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Why Every Security Practitioner Should Attend mWISE

What's in store for mWISE 2023? 80+ curated sessions. 90+ hand-picked speakers. 7 session tracks. It's taking place September 18-20, 2023 in Washington, DC.  Register now and get $300 off a full conference pass, which includes access to all the sessions, evening receptions, and events. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/why-every-security-practitioner-should-attend-mwise/
Amazon's AWS SSM agent can be used as post-exploitation RAT malware

Researchers have discovered a new post-exploitation technique in Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows hackers to use the platform's System Manager (SSM) agent as an undetectable Remote Access Trojan (RAT). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazons-aws-ssm-agent-can-be-used-as-post-exploitation-rat-malware/
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Why Every Security Practitioner Should Attend mWISE

What's in store for mWISE 2023? 80+ curated sessions. 90+ hand-picked speakers. 7 session tracks. It's taking place September 18-20, 2023 in Washington, DC.  Register now and get $300 off a full conference pass, which includes access to all the sessions, evening receptions, and events. [...]
New Collide+Power side-channel attack impacts almost all CPUs

A new software-based power side-channel attack called 'Collide+Power' was discovered, impacting almost all CPUs and potentially allowing data to leak. However, the researchers warn that the flaw is low-risk and will likely not be used in attacks on end users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-collide-pluspower-side-channel-attack-impacts-almost-all-cpus/
Over 640 Citrix servers backdoored with web shells in ongoing attacks

Hundreds of Citrix Netscaler ADC and Gateway servers have already been breached and backdoored in a series of attacks targeting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-3519. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-640-citrix-servers-backdoored-with-web-shells-in-ongoing-attacks/
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New Collide+Power side-channel attack impacts almost all CPUs

A new software-based power side-channel attack called 'Collide+Power' was discovered, impacting almost all CPUs and potentially allowing data to leak. However, the researchers warn that the flaw is low-risk and will likely not be used in attacks on end users. [...]
Russian hackers target govt orgs in Microsoft Teams phishing attacks

Microsoft says a hacking group tracked as APT29 and linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) targeted dozens of organizations worldwide, including government agencies, in Microsoft Teams phishing attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-target-govt-orgs-in-microsoft-teams-phishing-attacks/
Hackers can abuse Microsoft Office executables to download malware

The list of LOLBAS files - legitimate binaries and scripts present in Windows that can be abused for malicious purposes, will include the main executables for Microsoft's Outlook email client and Access database management system. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-can-abuse-microsoft-office-executables-to-download-malware/
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US govt contractor Serco discloses data breach after MoveIT attacks

Serco Inc, the Americas division of multinational outsourcing company Serco Group, has disclosed a data breach after attackers stole the personal information of over 10,000 individuals from a third-party vendor's MoveIT managed file transfer (MFT) server. [...]