Tag: Cyberattacks

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/12/cisa-adds-five-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2021-26086 Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2014-2120 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVE-2021-41277 Metabase GeoJSON API Local…

  • The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/china_volt_typhoon_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance Feedly Summary: Ohm, for flux sake China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet are back, compromising old Cisco routers once again to break into critical infrastructure networks and kick off cyberattacks, according to security researchers.… AI…

  • CSA: Why Incident Response is Essential for Resilience

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/08/when-a-breach-occurs-are-we-ready-to-minimize-the-operational-effects Source: CSA Title: Why Incident Response is Essential for Resilience Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the critical importance of establishing a robust incident response plan (IRP) in modern cybersecurity strategies. The author underscores that the real challenge for CISOs is not the inevitability of cyberattacks but…

  • Schneier on Security: Prompt Injection Defenses Against LLM Cyberattacks

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/prompt-injection-defenses-against-llm-cyberattacks.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Prompt Injection Defenses Against LLM Cyberattacks Feedly Summary: Interesting research: “Hacking Back the AI-Hacker: Prompt Injection as a Defense Against LLM-driven Cyberattacks“: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being harnessed to automate cyberattacks, making sophisticated exploits more accessible and scalable. In response, we propose a new defense…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/07/cisa-adds-four-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-43093 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2024-51567 CyberPanel Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerability CVE-2019-16278 Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-5910 Palo Alto Expedition Missing…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election

    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/exploring-internet-traffic-shifts-and-cyber-attacks-during-the-2024-us-election Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election Feedly Summary: Election Day 2024 in the US saw a surge in cyber activity. Cloudflare blocked several DDoS attacks on political and election sites, ensuring no impact. In this post, we analyze these attacks, as…

  • The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singtel in ‘test-run’ for US telecom attacks

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/chinas_volt_typhoon_breached_singtel/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singtel in ‘test-run’ for US telecom attacks Feedly Summary: Alleged intrusion spotted in June Chinese government cyberspies Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singapore Telecommunications over the summer as part of their ongoing attacks against critical infrastructure operators.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/04/cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-8957 PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI Cameras OS Command Injection Vulnerability CVE-2024-8956 PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI Cameras Authentication Bypass Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: ​​7 cybersecurity trends and tips for small and medium businesses to stay protected

    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/31/7-cybersecurity-trends-and-tips-for-small-and-medium-businesses-to-stay-protected/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: ​​7 cybersecurity trends and tips for small and medium businesses to stay protected Feedly Summary: The challenges that small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face when it comes to security continue to increase as it becomes more difficult to keep up with sophisticated cyberthreats with limited resources or…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary

    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/q3-2024-internet-disruption-summary Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary Feedly Summary: The third quarter of 2024 was particularly active, with quite a few significant Internet disruptions. Underlying causes included government-directed shutdowns, power outages, hurricane damage, terrestrial and submarine cable cuts, military action, and more. AI Summary and Description:…