaw in MOVEit Transfer. Progress Software announced in a recent SEC filing that no enforcement action will be recommended by the Division of Enforcement.

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Windows Downgrade Attack Risks Exposing Patched Systems to Old Vulnerabilities

Microsoft said it is developing security updates to address two loopholes that it said could be abused to stage downgrade attacks against the Windows update architecture and replace current versions of the Windows files with older versions. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2024-38202 (CVSS score: 7.3) - Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2024-21302 (CVSS

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New Phishing Scam Uses Google Drawings and WhatsApp Shortened Links

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel phishing campaign that leverages Google Drawings and shortened links generated via WhatsApp to evade detection and trick users into clicking on bogus links designed to steal sensitive information. "The attackers chose a group of the best-known websites in computing to craft the threat, including Google and WhatsApp to host the attack elements,

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Roundcube Flaws Allow Easy Email Account Compromise (CVE-2024-42009, CVE-2024-42008)

Roundcube's vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-42009, CVE-2024-42008) allow attackers to compromise email accounts easily. The two cross-site scripting flaws could lead to the theft of emails, contacts, and passwords, and the sending of unauthorized emails.

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Microsoft 365 Anti-Phishing Feature can be Bypassed with CSS

A flaw in Microsoft 365's anti-phishing feature allows attackers to hide the 'First Contact Safety Tip' warning in Outlook emails using CSS, increasing the risk of users falling for malicious emails.

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FBI and CISA Warn of BlackSuit Ransomware That Demands Up to $500 Million

The ransomware strain known as BlackSuit has demanded as much as $500 million in ransoms to date, with one individual ransom demand hitting $60 million. That's according to an updated advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "BlackSuit actors have exhibited a willingness to negotiate payment amounts," the

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Critical Security Flaw in WhatsUp Gold Under Active Attack - Patch Now

A critical security flaw impacting Progress Software WhatsUp Gold is seeing active exploitation attempts, making it essential that users move quickly to apply the latest. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-4885 (CVSS score: 9.8), an unauthenticated remote code execution bug impacting versions of the network monitoring application released before 2023.1.3. "The

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Cybercrime Rapper Sues Bank over Fraud Investigation

In January, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about rapper Punchmade Dev, whose music videos sing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. That story showed how Punchmade's social media profiles promoted Punchmade-themed online stores selling bank account and payment card data. Now the Kentucky native is suing his financial institution after it blocked a $75,000 wire transfer and froze his account, citing an active law enforcement investigation.

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Report: Email Attacks Skyrocket 293%

According to Acronis, ransomware remains a top threat for SMBs, especially in critical sectors like government and healthcare, where 10 new ransomware groups conducted 84 cyberattacks globally in Q1 2024.

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Federal Watchdog Urges EPA to Develop Comprehensive Cyber Strategy to Protect Water Systems

The U.S. Government Accountability Office is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a comprehensive strategy to protect the nation's drinking and wastewater systems from cyber threats.

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New Linux Kernel Exploit Technique 'SLUBStick' Discovered by Researchers

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive. "Initially, it exploits a timing side-channel of the allocator to perform a cross-cache attack reliably," a group of academics from the Graz University of Technology said [PDF]. "

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NHS Software Supplier Advanced Faces $7.6 Million Fine Over Ransomware Attack Failings

NHS software supplier Advanced faces a hefty fine of over £6 million (~$7.6 Million) for failing to protect personal information during a ransomware attack that impacted the National Health Service in the UK.

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Roundcube Webmail Flaws Allow Hackers to Steal Emails and Passwords

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of security flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim's web browser and steal sensitive information from their account under specific circumstances. "When a victim views a malicious email in Roundcube sent by an attacker, the attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's

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Ransomware Swells Despite Collective Push to Curb Attacks

Rapid7 researchers noted over 2,570 attacks in the first half of 2024, equating to around 14 attacks daily. The number of ransomware groups posting on data leak sites surged 67% compared to the previous year.

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Threat Actors Announced Doubleface Ransomware, Claims Fully Undetectable

Threat actors have introduced Doubleface ransomware, claiming it to be fully undetectable by major antivirus software. The ransomware utilizes a unique algorithm with AES-128 and RSA-4096 encryption, making decryption difficult without the right key.

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Cyber Training Organization Pledges $15 Million in Education Programs

EC-Council, a cyber certification organization, has pledged $15 million in scholarships to support over 50,000 students in cybersecurity programs. The goal is to help students earn industry credentials and enhance their cybersecurity skills.

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North Korean Hackers Leverage Malicious NPM Packages for Initial Access

North Korean hackers, identified as Moonstone Sleet, have been distributing malicious JavaScript packages on the npm registry to infect Windows systems. The two packages, harthat-api and harthat-hash, were uploaded on July 7, 2024.