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A vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin is being exploited to inject backdoors and web shells into websites.

Predictive attack intelligence and risk protection startup BforeAI has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by SYN Ventures.

Palo Alto Networks has shared remediation instructions for organizations whose firewalls have been hacked via CVE-2024-3400.

A new phishing campaign abuses compromised email accounts and targets corporate users with PDF files hosted on Autodesk Drive.

The FTC is sending a total of $5.6 million in refunds to over 117,000 Ring customers as result of a 2023 settlement.

The Brocade SANnav management application is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including a publicly available root password.

Zero trust endpoint security company ThreatLocker has announced a $115 million Series D funding round that brings the total to $240 million. 

IBM is acquiring HashiCorp for $6.4 billion for its infrastructure lifecycle management and security lifecycle management capabilities.

Pope Francis has called for an international treaty to ensure AI is developed and used ethically, devoting his annual peace message this year to the topic.

Cisco warns that nation state-backed hackers are exploiting at least two zero-day vulnerabilities in its ASA firewall platforms to plant malware on telecommunications and energy sector networks.

KnowBe4 boasts that the merger will create “the largest, advanced AI-driven cybersecurity platform for managing human risk.”

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Mike Dube has joined cloud security company Aqua Security as CRO.

Cody Barrow has been appointed as CEO of threat intelligence company EclecticIQ.

Shay Mowlem has been named CMO of runtime and application security company Contrast Security.

Attack detection firm Vectra AI has appointed Jeff Reed to the newly created role of Chief Product Officer.

Shaun Khalfan has joined payments giant PayPal as SVP, CISO.

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Palo Alto Networks has shared remediation instructions for organizations whose firewalls have been hacked via CVE-2024-3400.

CISA Warns of Windows Print Spooler Flaw After Microsoft Sees Russian Exploitation

CISA warns organizations of a two-year-old Windows Print Spooler vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

Threat Intelligence Report Threat Intelligence Report

Mandiant’s M-Trends 2024 report shows that defenses are improving – and that may be true. But the reality remains that these same statistics demonstrate that if anything, the attackers still retain the upper hand.

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A vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin is being exploited to inject backdoors and web shells into websites.

Predictive attack intelligence and risk protection startup BforeAI has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by SYN Ventures.

Palo Alto Networks has shared remediation instructions for organizations whose firewalls have been hacked via CVE-2024-3400.

A new phishing campaign abuses compromised email accounts and targets corporate users with PDF files hosted on Autodesk Drive.

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Oracle unveiled Oracle Identity Management 11g Release 2 today, the latest version in its Identity Management platform. With Oracle Identity Management 11g, organizations can securely make the shift to cloud computing and rolling out mobile and social infrastructures, Oracle said. With so many applications living on mobile devices and in the cloud, it's important these applications get the same kind of management and security tools as the on-premise systems do.

By Including The Counterattack in IT Security Strategy Planning, Security Teams Can Quickly Change The Dynamics of a Cyber Attack...Any competent military commander knows that when put in a defensive position, defense forces are never be able to withstand long and sustained offensive attacks. The assumption that the front line of defense will eventually be breached is also true in the realm of the information security battle of defense.

What Should Financial Services Firms Look for to Ensure a Security Technology Can Address Their Needs?Perhaps no industry has a greater need for network and data security than the financial services industry. Widely considered to be ‘critical infrastructure,’ not only are banking and financial market networks handling the life savings of individuals, but the lifeblood of the global economy.

Two USB drives containing personal information on 2.4 million voters residing in districts within the Waterloo region of Southern Ontario, Canada were lost three months ago, according to recent disclosures from the agency who oversees general elections in Canada. Offering an explanation as to why Elections Ontario waited so long to release word of the breach, Greg Essensa, their chief electoral officer, said, “I did not want to make an irresponsible public notification or worry Ontarians needlessly.”

Cloud storage provider Dropbox, has taken on outside help in order to investigate a potential breach, which is being blamed as the reason for a sudden spike in spam directed at the service’s users.On Wednesday, users who said that they used unique email addresses when associating with Dropbox were seeing a massive flux in spam.InBoxes targeted by the spammer are seeing advertisements for EU Dice, Euro Gaming Palace, Premier Players Club, Vegas Virtual, SP Casino, and Best2day Support, and this...

ITWallStreet.com, a job board for IT talent looking to work in the financial district, was hacked on Wednesday – leaving some 50,000 users exposed. The attacker, going by Masakaki and claiming roots with TeamGhostShell, said the breach was part of a larger effort that focuses on financial institutions.ITWallStreet.com allows users to “discreetly connect with Wall Street’s IT career community.”

The Department of Homeland Security, through its Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT), issued a warning last Friday about security vulnerabilities in the Tridium Niagara AX Framework, a popular software platform that integrates various control systems and devices and allows them to be managed over the Internet.The scary part? The security flaws were reported months ago, and permanent a fix has not yet been created.

Zero-day disclosures, new tools and exploits abound in this year's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. Next week, the Caesar's Palace hotel in Las Vegas will host the 15th annual gathering of the minds in the world of security known as Black Hat USA.

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Cisco announces Hypershield, an AI-native and cloud-native enterprise security solution with a wide range of capabilities.