US Offering $10 Million Reward for Iranian ICS Hackers

The US is offering up to $10 million for Iranian individuals accused of hacking water utility industrial control systems last year.

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Ronin Network Hacked, $12 Million Returned by “White Hat” Hackers

Ronin Network was hacked, resulting in the withdrawal of $12 million by “white hat” hackers who returned the stolen funds. The hackers exploited an undocumented vulnerability on the Ronin bridge, withdrawing 4,000 ETH and 2 million USDC.

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Automated Security Validation: One (Very Important) Part of a Complete CTEM Framework

The last few years have seen more than a few new categories of security solutions arise in hopes of stemming a never-ending tidal wave of risks. One of these categories is Automated Security Validation (ASV), which provides the attacker’s perspective of exposures and equips security teams to continuously validate exposures, security measures, and remediation at scale. ASV is an important element

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Critical AWS Vulnerabilities Allow S3 Attack Bonanza

Researchers at Aqua Security discovered the “Shadow Resource” attack vector and the “Bucket Monopoly” problem, where threat actors can guess the name of S3 buckets based on their public account IDs.

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Vulnerabilities Exposed Widely Used Solar Power Systems to Hacking, Disruption

Vulnerabilities found in solar power systems could have been exploited by hackers to cause disruption and possibly blackouts.

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SEC Ends Probe Into MOVEit Attacks Impacting 95 Million People

The SEC has closed its investigation into Progress Software’s handling of a zero-day flaw in MOVEit Transfer. Progress Software announced in a recent SEC filing that no enforcement action will be recommended by the Division of Enforcement.

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Windows Downgrade Attack Risks Exposing Patched Systems to Old Vulnerabilities

Microsoft said it is developing security updates to address two loopholes that it said could be abused to stage downgrade attacks against the Windows update architecture and replace current versions of the Windows files with older versions.
The vulnerabilities are listed below –

CVE-2024-38202 (CVSS score: 7.3) – Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2024-21302 (CVSS

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New Phishing Scam Uses Google Drawings and WhatsApp Shortened Links

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel phishing campaign that leverages Google Drawings and shortened links generated via WhatsApp to evade detection and trick users into clicking on bogus links designed to steal sensitive information.
“The attackers chose a group of the best-known websites in computing to craft the threat, including Google and WhatsApp to host the attack elements,

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Researcher Discovers Downgrade Attack Abusing Windows Update Process

A security researcher at SafeBreach demonstrated at the Black Hat 2024 conference that two zero-day vulnerabilities can be exploited in downgrade attacks to revert fully updated Windows systems back to older versions, reintroducing vulnerabilities.

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Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes

Hacker Samy Kamkar is debuting his own open source version of a laser microphone—a spy tool that can invisibly pick up the sounds inside your home through a window, and even the text you’re typing.

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