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πŸ–‹οΈ New Linux Malware Campaign Exploits Oracle Weblogic to Mine Cryptocurrency πŸ–‹οΈ

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign targeting Linux environments to conduct illicit cryptocurrency mining. The activity, which specifically singles out the Oracle Weblogic server, is designed to deliver malware dubbed Hadooken, according to cloud security firm Aqua. "When Hadooken is executed, it drops a Tsunami malware and deploys a crypto miner," security researcher.

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πŸ“’ Everything you need to know about the Fortinet data breach πŸ“’

Fortinet claims there is no evidence of malicious activity targeting customers in the wake of the breach.

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πŸ“’ β€œBy this time next year, Oracle employees won't be using passwords” β€” Larry Ellison wants a biometric future in cybersecurity πŸ“’

The Oracle CTO hit out at passwords, calling them insecure and easy to steal.

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πŸ“” Microsoft Vows to Prevent Future CrowdStrike-Like Outages πŸ“”

Microsoft will introduce new security capabilities for solution providers outside of kernel mode, preventing events like the CrowdStrike global outage.

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πŸ¦… Stealthy Fileless Attack Targets Attendees of Upcoming US-Taiwan Defense Industry Event πŸ¦…

Key Takeaways Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs CRIL identified a campaign targeting individuals connected to the upcoming USTaiwan Defense Industry Conference, as indicated by the lure document uncovered during the investigation. The campaign involves a ZIP archive containing an LNK file that mimics a legitimate PDF registration form for deception. When the LNK file is opened, it executes commands to drop a lure PDF and an executable in the startup folder, establishing persistence. Upon system reboot, the executable downloads additional content and executes it directly in memory, effectively evading detection by the security products. The firststage loader triggers a secondstage loader, which downloads, decodes, and compiles C code in memory, avoiding the creation of tr...

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πŸ“’ Ransomware series: Exploring the tools & solutions that comprise a comprehensive ransomware strategy πŸ“’

Learn about the latest trends in attack techniques and leadingedge defensive countermeasures.

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πŸ“’ Cracking open insider threats πŸ“’

Leaders need to perform strict identity measures on wouldbe hires and ensure employees who leave have access promptly removed.

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πŸ“’ Proofpoint and CyberArk expand strategic partnership πŸ“’

The collaboration includes a new ZenWeb browser extension to protect employees from malicious URLs.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Hardware Supply Chain Threats Can Undermine Endpoint Infrastructure πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

To prevent this, organizations should focus on developing secure hardware and firmware foundations, enabling them to manage, monitor, and remediate hardware and firmware security.

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β™ŸοΈ The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and β€˜The Com’ β™ŸοΈ

A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023 It was the first known case of native Englishspeaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that madeforHollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fastgrowing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others.

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🧠 What can businesses learn from the rise of cyber espionage? 🧠

Its not just government organizations that need to worry about cyber espionage campaigns the entire business world is also a target. Multipolarity has been a defining trend in geopolitics in recent years. Rivalries between the worlds great powers continue to test the limits of globalism, resulting in growing disruption to international supply chains and The post What can businesses learn from the rise of cyber espionage? appeared first on Security Intelligence.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Apple Vision Pro Vulnerability Exposed Virtual Keyboard Inputs to Attackers πŸ–‹οΈ

Details have emerged about a nowpatched security flaw impacting Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality headset that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious attackers to infer data entered on the device's virtual keyboard. The attack, dubbed GAZEploit, has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE202440865. "A novel attack that can infer eyerelated biometrics from the avatar image to.

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πŸ–‹οΈ 17-Year-Old Arrested in Connection with Cyber Attack Affecting Transport for London πŸ–‹οΈ

British authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 17yearold male in connection with a cyber attack affecting Transport for London TfL. "The 17yearold male was detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses in relation to the attack, which was launched on TfL on 1 September," the U.K. National Crime Agency NCA said. The teenager, who's from Walsall, is said to have been.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Say Goodbye to Phishing: Must-Haves to Eliminate Credential Theft πŸ–‹οΈ

Even as cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, the number one attack vector for unauthorized access remains phished credentials Verizon DBIR, 2024. Solving this problem resolves over 80 of your corporate risk, and a solution is possible.  However, most tools available on the market today cannot offer a complete defense against this attack vector because they were architected to.

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πŸ–‹οΈ TrickMo Android Trojan Exploits Accessibility Services for On-Device Banking Fraud πŸ–‹οΈ

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called TrickMo that comes packed with new capabilities to evade analysis and display fake login screens to capture victims' banking credentials. "The mechanisms include using malformed ZIP files in combination with JSONPacker," Cleafy security researchers Michele Roviello and Alessandro Strino said. "In addition,.

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πŸ–‹οΈ Progress WhatsUp Gold Exploited Just Hours After PoC Release for Critical Flaw πŸ–‹οΈ

Malicious actors are likely leveraging publicly available proofofconcept PoC exploits for recently disclosed security flaws in Progress Software WhatsUp Gold to conduct opportunistic attacks. The activity is said to have commenced on August 30, 2024, a mere five hours after a PoC was released for CVE20246670 CVSS score 9.8 by security researcher Sina Kheirkhah of the Summoning Team, who.

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πŸ“” Malicious Actors Spreading False US Voter Registration Breach Claims πŸ“”

An FBI and CISA alert highlighted false claims of breaches of voter registration databases, designed to undermine confidence in US elections.

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πŸ“” Record $65m Settlement for Hacked Patient Photos πŸ“”

Over 600 patients and employees of Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania had their medical record photos hacked and posted on the internet.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Fortinet Confirms Customer Data Breach via Third Party πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

The incident is a reminder why organizations need to pay attention to how they store and secure data in SaaS and cloud environments.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Compliance Automation Pays Off for a Growing Company πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

In this case study, a CISO helps a B2B marketing automation company straighten out its manual compliance process by automating it.

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πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ Malicious Actors Sow Discord With False Election Compromise Claims πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ

The FBI and CISA are warning citizens of attempts to convince voters that US election infrastructure has been compromised. It hasn't been.

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