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Vulnerabilities
Microsoft's security response team pushed out documentation for almost 90 vulnerabilities across Windows and OS components and marked several flaws in the actively exploited...
Data Protection
SecurityWeek speaks to Michael Osborne, CTO of IBM Quantum Safe, for a better understanding of the need for and principles of quantum safe cryptography.
Cybercrime
Law enforcement agencies in the US, Germany, and the UK have disrupted the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware infrastructure.
Endpoint Security
The vulnerabilities, patched in OpenVPN 2.6.10, expose users on the Windows platform to remote code execution attacks.
Cyberwarfare
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung blamed the hack on “foreign sources hostile to the United States.”
Incident Response
CrowdStrike dismissed claims that the Falcon EDR sensor bug could be exploited for privilege escalation or remote code execution.
Data Protection
In modern security parlance, ‘immutable’ has three primary associations: immutable servers, immutable backup, and immutable data.
Black Hat
Researcher showcases hack against Microsoft Windows Update architecture, turning fixed vulnerabilities into zero-days.
Ransomware
The ransomware scourge is still growing and still successful for attackers, Rapid7’s Ransomware Radar Report 2024 shows.
Incident Response
Microsoft is trying to determine “why other airlines were able to fully restore business operations so much faster than Delta.”
Disaster Recovery
CrowdStrike says the Falcon sensor crash that blue-screened Windows machines was caused by a "confluence" of vulnerabilities and testing gaps.
Incident Response
CrowdStrike and Delta are fighting over who is to blame for the airline canceling thousands of flights following the massive outage.
Vulnerabilities
Google has patched CVE-2024-36971, a high-severity kernel zero-day vulnerability in Android that has been exploited in targeted attacks.
Vulnerabilities
A new Linux kernel exploitation technique named SLUBStick makes heap vulnerabilities more dangerous.
Artificial Intelligence
EU officials say the Artificial Intelligence Act will protect the “fundamental rights” of citizens while also encouraging investment and innovation in the booming AI...
Incident Response
DigiCert has started revoking 83,000 certificates impacted by a validation issue, but critical infrastructure customers are asking for more time.
Data Breaches
The average cost of a data breach jumped to $4.88 million from $4.45 million in 2023, a 10% spike.
Cloud Security
Microsoft’s response to a DDoS attack on Azure amplified the impact of the attack instead of mitigating it, causing outages.
Ransomware
Zscaler is aware of a company that paid a record-breaking $75 million ransom to the Dark Angels ransomware group.
Artificial Intelligence
A cybersecurity advisory with technical details and recommendations has been written by the NSA, CISA and other agencies.
Artificial Intelligence
Vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities
The flaws could lead to remote code execution, authentication bypasses, and path traversal attacks.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Vulnerabilities
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