Financial services company OneMain fined $4.25 million for security lapses
A series of security errors and mishaps has cost personal loan provider OneMain $4.25m in penalties, issued by the New York State department of financial services. The fines, coming at the end of a detailed investigation into how security practices at the company were determined to be below-par, serve as a timely warning to other […]
Crypto Discord Communities Targeted by Malicious Bookmarks & JavaScript
By Waqas Discord admins, beware: scammers are hijacking accounts and stealing cryptocurrency funds by using malicious bookmarks in a new and tricky attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crypto Discord Communities Targeted by Malicious Bookmarks & JavaScript
Cybercriminals Targeting Apache NiFi Instances for Cryptocurrency Mining
A financially motivated threat actor is actively scouring the internet for unprotected Apache NiFi instances to covertly install a cryptocurrency miner and facilitate lateral movement. The findings come from the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), which detected a spike in HTTP requests for “/nifi” on May 19, 2023. “Persistence is achieved via timed processors or entries to […]
Bitdefender Introduces GravityZone Security for Android, iOS, and Chromebook
By Habiba Rashid According to Bitdefender, GravityZone Security for Mobile is a cutting-edge solution that leverages powerful antimalware technologies driven by real-time threat intelligence and machine learning. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bitdefender Introduces GravityZone Security for Android, iOS, and Chromebook
Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) is Revolutionising the E-Commerce Landscape
By Owais Sultan The e-commerce landscape is constantly evolving. With more ways to access the world of online shopping than ever… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) is Revolutionising the E-Commerce Landscape
Beware of Ghost Sites: Silent Threat Lurking in Your Salesforce Communities
Improperly deactivated and abandoned Salesforce Sites and Communities (aka Experience Cloud) could pose severe risks to organizations, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data. Data security firm Varonis dubbed the abandoned, unprotected, and unmonitored resources “ghost sites.” “When these Communities are no longer needed, though, they are often set aside but not deactivated,” Varonis
Critical Firmware Vulnerability in Gigabyte Systems Exposes ~7 Million Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have found “backdoor-like behavior” within Gigabyte systems, which they say enables the UEFI firmware of the devices to drop a Windows executable and retrieve updates in an unsecure format. Firmware security firm Eclypsium said it first detected the anomaly in April 2023. Gigabyte has since acknowledged and addressed the issue. “Most Gigabyte firmware includes a Windows
Microsoft Details Critical Apple macOS Vulnerability Allowing SIP Protection Bypass
Microsoft has shared details of a now-patched flaw in Apple macOS that could be abused by threat actors with root access to bypass security enforcements and perform arbitrary actions on affected devices. Specifically, the flaw – dubbed Migraine and tracked as CVE-2023-32369 – could be abused to get around a key security measure called System Integrity Protection […]
6 Steps to Effective Threat Hunting: Safeguard Critical Assets and Fight Cybercrime
Finding threat actors before they find you is key to beefing up your cyber defenses. How to do that efficiently and effectively is no small task – but with a small investment of time, you can master threat hunting and save your organization millions of dollars. Consider this staggering statistic. Cybersecurity Ventures estimates that cybercrime […]
RomCom RAT Using Deceptive Web of Rogue Software Sites for Covert Attacks
The threat actors behind RomCom RAT are leveraging a network of fake websites advertising rogue versions of popular software at least since July 2022 to infiltrate targets. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro is tracking the activity cluster under the name Void Rabisu, which is also known as Tropical Scorpius (Unit 42) and UNC2596 (Mandiant). “These lure sites are […]