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November 9, 2023
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CISA Alerts: High-Severity SLP Vulnerability Now Under Active Exploitation

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-29552 (CVSS score: 7.5), the issue relates to a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that could be weaponized to launch massive...

November 8, 2023
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WhatsApp Introduces New Privacy Feature to Protect IP Address in Calls

Meta-owned WhatsApp is officially rolling out a new privacy feature in its messaging service called “Protect IP Address in Calls” that masks users’ IP addresses to other parties by relaying the calls through its servers. “Calls are end-to-end encrypted, so even if a call is relayed through WhatsApp servers, WhatsApp cannot...

November 8, 2023
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Researchers Uncover Undetectable Crypto Mining Technique on Azure Automation

Cybersecurity researchers have developed what’s the first fully undetectable cloud-based cryptocurrency miner leveraging the Microsoft Azure Automation service without racking up any charges. Cybersecurity company SafeBreach said it discovered three different methods to run the miner, including one that can be executed on a victim’s environment without attracting any attention. “While...

November 8, 2023
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Beware, Developers: BlazeStealer Malware Discovered in Python Packages on PyPI

A new set of malicious Python packages has slithered their way to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with the ultimate aim of stealing sensitive information from compromised developer systems. The packages masquerade as seemingly innocuous obfuscation tools, but harbor a piece of malware called BlazeStealer, Checkmarx said in a...

November 8, 2023
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Guide: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks

Download the free guide, “It’s a Generative AI World: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks.” ChatGPT now boasts anywhere from 1.5 to 2 billion visits per month. Countless sales, marketing, HR, IT executive, technical support, operations, finance and other functions are...

November 8, 2023
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Webinar: Kickstarting Your SaaS Security Strategy & Program

SaaS applications make up 70% of total company software usage, and as businesses increase their reliance on SaaS apps, they also increase their reliance on those applications being secure. These SaaS apps store an incredibly large volume of data so safeguarding the organization’s SaaS app stack and data within...

November 8, 2023
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Experts Expose Farnetwork’s Ransomware-as-a-Service Business Model

Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a prolific threat actor known as farnetwork, who has been linked to five different ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) programs over the past four years in various capacities. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which attempted to infiltrate a private RaaS program that uses the Nokoyawa ransomware strain, said it underwent a “job interview” process...

November 7, 2023
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N. Korean BlueNoroff Blamed for Hacking macOS Machines with ObjCShellz Malware

The North Korea-linked nation-state group called BlueNoroff has been attributed to a previously undocumented macOS malware strain dubbed ObjCShellz. Jamf Threat Labs, which disclosed details of the malware, said it’s used as part of the RustBucket malware campaign, which came to light earlier this year. “Based on previous attacks performed...

November 7, 2023
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Confidence in File Upload Security is Alarmingly Low. Why?

Numerous industries—including technology, financial services, energy, healthcare, and government—are rushing to incorporate cloud-based and containerized web applications. The benefits are undeniable; however, this shift presents new security challenges. OPSWAT’s 2023 Web Application Security report reveals: 75% of organizations have modernized their infrastructure this year. 78% have

November 7, 2023
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New GootLoader Malware Variant Evades Detection and Spreads Rapidly

A new variant of the GootLoader malware called GootBot has been found to facilitate lateral movement on compromised systems and evade detection. “The GootLoader group’s introduction of their own custom bot into the late stages of their attack chain is an attempt to avoid detections when using off-the-shelf tools for C2...