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πŸ“” CISA to Get New Headquarters as $524M Contract Awarded πŸ“”

The building, located in Washington, DC, will be the new home of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security.

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πŸ”— Via "Infosecurity Magazine"

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πŸ“” Healthcare Hit by a Fifth of Ransomware Incidents πŸ“”

Healthcare has been the most targeted sector according to Barracuda analysis of 200 reported ransomware incidents from August 2023 to July 2024.

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πŸ“” Most Ransomware Attacks Now Happen at Night πŸ“”

Malwarebytes report warns security teams to be on high alert for ransomware attacks at night.

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πŸ“” Microchip Technology Says IT Incident Impacted Operations πŸ“”

US chip firm Microchip reveals operational disruption stemming from cyber incident.

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πŸ“’ The top API risks of 2024 and how to mitigate them πŸ“’

While APIs are the backbone of online applications, they can offer a backdoor to sensitive information making API monitoring by IT teams an absolute imperative.

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πŸ”— Via "ITPro"

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πŸ“’ NIS2 is a double-edged sword for the IT channel πŸ“’

NIS2 presents demanding new compliance obligations for channel partners, but it's vital if they are going to build the resilience they need in today's threat landscape.

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πŸ“’ Toyota’s cyber woes continue as latest breach marks fifth major IT incident in two years πŸ“’

Toyota is once again in the headlines after a hacker collective claimed to have exfiltrated 240GB of sensitive data from the car manufacturers internal systems.

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πŸ“’ Ransomware gangs are rolling in cash, with hackers taking home $459.8 million in the first half of 2024 alone πŸ“’

Ransomware criminals are ramping up attacks globally and reaping the financial rewards.

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πŸ“” Australia Calls Off Clearview AI Investigation Despite Lack of Compliance πŸ“”

Australias data protection watchdog has decided to stop its investigation into US facial recognition company Clearview AI.

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πŸ“” Oregon Zoo Warns Over 100,000 Customers of Payment Card Compromise πŸ“”

Oregon Zoo revealed that an unauthorized actor potentially obtained payment card information used in transactions over six months.

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🦿 More than 3 in 4 Tech Leaders Worry About SaaS Security Threats, New Survey Reveals 🦿

The average enterprise uses 130 different SaaS applications today, up from 80 in 2020, according to Onymos.

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πŸ”— Via "Tech Republic"

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πŸ“” New MoonPeak RAT Linked to North Korean Threat Group UAT-5394 πŸ“”

The MoonPeak RAT as used by UAT5394 showed a possible connection to North Korean threat Kimsuky.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Microsoft Patches Critical Copilot Studio Vulnerability Exposing Sensitive Data πŸ–‹οΈ

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting Microsoft's Copilot Studio that could be exploited to access sensitive information. Tracked as CVE202438206 CVSS score 8.5, the vulnerability has been described as an information disclosure bug stemming from a serverside request forgery SSRF attack. "An authenticated attacker can bypass ServerSide Request.

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πŸ”— Via "The Hacker News"

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πŸ–‹οΈ North Korean Hackers Deploy New MoonPeak Trojan in Cyber Campaign πŸ–‹οΈ

A new remote access trojan called MoonPeak has been discovered as being used by a statesponsored North Korean threat activity cluster as part of a new campaign. Cisco Talos attributed the malicious cyber campaign to a hacking group it tracks as UAT5394, which it said exhibits some level of tactical overlaps with a known nationstate actor codenamed Kimsuky. MoonPeak, under active development.

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πŸ”— Via "The Hacker News"

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πŸ“” New MoonPeak RAT Linked to North Korean Threat Group UAT-5394 πŸ“”

The MoonPeak RAT as used by UAT5394 showed a possible connection to North Korean threat Kimsuky.

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πŸ”— Via "Infosecurity Magazine"

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πŸ“” Critical LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Flaw Exposes WordPress Sites πŸ“”

The LiteSpeed Cache flaw may expose millions of WordPress sites to severe security risks.

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πŸ–‹οΈ New Malware PG_MEM Targets PostgreSQL Databases for Crypto Mining πŸ–‹οΈ

Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked a new malware strain dubbed PGMEM that's designed to mine cryptocurrency after bruteforcing their way into PostgreSQL database instances. "Bruteforce attacks on Postgres involve repeatedly attempting to guess the database credentials until access is gained, exploiting weak passwords," Aqua security researcher Assaf Morag said in a technical report. ".

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πŸ”— Via "The Hacker News"

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πŸ–‹οΈ Google Fixes High-Severity Chrome Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild πŸ–‹οΈ

Google has rolled out security fixes to address a highseverity security flaw in its Chrome browser that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE20247971, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. "Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to exploit heap.

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πŸ”— Via "The Hacker News"

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πŸ–‹οΈ Critical Flaw in WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Allows Hackers Admin Access πŸ–‹οΈ

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could permit unauthenticated users to gain administrator privileges. "The plugin suffers from an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability which allows any unauthenticated visitor to gain Administrator level access after which malicious plugins could be uploaded and.

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πŸ–‹οΈ GitHub Patches Critical Security Flaw in Enterprise Server Granting Admin Privileges πŸ–‹οΈ

GitHub has released fixes to address a set of three security flaws impacting its Enterprise Server product, including one critical bug that could be abused to gain site administrator privileges. The most severe of the shortcomings has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE20246800, and carries a CVSS score of 9.5. "On GitHub Enterprise Server instances that use SAML single signon SSO.

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πŸ”— Via "The Hacker News"

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πŸš€ How regulatory standards and cyber insurance inform each other πŸš€

Should the payment of a ransomware demand be illegal? Should it be regulated in some way? These questions are some examples of the legal minefield that cybersecurity teams must deal with.

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πŸ”— Via "ESET - WeLiveSecurity"

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