Recent SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Threat actors are exploiting a recent path traversal vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U using public PoC code.

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Personal and Chemical Facility Information Potentially Accessed in CISA Hack

CISA says CFATS program data was likely accessed after an Ivanti Connect Secure appliance was hacked in January.

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Oyster Backdoor Spreading via Trojanized Popular Software Downloads

A malvertising campaign is leveraging trojanized installers for popular software such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams to drop a backdoor called Oyster (aka Broomstick and CleanUpLoader).
That’s according to findings from Rapid7, which identified lookalike websites hosting the malicious payloads that users are redirected to after searching for them on search engines like Google and Bing.
The

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SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Under Active Attack – Patch Immediately

A recently patched high-severity flaw impacting SolarWinds Serv-U file transfer software is being actively exploited by malicious actors in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28995 (CVSS score: 8.6), concerns a directory transversal bug that could allow attackers to read sensitive files on the host machine.
Affecting all versions of the software prior to and including Serv-U 15.4.2

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How to Study Ethical Hacking as a Beginner

Immersing yourself in best practices for ethical hacking, pen-testing and information security can set you up for a career or better-protected business.

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Can AI detectors save us from ChatGPT? I tried 6 online tools to find out

With the sudden arrival of ChatGPT, educators and editors face a worrying surge of automated content submissions. We look at the problem and what can be done about it.

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Disruptions at Many Car Dealerships Continue as CDK Hack Worsens

Car dealership software provider CDK Global was in the process of restoring services impacted by a cyberattack when it discovered an additional hack.

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U.S. Bans Kaspersky Software, Citing National Security Risks

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Thursday announced a “first of its kind” ban that prohibits Kaspersky Lab’s U.S. subsidiary from directly or indirectly offering its security software in the country.
The blockade also extends to the cybersecurity company’s affiliates, subsidiaries and parent companies, the department said, adding the action is based on

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Change Healthcare to Start Notifying Customers Who Had Data Exposed in Cyberattack

Change Healthcare is starting to notify hospitals, insurers and other customers that they may have had patient information exposed in a massive cyberattack.

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Haize Labs is using algorithms to jailbreak leading AI models

CEO Leonard Tang tells VentureBeat the Haize Suite is a collection of algorithms specifically designed to probe large language models.Read More

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