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Litespeed Cache Flaw Exposes Millions of WordPress Sites to Takeover Attacks
/in General NewsDiscovered by security researcher Rafie Muhammad, the flaw allows unauthorized users to take control of logged-in accounts, potentially gaining administrator privileges on WordPress sites.
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Chinese-Speaking Hacker Group Targets Human Rights Studies in Middle East
/in General NewsUnnamed government entities in the Middle East and Malaysia are the target of a persistent cyber campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as Tropic Trooper since June 2023.
“Sighting this group’s [Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures] in critical governmental entities in the Middle East, particularly those related to human rights studies, marks a new strategic move for them,” Kaspersky
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Veeam Releases Security Updates to Fix 18 Flaws, Including 5 Critical Issues
/in General NewsVeeam has shipped security updates to address a total of 18 security flaws impacting its software products, including five critical vulnerabilities that could result in remote code execution.
The list of shortcomings is below –
CVE-2024-40711 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication that allows unauthenticated remote code execution.
CVE-2024-42024 (CVSS score: 9.1
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WordPress Mandates 2FA, SVN Passwords for Plugin, Theme Authors
/in General NewsStarting October 2024, WordPress requires plugin and theme authors to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) and use SVN-specific passwords…
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Cisco Fixes Root Escalation Vulnerability With Public Exploit Code
/in General NewsLocal attackers can exploit this weakness through malicious CLI commands without user interaction, but only if they have Administrator privileges. So far, there is no evidence of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
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Russia’s Most Notorious Special Forces Unit Now Has Its Own Cyber Warfare Team
/in General NewsUnit 29155 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings—has branched out into brazen hacking operations with targets across the world.
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Intricate Babylon RAT Campaign Targets Malaysian Politicians, Government
/in General NewsThis campaign, active since July, utilizes at least three malicious ISO files to compromise Malaysian entities, containing components like a malicious executable and a decoy PDF file, ultimately delivering the Babylon RAT as a final payload.
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Why It’s So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil
/in General NewsWith 20,000 internet providers across the country, the technical challenges of blocking X in Brazil mean some connections are slipping through the cracks.
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Australia Proposes Mandatory Guardrails for AI
/in General NewsNew mandatory guardrails will apply to AI models in high-risk settings, with businesses encouraged to adopt new safety standards starting now.
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Businesses still ready to invest in Gen AI, with risk management a top priority
/in General NewsAccording to a Salesforce study, 87% of C-suite executives say implementing AI technology is a top business priority, but 93% acknowledge barriers to adoption in their organizations.
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