Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Google Confirms CVE-2024-32896 Exploited in the Wild, Releases Android Security Patch

Google has released its monthly security updates for the Android operating system to address a known security flaw that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-32896 (CVSS score: 7.8), relates to a case of privilege escalation in the Android Framework component. According to the description of the bug in the NIST National

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HHS Drops Appeal of Hospital Web Tracking Decision

The Biden administration has dropped its appeal of a court decision that rejected new regulations restricting hospitals' use of web-tracking tools. A Texas judge ruled the administration's efforts illegal in June.

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Hackers Hijack 22,000 Removed PyPI Packages, Spreading Malicious Code to Developers

A new supply chain attack technique targeting the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has been exploited in the wild in an attempt to infiltrate downstream organizations. It has been codenamed Revival Hijack by software supply chain security firm JFrog, which said the attack method could be used to hijack 22,000 existing PyPI packages and result in "hundreds of thousands" of malicious package

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Damn Vulnerable UEFI: Simulate Real-world Firmware Attacks

DVUEFI was created to assist ethical hackers, security researchers, and firmware enthusiasts in beginning their journey into UEFI firmware security by providing examples to explore potential vulnerabilities.

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Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home

A new twist on the old sextortion scam involves sending personalized emails with webcam footage of individuals and a photo of their home, obtained from online mapping applications.

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Three UK Men Convicted of Running Website Behind Fraud Calls During COVID-19 Lockdown

The mastermind behind the operation, Callum Picari, along with his accomplices Vijayasidhurshan Vijayanathan and Aza Siddeeque, were arrested by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers in March 2021.

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Security experts discuss CISA’s cyber incident reporting portal

CISA announced its Voluntary Cyber Incident Reporting portal is now live, and security leaders are sharing their insights. 

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There was a 56% increase in ransomware groups in H1 2024

There was a 56% increase in the number of active ransomware groups compared to H1 2023, reflecting a diversification of the ransomware landscape.

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Swan Bitcoin Alerts Users of Phishing Emails Carrying Fake Data Breach Notice

Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten has warned users about phishing emails targeting the platform's users. The scam involves fake "Data Breach Notice" emails, possibly linked to the Klaviyo and HubSpot data breaches in 2022.

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Zyxel Patches Critical OS Command Injection Flaw in Access Points and Routers

Zyxel has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting certain access point (AP) and security router versions that could result in the execution of unauthorized commands. Tracked as CVE-2024-7261 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability has been described as a case of operating system (OS) command injection. "The improper neutralization of special elements in the

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Verkada to Pay $2.95 Million for Alleged CAN-SPAM Act Violations

Hackers exploited a vulnerability in Verkada's customer support server, gaining access to the Command platform and extracting video footage and customer data. Another incident involved a hacker installing the Mirai botnet on Verkada's network server.

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FTC: Over $110 Million Lost to Bitcoin ATM Scams in 2023

The most common scams involve government impersonation, business impersonation, and tech support, where scammers persuade victims to withdraw cash from their bank accounts and deposit it into Bitcoin ATMs.

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The New Effective Way to Prevent Account Takeovers

Account takeover attacks have emerged as one of the most persistent and damaging threats to cloud-based SaaS environments. Yet despite significant investments in traditional security measures, many organizations continue to struggle with preventing these attacks. A new report, "Why Account Takeover Attacks Still Succeed, and Why the Browser is Your Secret Weapon in Stopping Them" argues that the

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Keeping up With Automated Threats is Becoming Harder

Automated threats are increasingly difficult to keep up with, with 98% of organizations attacked by bots experiencing revenue loss, according to Kasada. Web scraping and account fraud are the primary threats causing revenue losses.

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White House Calls Attention to ‘Hard Problem’ of Securing Internet Traffic Routing

The White House advised network operators to implement Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to enhance security, which involves digital certificates managed by Regional Internet Registries.

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Debian Patches Two Dovecot Vulnerabilities

Debian has patched two critical vulnerabilities in the Dovecot mail server, identified as CVE-2024-23184 and CVE-2024-23185, which could lead to denial-of-service attacks.

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Spoofed GlobalProtect Used to Deliver Unique WikiLoader Variant

A new malware campaign is spoofing Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect VPN software to deliver a variant of the WikiLoader (aka WailingCrab) loader by means of a search engine optimization (SEO) campaign.

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D-Link Says it is Not Fixing Four RCE Flaws in DIR-846W Routers

D-Link has announced that it will not be fixing four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in its DIR-846W routers due to the products no longer being supported.

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Zyxel Warns of Critical OS Command Injection Flaw in Routers

The flaw, known as CVE-2024-7261, has a CVSS v3 score of 9.8, enabling hackers to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system by manipulating user-supplied data.

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Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) against facial recognition firm Clearview AI for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (E.U.) by building an "illegal database with billions of photos of faces," including those of Dutch citizens. "Facial recognition is a highly intrusive technology that you