February 2024 – Page 2 – Learn and Explore

February 28, 2024
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Building Your Privacy-Compliant Customer Data Platform (CDP) with First-Party Data

In today’s digital era, data privacy isn’t just a concern; it’s a consumer demand. Businesses are grappling with the dual challenge of leveraging customer data for personalized experiences while navigating a maze of privacy regulations. The answer? A privacy-compliant Customer Data Platform (CDP). Join us for a transformative webinar...

February 28, 2024
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Superusers Need Super Protection: How to Bridge Privileged Access Management and Identity Management

Traditional perimeter-based security has become costly and ineffective. As a result, communications security between people, systems, and networks is more important than blocking access with firewalls. On top of that, most cybersecurity risks are caused by just a few superusers – typically one out of 200 users. There’s a company aiming...

February 28, 2024
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TimbreStealer Malware Spreading via Tax-themed Phishing Scam Targets IT Users

Mexican users have been targeted with tax-themed phishing lures at least since November 2023 to distribute a previously undocumented Windows malware called TimbreStealer. Cisco Talos, which discovered the activity, described the authors as skilled and that the “threat actor has previously used similar tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to distribute a banking...

February 28, 2024
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Cybersecurity Agencies Warn Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Users of APT28’s MooBot Threat

In a new joint advisory, cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from the U.S. and other countries are urging users of Ubiquiti EdgeRouter to take protective measures, weeks after a botnet comprising infected routers was felled by law enforcement as part of an operation codenamed Dying Ember. The botnet, named MooBot, is said...

February 27, 2024
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WordPress LiteSpeed Plugin Vulnerability Puts 5 Million Sites at Risk

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable unauthenticated users to escalate their privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-40000, the vulnerability was addressed in October 2023 in version 5.7.0.1. “This plugin suffers from unauthenticated site-wide stored...

February 27, 2024
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Open-Source Xeno RAT Trojan Emerges as a Potent Threat on GitHub

An “intricately designed” remote access trojan (RAT) called Xeno RAT has been made available on GitHub, making it available to other actors at no extra cost. Written in C# and compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems, the open-source RAT comes with a “comprehensive set of features for remote...

February 27, 2024
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New Hugging Face Vulnerability Exposes AI Models to Supply Chain Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have found that it’s possible to compromise the Hugging Face Safetensors conversion service to ultimately hijack the models submitted by users and result in supply chain attacks. “It’s possible to send malicious pull requests with attacker-controlled data from the Hugging Face service to any repository on the...

February 27, 2024
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Five Eyes Agencies Expose APT29’s Evolving Cloud Attack Tactics

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from the Five Eyes nations have released a joint advisory detailing the evolving tactics of the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT29. The hacking outfit, also known as BlueBravo, Cloaked Ursa, Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard (formerly Nobelium), and The Dukes, is assessed to be affiliated...

February 27, 2024
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From Alert to Action: How to Speed Up Your SOC Investigations

Processing alerts quickly and efficiently is the cornerstone of a Security Operations Center (SOC) professional’s role. Threat intelligence platforms can significantly enhance their ability to do so. Let’s find out what these platforms are and how they can empower analysts. The Challenge: Alert Overload The modern SOC faces a...

February 27, 2024
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WordPress Plugin Alert – Critical SQLi Vulnerability Threatens 200K+ Websites

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in a popular WordPress plugin called Ultimate Member that has more than 200,000 active installations. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1071, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10. Security researcher Christiaan Swiers has been credited with discovering and reporting the...