Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Docker Patches Critical AuthZ Plugin Bypass Vulnerability Dating Back to 2018

The critical vulnerability in Docker Engine, identified as CVE-2024-41110 with a severity score of 10/10, was first discovered in 2018 and reappeared due to a missed patch in January 2019. It allows attackers to bypass authorization plugins.

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Report: Malware Attacks Surge 30% in First Half of 2024

The 2024 Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report from SonicWall revealed a 30% increase in malware-based threats compared to 2023, with a significant spike in attacks from March to May, including 78,923 new variants observed in the first half of 2024.

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'Stargazer Goblin' Amasses Thousands of Rogue GitHub Accounts to Spread Malware

Stargazer Goblin has been distributing various malware families like Atlantida Stealer, Lumma, and Rhadamanthys, since at least August 2022. The threat actor charges users to "star" repositories with fake accounts, increasing their credibility.

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Vanta Raises $150M Series C, Now Valued at $2.45B

Vanta's Series C funding was led by Sequoia Capital. Other participating investors include Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and J.P. Morgan, along with existing partners like Atlassian Ventures and Y Combinator.

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Pro-Palestinian Actor Levels Six-Day DDoS Attack on UAE Bank

BlackMeta, known for targeting organizations in Israel, UAE, and the US, used a cybercrime service called InfraShutdown to target a UAE bank for $500-$625 a week. The attach lasted 100 hours in total.

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6 Types of Applications Security Testing You Must Know About

While the specifics for security testing vary for applications, web applications, and APIs, a holistic and proactive applications security strategy is essential for all three types. There are six core types of testing that every security professional should know about to secure their applications, regardless of what phase they are in in development or deployment. In this article, we will

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Lakera Raises $20 Million to Secure GenAI Applications

Lakera has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round. Led by European VC Atomico, with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures, and existing investors including redalpine, this investment brings Lakera’s total funding to $30 million.

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Major Russian Banks Hit with DDoS Attacks as Ukraine Claims Responsibility

Several major Russian banks were hit by DDoS attacks that disrupted their mobile apps and websites. State-owned VTB and Russian Agricultural Bank confirmed the attacks, with VTB attributing it to a foreign source.

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Infisical: Open-source secret management platform - Help Net Security

Infisical is an open-source secret management platform used by developers to centralize application configurations and secrets like API keys and database credentials, as well as manage internal PKI.

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Echoes of Braodo Tales from the Cyber Underworld

The Braodo Stealer, a Vietnamese-based malware, is infiltrating victims' systems to steal sensitive information like credentials and banking details for identity theft and financial harm.

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Meta Removes 63,000 Instagram Accounts Linked to Nigerian Sextortion Scams

Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it took steps to remove around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were found to target people with financial sextortion scams. "These included a smaller coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts that we were able to link to a group of around 20 individuals," the company said. "They targeted primarily adult men in the U.S. and used fake accounts to mask

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Webinar: Securing the Modern Workspace: What Enterprises MUST Know about Enterprise Browser Security

The browser is the nerve center of the modern workspace. Ironically, however, the browser is also one of the least protected threat surfaces of the modern enterprise. Traditional security tools provide little protection against browser-based threats, leaving organizations exposed. Modern cybersecurity requires a new approach based on the protection of the browser itself, which offers both

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Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice

ICANN has warned the Chinese company responsible for the “.top” domain registry to improve its system for managing phishing reports or risk losing its license. ".top" was found to be a popular choice for phishing websites, behind only “.com.”

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Fraudsters Abuse Legitimate Blockchain Protocols to Steal Your Cryptocurrency Wallet

Research conducted by Check Point has revealed how fraudsters are exploiting legitimate blockchain protocols to carry out sophisticated scams. The Uniswap Protocol and Safe.global are among the platforms targeted by these attackers.

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Okta Browser Plugin Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-0981

Okta Browser Plugin versions 6.5.0 through 6.31.0 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, prompting users to save credentials in Okta Personal. The issue was fixed in version 6.32.0 for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari.

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Researchers Reveal ConfusedFunction Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability impacting Google Cloud Platform's Cloud Functions service that an attacker could exploit to access other services and sensitive data in an unauthorized manner. Tenable has given the vulnerability the name ConfusedFunction. "An attacker could escalate their privileges to the Default Cloud Build Service Account and

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Russia-Linked Brute-Force Campaign Targets EU via Microsoft Infrastructure

The attackers are primarily targeting High-Value Targets (HVTs) in key infrastructure cities like Edinburgh and Dublin. Over half of the attack IPs are from Moscow, with the rest traced back to Amsterdam and Brussels.

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CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

The vulnerabilities are as follows: CVE-2012-4792, a decade-old vulnerability in Internet Explorer allowing remote code execution, and CVE-2024-39891, an information disclosure flaw in Twilio Authy.

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Critical Docker Engine Flaw Allows Attackers to Bypass Authorization Plugins

Docker is warning of a critical flaw impacting certain versions of Docker Engine that could allow an attacker to sidestep authorization plugins (AuthZ) under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2024-41110, the bypass and privilege escalation vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. "An attacker could exploit a bypass using an API request with Content-Length set

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CISA Warns of Exploitable Vulnerabilities in Popular BIND 9 DNS Software

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released patches to address multiple security vulnerabilities in the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) 9 Domain Name System (DNS) software suite that could be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. "A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition," the U.S. Cybersecurity and