Rising Tides: Runa Sandvik on Creating Work that Makes a Difference

Runa Sandvik is an inaugural member of CISA’s Technical Advisory Council and the Aspen Institute’s Global Cybersecurity Group, and a board member of the Signals Network. But she is so much more.

The post Rising Tides: Runa Sandvik on Creating Work that Makes a Difference appeared first on SecurityWeek.

SecurityWeek – ​Read More

BlackByte Ransomware Exploits VMware ESXi Flaw in Latest Attack Wave

The threat actors behind the BlackByte ransomware group have been observed likely exploiting a recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors, while also leveraging various vulnerable drivers to disarm security protections.
“The BlackByte ransomware group continues to leverage tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that have formed the foundation of its tradecraft since its

The Hacker News – ​Read More

Hundreds of LLM Servers Expose Corporate, Health & Other Online Data

LLM automation tools and vector databases can be rife with sensitive data — and vulnerable to pilfering.

darkreading – ​Read More

US Offering $2.5 Million Reward for Belarusian Malware Distributor

The US government is offering a $2.5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of malware distributor Volodymyr Kadariya.

The post US Offering $2.5 Million Reward for Belarusian Malware Distributor appeared first on SecurityWeek.

SecurityWeek – ​Read More

Cryptojacking via CVE-2023-22527: Dissecting a Full-Scale Cryptomining Ecosystem

CVE-2023-22527 is a critical vulnerability exploited for cryptojacking activities. Attack tactics include shell scripts, XMRig miners, targeting SSH endpoints, and establishing persistence through cron jobs.

Cyware News – Latest Cyber News – ​Read More

How Lessons Learned From the 2016 Campaign Led US Officials to Be More Open About Iran Hack

The lessons learned from the 2016 election hacking made US officials more open about the recent Iranian hack targeting presidential campaigns.

The post How Lessons Learned From the 2016 Campaign Led US Officials to Be More Open About Iran Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

SecurityWeek – ​Read More

South Korean APT Group Exploits WPS Office Zero-Day for Espionage

ESET uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign tied to a South Korean APT group that used a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in WPS Office for Windows to deploy a custom backdoor called “SpyGlace.”

Cyware News – Latest Cyber News – ​Read More

Critical Apache OFBiz Vulnerability CVE-2024-38856 Identified and Actively Exploited

This flaw allows attackers to execute remote code without authentication, posing a serious risk. Versions up to 18.12.14 are affected, and organizations are advised to upgrade to version 18.12.15 to mitigate the issue.

Cyware News – Latest Cyber News – ​Read More

950,000 Impacted by Young Consulting Data Breach

The personal information of over 950,000 people was compromised in a BlackSuit ransomware attack on Young Consulting.

The post 950,000 Impacted by Young Consulting Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

SecurityWeek – ​Read More

Second Apache OFBiz Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

CISA is warning organizations that a second Apache OFBiz flaw is being exploited in the wild shortly after the release of PoC exploits.

The post Second Apache OFBiz Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

SecurityWeek – ​Read More