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Warning: Over 2,000 Palo Alto Networks Devices Hacked in Ongoing Attack Campaign

November 21, 2024

As many as 2,000 Palo Alto Networks devices are estimated to have been compromised as part of a campaign abusing the newly disclosed security flaws that have come under active…

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10 Most Impactful PAM Use Cases for Enhancing Organizational Security

November 21, 2024

Privileged access management (PAM) plays a pivotal role in building a strong security strategy. PAM empowers you to significantly reduce cybersecurity risks, gain tighter control over privileged access, achieve regulatory…

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Cyber Story Time: The Boy Who Cried “Secure!”

November 21, 2024

As a relatively new security category, many security operators and executives I’ve met have asked us “What are these Automated Security Validation (ASV) tools?” We’ve covered that pretty extensively in…

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North Korean Front Companies Impersonate U.S. IT Firms to Fund Missile Programs

November 21, 2024

Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are impersonating U.S.-based software and technology consulting businesses in order to further their financial objectives as part of…

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Over 145,000 Industrial Control Systems Across 175 Countries Found Exposed Online

November 21, 2024

New research has uncovered more than 145,000 internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS) across 175 countries, with the U.S. alone accounting for over one-third of the total exposures. The analysis, which…

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5 Scattered Spider Gang Members Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Cybercrime Scheme

November 21, 2024

Five alleged members of the infamous Scattered Spider cybercrime crew have been indicted in the U.S. for targeting employees of companies across the country using social engineering techniques to harvest…

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Google’s AI-Powered OSS-Fuzz Tool Finds 26 Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects

November 21, 2024

Google has revealed that its AI-powered fuzzing tool, OSS-Fuzz, has been used to help identify 26 vulnerabilities in various open-source code repositories, including a medium-severity flaw in the OpenSSL cryptographic…

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NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data

November 21, 2024

Threat hunters are warning about an updated version of the Python-based NodeStealer that’s now equipped to extract more information from victims’ Facebook Ads Manager accounts and harvest credit card data…

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Ghost Tap: Hackers Exploiting NFCGate to Steal Funds via Mobile Payments

November 20, 2024

Threat actors are increasingly banking on a new technique that leverages near-field communication (NFC) to cash out victim’s funds at scale. The technique, codenamed Ghost Tap by ThreatFabric, enables cybercriminals…

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Microsoft Launches Windows Resiliency Initiative to Boost Security and System Integrity

November 20, 2024

Microsoft has announced a new Windows Resiliency Initiative as a way to improve security and reliability, as well as ensure that system integrity is not compromised. The idea, the tech…

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