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🦿 Price Drop: This Complete Ethical Hacking Bundle is Now $40 🦿

Get a comprehensive, potentially lucrative ethical hacking education with 18 courses on today's top tools and tech. This bundle is just 39.97 for a limited time.

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🦿 GDPR Data Breach Notification Letter (Free Download) 🦿

In the current business environment, it is almost inevitable that an organization will experience a security breach that exposes collected personal data to unauthorized access. Under the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, regardless of the severity of the security breach, organizations must inform their EU customers and stakeholders of the incident in a ...

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🦿 What Is Cybersecurity Awareness Training? Why Your Business Needs it 🦿

Organizations of all sizes are being targeted by bad actors, which is why cybersecurity awareness training is more important than ever. Unfortunately, most organizations are not motivated to implement such training. A study by IBM found that barely half 51 of organizations that had already experienced a data breach in the past year planned to ...

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🖋️ Fortra Issues Patch for High-Risk FileCatalyst Workflow Security Vulnerability 🖋️

Fortra has addressed a critical security flaw impacting FileCatalyst Workflow that could be abused by a remote attacker to gain administrative access. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE20246633, carries a CVSS score of 9.8, and stems from the use of a static password to connect to a HSQL database. "The default credentials for the setup HSQL database HSQLDB for FileCatalyst Workflow are.

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🖋️ APT-C-60 Group Exploit WPS Office Flaw to Deploy SpyGlace Backdoor 🖋️

A South Koreaaligned cyber espionage has been linked to the zeroday exploitation of a nowpatched critical remote code execution flaw in Kingsoft WPS Office to deploy a bespoke backdoor dubbed SpyGlace. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor dubbed APTC60, according to cybersecurity firms ESET and DBAPPSecurity. The attacks have been found to infect Chinese and East Asian users.

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🖋️ BlackByte Ransomware Exploits VMware ESXi Flaw in Latest Attack Wave 🖋️

The threat actors behind the BlackByte ransomware group have been observed likely exploiting a recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors, while also leveraging various vulnerable drivers to disarm security protections. "The BlackByte ransomware group continues to leverage tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs that have formed the foundation of its tradecraft since its.

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🖋️ CISA Flags Critical Apache OFBiz Flaw Amid Active Exploitation Reports 🖋️

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Tuesday added a critical security flaw affecting the Apache OFBiz opensource enterprise resource planning ERP system to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, known as CVE202438856, carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating critical severity.

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🖋️ New QR Code Phishing Campaign Exploits Microsoft Sway to Steal Credentials 🖋️

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new QR code phishing aka quishing campaign that leverages Microsoft Sway infrastructure to host fake pages, once again highlighting the abuse of legitimate cloud offerings for malicious purposes. "By using legitimate cloud applications, attackers provide credibility to victims, helping them to trust the content it serves," Netskope Threat.

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🖋️ Critical WPML Plugin Flaw Exposes WordPress Sites to Remote Code Execution 🖋️

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the WPML WordPress multilingual plugin that could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code remotely under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE20246386 CVSS score 9.9, impacts all versions of the plugin before 4.6.13, which was released on August 20, 2024. Arising due to missing input validation and sanitization,.

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🚀 Old devices, new dangers: The risks of unsupported IoT tech 🚀

In the digital graveyard, a new threat stirs Outofsupport devices becoming thralls of malicious actors.

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📔 LummaC2 Infostealer Resurfaces With Obfuscated PowerShell Tactics 📔

LummaC2, a Cbased MaaS tool first identified in 2022, has resurfaced to exfiltrate credentials and personal data.

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📔 Iran-Backed Peach Sandstorm Hackers Deploy New Tickler Backdoor 📔

The hacking subsidiary of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps RGC has targeted satellite, communications, oil and gas and government sectors in the US and UAE.

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📔 Money Laundering Dominates UK Fraud Cases 📔

KPMG research finds money laundering accounted for the majority of fraud cases heard in the first half of 2024.

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📔 South Korean Spies Exploit WPS Office Zero-Day 📔

ESET uncovers a South Korean cyberespionage campaign featuring a zeroday exploit for WPS Office.

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🌊 How to Prevent Account Takeover: Real-life Scenarios and Mitigation Steps 🌊

Ignoring security in the name of progress is a risky gamble. Even tiny oversight, like failing to verify passwords during email changes can result in an account takeover. You read that right this seemingly minor issue can be a major troublemaker. In this article, our expert security team will discuss simple yet effective steps to The post How to Prevent Account Takeover Reallife Scenarios and Mitigation Steps appeared first on UnderDefense.

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🦅 CVE-2024-39717 Exposes Critical Vulnerability in Versa Director 🦅

Key Takeaways This CVE202439717 vulnerability impacts Versa Director, a key platform for managing Versa SDWAN solutions used by ISPs and MSPs. CVE202439717 involves an unrestricted file upload flaw that allows authenticated users to upload malicious files disguised as .png images. Exploitation of this flaw can lead to unauthorized access and potential system compromise, posing a serious risk to affected organizations. Cybles scan reveals 31 internetexposed instances of Versa Director, with 16 in the U.S., indicating significant potential for exploitation. An APT actor has exploited the vulnerability due to a failure to implement recommended firewall and hardening measures. Users are advised to upgrade to Versa Director version 22.1.4 or later and follow additional sec...

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🦅 Scammers Use ScreenConnect to Defraud SSA Beneficiaries 🦅

Key Takeaways Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs CRIL has uncovered a phishing site designed to mimic Zoom, which facilitates the download of ScreenConnect software. Scammers are leveraging Zoom's trusted reputation to trick victims into downloading ScreenConnect. By impersonating a widely recognized platform, the phishing site increases the likelihood that victims will believe the download is legitimate, lowering their guard. This ScreenConnect software allows attackers to establish a remote connection to the victims computer, giving them full access to the system. The IP address associated with the ScreenConnect software is also linked to other malicious activities. Notably, it hosts a domain involved in scamming Social Security Administration SSA account holders, indicat...

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🕵️‍♂️ Attackers Exploit Critical Atlassian Confluence Flaw for Cryptojacking 🕵️‍♂️

Novel attack vectors leverage the CVE202322527 RCE flaw discovered in January, which is still under active attack, to turn targeted cloud environments into cryptomining networks.

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🕵️‍♂️ BlackByte Targets ESXi Bug With Ransomware to Access Virtual Assets 🕵️‍♂️

The pivot is one of several changes the groups using the malware have used in recent attacks.

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🕵️‍♂️ CCTV Zero-Day Exposes Critical Infrastructure to Mirai Botnet 🕵️‍♂️

CISA warned about the RCE zeroday vulnerability in AVTECH IP cameras in early August, and now vulnerable systems are being used to spread malware.

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📔 Ransomware Attacks Exposed 6.7 Million Records in US Schools 📔

Ransomware attacks on US schools and colleges have surged, with 491 incidents since 2018, affecting over 8000 institutions.

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🔗 Via "Infosecurity Magazine"

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