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πŸ“” Hackers Use DNS Tunneling to Scan and Track Victims πŸ“”

Palo Alto Networks warns threat actors are using DNS tunneling techniques to probe for network vulnerabilities.

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πŸ“” FCC Names and Shames First Robocall Threat Actor πŸ“”

In a first, the FCC has designated Royal Tiger as a malicious robocall threat group.

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πŸ“’ Scattered Spider, the ransomware group behind the MGM cyber attack, is still on a rampage – and authorities are ramping up efforts to catch them πŸ“’

Scattered Spider brought MGM Resorts to its knees in late 2023, and despite a law enforcement crackdown, its still highly active.

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πŸ”— Via "ITPro"

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πŸ“” UK Insurance and NCSC Join Forces to Fight Ransomware Payments πŸ“”

UK insurers and the National Cybersecurity Centre release new guidance to discourage ransomware payments by businesses.

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πŸ–‹οΈ 6 Mistakes Organizations Make When Deploying Advanced Authentication πŸ–‹οΈ

Deploying advanced authentication measures is key to helping organizations address their weakest cybersecurity link their human users. Having some form of 2factor authentication in place is a great start, but many organizations may not yet be in that spot or have the needed level of authentication sophistication to adequately safeguard organizational data. When deploying.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Ongoing Campaign Bombarded Enterprises with Spam Emails and Phone Calls πŸ–‹οΈ

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an ongoing social engineering campaign that bombards enterprises with spam emails with the goal of obtaining initial access to their environments for followon exploitation. "The incident involves a threat actor overwhelming a user's email with junk and calling the user, offering assistance," Rapid7 researchers Tyler McGraw, Thomas Elkins, and.

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πŸ“’ The HSE cyber attack was a "landmark event" in Ireland - has it learned from the experience? πŸ“’

The HSE cyber attack in 2021 was one of the worst security incidents in Irish history, but three years on, has the health service learned from its mistakes?.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Heartbleed: When Is It Good to Name a Vulnerability? πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

Ten years have passed since Heartbleed was first identified, but the security industry is still grappling with the question of branded vulnerabilities and naming vulnerabilities appropriately.

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🧠 Overheard at RSA Conference 2024: Top trends cybersecurity experts are talking about 🧠

At a brunch roundtable, one of the many informal events held during the RSA Conference 2024 RSAC, the conversation turned to the most popular trends and themes at this years events. There was no disagreement in what people presenting sessions or companies on the Expo show floor were talking about RSAC 2024 is all about The post Overheard at RSA Conference 2024 Top trends cybersecurity experts are talking about appeared first on Security Intelligence.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Critical Flaws in Cacti Framework Could Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code πŸ–‹οΈ

The maintainers of the Cacti opensource network monitoring and fault management framework have addressed a dozen security flaws, including two critical issues that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The most severe of the vulnerabilities are listed below CVE202425641 CVSS score 9.1 An arbitrary file write vulnerability in the "Package Import" feature that.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ There Is No Cyber Labor Shortage πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

There are plenty of valuable candidates on the market. Hiring managers are simply looking in the wrong places.

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πŸ“” Russian Actors Weaponize Legitimate Services in Multi-Malware Attack πŸ“”

Recorded Future details a novel campaign that abuses legitimate internet services to deploy multiple malware variants for credential theft.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ DNS Tunneling Abuse Expands to Tracking & Scanning Victims πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

Several campaigns are leveraging the evasive tactic to provide useful insights into victims' online activities and find new ways to compromise organizations.

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πŸ‘½ Microsoft Upgrades Outlook Spam Filter with AI, Phishing Protection πŸ‘½

Microsoft has announced significant improvements to its spam filtering capabilities within Outlook, aiming to reduce the amount of unwanted emails reaching users inboxes. These enhancements leverage artificial intelligence AI and machine learning to better identify and block spam messages, providing a cleaner and more productive email experience. Key Improvements Improved.

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πŸ–‹οΈ New Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2024-4761 Under Active Exploitation πŸ–‹οΈ

Google on Monday shipped emergency fixes to address a new zeroday flaw in the Chrome web browser that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The highseverity vulnerability, tracked as CVE20244761, is an outofbounds write bug impacting the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. It was reported anonymously on May 9, 2024. Outofbounds write bugs could be typically.

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πŸ“” China Presents Defining Challenge to Global Cybersecurity, Says GCHQ πŸ“”

GCHQ chief warns China's cyber actions threaten global internet security, while Russia and Iran pose immediate risks.

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πŸ“” 44% of Cybersecurity Professionals Struggle with Regulatory Compliance πŸ“”

Infosecurity Europe research highlights significant challenges faced by organisations in staying up to speed with increasing compliance requirements.

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πŸ–‹οΈ VMware Patches Severe Security Flaws in Workstation and Fusion Products πŸ–‹οΈ

Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in VMware Workstation and Fusion products that could be exploited by threat actors to access sensitive information, trigger a denialofservice DoS condition, and execute code under certain circumstances. The four vulnerabilities impact Workstation versions 17.x and Fusion versions 13.x, with fixes available in version 17.5.2 and.

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πŸ“” Ebury Botnet Operators Diversify with Financial and Crypto Theft πŸ“”

The 15yearold Ebury botnet is more active than ever, as ESET found 400,000 Linux servers compromised for cryptocurrency theft and financial gain.

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πŸ“” CISA and Partners Unveil Cybersecurity Guide For Civil Society Groups πŸ“”

The guide is designed to provide highrisk communities with actionable steps to bolster their cybersecurity defenses.

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πŸ“” NIST Confusion Continues as Cyber Pros Complain CVE Uploads Stalled πŸ“”

Several software security experts have told Infosecurity that no new vulnerabilities have been added to the US National Vulnerability Database NVD since May 9.

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