ICS Network Controllers Open to Remote Exploit, No Patches Available

CISA advisory warns of critical ICS device flaws, but a lack of available fixes leaves network administrators on defense to prevent exploits.

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GPT-4 Can Exploit Most Vulns Just by Reading Threat Advisories

Existing AI technology can allow hackers to automate exploits for public vulnerabilities in minutes flat. Very soon, diligent patching will no longer be optional.

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Cisco Warns of Massive Surge in Password-Spraying Attacks on VPNs

Attackers are indiscriminately targeting VPNs from Cisco and several other vendors in what may be a reconnaissance effort, the vendor says.

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Android could soon protect you from malicious apps by quarantining them

Quarantining an Android app will hide its screens and notifications, prevent it from ringing your device, and make sure its services can’t be called by other apps.

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Kaspersky Study: Devices Infected With Data-Stealing Malware Increased by 7 Times Since 2020

Nearly 10 million devices were infected with data-stealing malware in 2023, with criminals stealing an average of 50.9 credentials per device.

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US Government and OpenSSF Partner on New SBOM Management Tool

Protobom, the new open source software tool, will help all organizations read and generate SBOMs and file data, as well as translate this data across standard industry SBOM formats.

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Global Police Operation Disrupts ‘LabHost’ Phishing Service, Over 30 Arrested Worldwide

As many as 37 individuals have been arrested as part of an international crackdown on a cybercrime service called LabHost that has been used by criminal actors to steal personal credentials from victims around the world.

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SAP Applications Increasingly in Attacker Crosshairs, Report Shows

Malicious hackers are targeting SAP applications at an alarming pace, according to warnings from Onapsis and Flashpoint.

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OfflRouter Malware Evades Detection in Ukraine for Almost a Decade

Select Ukrainian government networks have remained infected with a malware called OfflRouter since 2015.
Cisco Talos said its findings are based on an analysis of over 100 confidential documents that were infected with the VBA macro virus and uploaded to the VirusTotal malware scanning platform.
“The documents contained VBA code to drop and run an executable with the name ‘ctrlpanel.exe,'”

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United Nations Agency Investigating Ransomware Attack Involving Data Theft

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigating a ransomware attack in which hackers stole sensitive data.

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