New Threat Actor Starry Addax Targets Human Rights Defenders in North Africa

According to Cisco’s Talos threat research team, Starry Addax has been active since January 2024, orchestrating spear-phishing campaigns aimed at individuals sympathetic to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) cause.

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Thousands of LG TVs Possibly Exposed to Remote Hacking

Many LG TVs may be vulnerable to remote hacking due to a series of vulnerabilities found by Bitdefender researchers.

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Sidestepping SharePoint Security: Two New Techniques to Evade Exfiltration Detection

These techniques can bypass the detection and enforcement policies of traditional tools, such as cloud access security brokers, data loss prevention, and SIEMs, by hiding downloads as less suspicious access and sync events.

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Researchers Uncover First Native Spectre v2 Exploit Against Linux Kernel

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is the “first native Spectre v2 exploit” against the Linux kernel on Intel systems that could be exploited to read sensitive data from the memory.
The exploit, called Native Branch History Injection (BHI), can be used to leak arbitrary kernel memory at 3.5 kB/sec by bypassing existing Spectre v2/BHI mitigations, researchers from Systems and

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Researchers Discover New Ransomware Gang ‘Muliaka’ Attacking Russian Businesses

The gang, which researchers at the Moscow-based cybersecurity company F.A.C.C.T. have dubbed “Muliaka,” or Muddy Water in English, has left minimal traces from its attacks but has likely been active since at least December 2023.

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6 Best Open Source Password Managers for Mac in 2024

Explore the top open-source password managers available for Mac users. Find the best one that suits your needs and secure your online accounts effectively.

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530k Impacted by Data Breach at Wisconsin Healthcare Organization

The personal information of 500,000 people was compromised in a data breach at Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin.

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Microsoft Patches Two Zero-Days Exploited for Malware Delivery

Microsoft patches CVE-2024-29988 and CVE-2024-26234, two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by threat actors to deliver malware.

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Webinar: Learn How to Stop Hackers from Exploiting Hidden Identity Weaknesses

We all know passwords and firewalls are important, but what about the invisible threats lurking beneath the surface of your systems?
Identity Threat Exposures (ITEs) are like secret tunnels for hackers – they make your security way more vulnerable than you think.
Think of it like this: misconfigurations, forgotten accounts, and old settings are like cracks in your digital fortress walls. Hackers

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Novel Ahoi Attacks Could Compromise Confidential VMs

The researchers presented two variations of what they call Ahoi attacks. One of them, dubbed Heckler, involves a malicious hypervisor injecting interrupts to alter data and control flow, breaking the integrity and confidentiality of CVMs.

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