Feds Warn on Russian Actors Targeting Critical Infrastructure

In the past, Putin’s Unit 29155 has utilized malware like WhisperGate to target organizations, particularly those in Ukraine.

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CISA Flags ICS Bugs in Baxter, Mitsubishi Products

The vulnerabilities affect industrial control tech used across the healthcare and critical manufacturing sectors.

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AI Firm’s Misconfigured Server Exposed 5.3 TB of Mental Health Records

A misconfigured server from a US-based AI healthcare firm Confidant Health exposed 5.3 TB of sensitive mental health…

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SonicWall Urges Users to Patch Critical Firewall Flaw Amid Possible Exploitation

SonicWall has revealed that a recently patched critical security flaw impacting SonicOS may have come under active exploitation, making it essential that users apply the patches as soon as possible.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-40766, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10.
“An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall SonicOS management

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Cybersecurity Talent Shortage Prompts White House Action

The Biden administration launches an initiative to encourage careers in cybersecurity, as businesses try new tactics to get unfilled IT security roles staffed.

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US Gov Removing Four-Year-Degree Requirements for Cyber Jobs

The US government will remove “unnecessary degree requirements” in favor of skills-based hiring to help fill 500,000 open cybersecurity jobs.

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One million US Kaspersky customers to be migrated to this lesser-known alternative

Kaspersky customers in the US can continue their existing subscriptions with a replacement product from the company’s ‘trusted partner’. Here’s what to know.

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GeoServer Vulnerability Targeted by Hackers to Deliver Backdoors and Botnet Malware

A recently disclosed security flaw in OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools has been exploited as part of multiple campaigns to deliver cryptocurrency miners, botnet malware such as Condi and JenX, and a known backdoor called SideWalk.
The security vulnerability is a critical remote code execution bug (CVE-2024-36401, CVSS score: 9.8) that could allow malicious actors to take over susceptible instances.
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GitHub Actions Vulnerable to Typosquatting, Exposing Developers to Hidden Malicious Code

Threat actors have long leveraged typosquatting as a means to trick unsuspecting users into visiting malicious websites or downloading booby-trapped software and packages.

These attacks typically involve registering domains or packages with names slightly altered from their legitimate counterparts (e.g., goog1e.com vs. google.com).

Adversaries targeting open-source repositories across

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New global standard aims to build security around large language models

The WDTA framework spans the lifecycle of large language models, offering guidelines to manage integration with other systems.

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