Check Point Warns of Zero-Day Attacks on its VPN Gateway Products

Check Point is warning of a zero-day vulnerability in its Network Security gateway products that threat actors have exploited in the wild.
Tracked as CVE-2024-24919, the issue impacts CloudGuard Network, Quantum Maestro, Quantum Scalable Chassis, Quantum Security Gateways, and Quantum Spark appliances.
“The vulnerability potentially allows an attacker to read certain information on

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BlackSuit Claims Dozens of Victims With Carefully Curated Ransomware

Researchers went in-depth on an attack by the threat group, which mainly targets US companies in the education and industrial goods sectors, specifically to maximize financial gain.

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Transcend Raises $40 Million for Data Privacy Platform

San Francisco data privacy startup Transcend secures 40 million in a Series B funding round that brings the total raised to $90 million.

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Brazilian Banks Targeted by New AllaKore RAT Variant Called AllaSenha

Brazilian banking institutions are the target of a new campaign that distributes a custom variant of the Windows-based AllaKore remote access trojan (RAT) called AllaSenha.
The malware is “specifically aimed at stealing credentials that are required to access Brazilian bank accounts, [and] leverages Azure cloud as command-and-control (C2) infrastructure,” French cybersecurity company HarfangLab

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Vulnerabilities in Eclipse ThreadX Could Lead to Code Execution

Vulnerabilities in the real-time IoT operating system Eclipse ThreadX before version 6.4 could lead to denial-of-service and code execution.

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US Sanctions Three Chinese Men for Operating 911 S5 Botnet

The US government has announced sanctions against three Chinese nationals accused of creating and operating the 911 S5 proxy botnet.

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Why CVEs Are an Incentives Problem

It’s time to rethink the pivotal role incentives play in shaping behavior to find and disclose software vulnerabilities. More accurate guidance to reflect real-world risks and a tiered verification process to establish potential impact could slow misleading submissions.

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U.S. Sentences 31-Year-Old to 10 Years for Laundering $4.5M in Email Scams

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has sentenced a 31-year-old to 10 years in prison for laundering more than $4.5 million through business email compromise (BEC) schemes and romance scams.
Malachi Mullings, 31, of Sandy Springs, Georgia pleaded guilty to the money laundering offenses in January 2023.
According to court documents, Mullings is said to have opened 20 bank accounts in the name of

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New Research Warns About Weak Offboarding Management and Insider Risks

A recent study by Wing Security found that 63% of businesses may have former employees with access to organizational data, and that automating SaaS Security can help mitigate offboarding risks. 
Employee offboarding is typically seen as a routine administrative task, but it can pose substantial security risks, if not handled correctly. Failing to quickly and thoroughly remove access for

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The Idea of Web3 and 7 Global Web3 Agencies

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This comprehensive Web3 guide explores its core principles, and real-world applications, and addresses the challenges and opportunities that…

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