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Tariffs May Prompt Increase in Global Cyberattacks
Cybersecurity and policy experts worry that if tariffs give way to a global recession, organizations will reduce their spending on cybersecurity.
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Oracle Appears to Admit Breach of 2 'Obsolete' Servers
The database company said its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) was not involved in the breach. And at least one law firm seeking damages is already on the case.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:China-Linked Hackers Continue Harassing Ethnic Groups With Spyware
Threat actors are trolling online forums and spreading malicious apps to target Uyghurs, Taiwanese, Tibetans, and other individuals aligned with interests that China sees as a threat to its authority.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:BadBazaar and Moonshine malware targets Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur groups, U.K. warns
In a joint advisory with Western allies, the National Cyber Security Centre sounded the alarm about variants of BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE. The post BadBazaar and Moonshine malware targets Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur groups, U.K. warns appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools
Google plans to unleash automated AI agents into overtaxed SOCs to reduce the manual workload for cybersecurity investigators. The post Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Grouchoβs Wit, Cloud Complexity, and the Case for Consistent Security Policy
The greatest security policies in the world are useless if enterprises donβt have a reasonable, consistent, and reliable way to implement them. The post Grouchoβs Wit, Cloud Complexity, and the Case for Consistent Security Policy appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Treasury bureau notifies Congress that email hack was a βmajorβ cybersecurity incident
The OCC said the February incident resulted in the theft of βhighly sensitive information" tied to the financial conditions of federally regulated institutions. The post Treasury bureau notifies Congress that email hack was a βmajorβ cybersecurity incident appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Lovable AI Found Most Vulnerable to VibeScamming β Enabling Anyone to Build Live Scam Pages
Lovable, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform that allows for creating full-stack web applications using text-based prompts, has been found to be the most susceptible to jailbreak attacks, allowing novice and aspiring cybercrooks to set up lookalike credential harvesting pages. "As a purpose-built tool for creating and deploying web apps, its capabilities line up perfectly
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Bill to study national security risks in routers passes House committee
The legislation calls for a Commerce Department examination of routers, modems and other devices controlled by U.S. adversaries. The post Bill to study national security risks in routers passes House committee appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Using Post-Quantum Planning to Improve Security Hygiene
With careful planning, the transition to post-quantum cryptography can significantly improve security and risk management for the present and future.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Qevlar AI Raises $10 Million for Autonomous Investigation Platform
French cybersecurity startup Qevlar AI has raised $10 million in a funding round led by EQT Ventures and Forgepoint Capital International. The post Qevlar AI Raises $10 Million for Autonomous Investigation Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:New TCESB Malware Found in Active Attacks Exploiting ESET Security Scanner
A Chinese-affiliated threat actor known for its cyber-attacks in Asia has been observed exploiting a security flaw in security software from ESET to deliver a previously undocumented malware codenamed TCESB. "Previously unseen in ToddyCat attacks, [TCESB] is designed to stealthily execute payloads in circumvention of protection and monitoring tools installed on the device," Kaspersky said in an
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:How to Leak to a Journalist
Neiman Lab has some good advice on how to leak a story to a journalist.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSwitch Vulnerability
Fortinet fixes a critical-severity bug in FortiSwitch that could allow an attacker to modify administrative passwords. The post Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSwitch Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Explosive Growth of Non-Human Identities Creating Massive Security Blind Spots
GitGuardian's State of Secrets Sprawl report for 2025 reveals the alarming scale of secrets exposure in modern software environments. Driving this is the rapid growth of non-human identities (NHIs), which have been outnumbering human users for years. We need to get ahead of it and prepare security measures and governance for these machine identities as they continue to be deployed, creating an
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack
Oracle is sending out written notifications to customers over the recent hack after it initially appeared to completely deny a data breach. The post Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:So your friend has been hacked: Could you be next?
When a ruse puts on a familiar face, your guard might drop, making you an easy mark. Learn how to tell a friend apart from a foe.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:PipeMagic Trojan Exploits Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability to Deploy Ransomware
Microsoft has revealed that a now-patched security flaw impacting the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) was exploited as a zero-day in ransomware attacks aimed at a small number of targets. "The targets include organizations in the information technology (IT) and real estate sectors of the United States, the financial sector in Venezuela, a Spanish software company, and the retail sector in
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:CISA Warns of CentreStack's Hard-Coded MachineKey Vulnerability Enabling RCE Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting Gladinet CentreStack to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-30406 (CVSS score: 9.0), concerns a case of a hard-coded cryptographic key that could be abused to achieve remote
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Microsoft Patches 125 Flaws Including Actively Exploited Windows CLFS Vulnerability
Microsoft has released security fixes to address a massive set of 125 flaws affecting its software products, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 125 vulnerabilities, 11 are rated Critical, 112 are rated Important, and two are rated Low in severity. Forty-nine of these vulnerabilities are classified as privilege escalation, 34 as remote code
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Microsoft Patches 126 Flaws Including Actively Exploited Windows CLFS Vulnerability
Microsoft has released security fixes to address a massive set of 126 flaws affecting its software products, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 126 vulnerabilities, 11 are rated Critical, 112 are rated Important, and two are rated Low in severity. Forty-nine of these vulnerabilities are classified as privilege escalation, 34 as remote code
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Adobe Patches 11 Critical ColdFusion Flaws Amid 30 Total Vulnerabilities Discovered
Adobe has released security updates to fix a fresh set of security flaws, including multiple critical-severity bugs in ColdFusion versions2025, 2023 and 2021 that could result in arbitrary file read and code execution. Of the 30 flaws in the product, 11 are rated Critical in severity - CVE-2025-24446 (CVSS score: 9.1) - An improper input validation vulnerability that could result in an
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Patch Tuesday, April 2025 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 121 security holes in its Windows operating systems and software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in the wild. Eleven of those flaws earned Microsoft's most-dire "critical" rating, meaning malware or malcontents could exploit them with little to no interaction from Windows users.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Microsoft Drops Another Massive Patch Update
A threat actor has already exploited one of the flaws in a ransomware campaign with victims in the US and other countries.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Industry Asks for Clarity on Proposed HIPAA Cybersecurity Rules
Healthcare and IT security practitioners worry that some of the proposed amendments are not practical for a sector that lacks resources and often uses legacy equipment.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Tech experts recommend full steam ahead on US export controls for AI
While the efficiency of newer Chinese models like DeepSeek have rumbled U.S. AI markets, experts say previous restrictions on the sale of computer chips and other important components are having an impact. The post Tech experts recommend full steam ahead on US export controls for AI appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Privacy fights over expiring surveillance law loom after House hearing
At issue are warrant requirements sought by Judiciary Committee members and other gripes they have about the most recent Section 702 legislation. The post Privacy fights over expiring surveillance law loom after House hearing appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Aurascape Brings Visibility, Security Controls to Manage AI Applications
The cybersecurity startup has emerged from stealth with an AI-native security platform to automate security policies for AI applications.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:UK Orgs Pull Back Digital Projects With Looming Threat of Cyberwarfare
Artificial intelligence poses a significant concern when it comes to nation-state cyberthreats and AI's ability to supercharge attacks.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:2 Android Zero-Day Bugs Under Active Exploit
Neither security issue requires user interaction, and one of the vulnerabilities was used to unlock a student activist's device in an attempt to install spyware.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Fortinet Urges FortiSwitch Upgrades to Patch Critical Admin Password Change Flaw
Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting FortiSwitch that could permit an attacker to make unauthorized password changes. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-48887, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10.0. "An unverified password change vulnerability [CWE-620] in FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to modify
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Adobe Calls Urgent Attention to Critical ColdFusion Flaws
The Adobe Patch Tuesday rollout covers 54 vulnerabilities, including code execution issues in the oft-targeted Adobe ColdFusion software. The post Adobe Calls Urgent Attention to Critical ColdFusion Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Amazon EC2 SSM Agent Flaw Patched After Privilege Escalation via Path Traversal
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in the Amazon EC2 Simple Systems Manager (SSM) Agent that, if successfully exploited, could permit an attacker to achieve privilege escalation and code execution. The vulnerability could permit an attacker to create directories in unintended locations on the filesystem, execute arbitrary scripts with root privileges,
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Cryptocurrency Miner and Clipper Malware Spread via SourceForge Cracked Software Listings
Threat actors have been observed distributing malicious payloads such as cryptocurrency miner and clipper malware via SourceForge, a popular software hosting service, under the guise of cracked versions of legitimate applications like Microsoft Office. "One such project, officepackage, on the main website sourceforge.net, appears harmless enough, containing Microsoft Office add-ins copied from a
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Octane Raises $6.75M for Smart Contract Security Tech
San Francisco smart contract security startup closes a $6.75 million seed funding round led by Archetype and Winklevoss Capital. The post Octane Raises $6.75M for Smart Contract Security Tech appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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