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CISA Sounds Alarm on Deep-Seated Vulnerability in Linux Tool

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an alert Friday warning of a previously unnoticed backdoor in a widely used Linux tool that compresses and encrypts files shared between parties.

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‘Unfaking’ News: How to Counter Disinformation Campaigns in Global Elections

‘Unfaking’ News: How to Counter Disinformation Campaigns in Global Elections

What cybersecurity professionals around the world can do to defend against the scourge of online disinformation in this year’s election cycle.

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Critical Security Flaw Found in Popular LayerSlider WordPress Plugin

Critical Security Flaw Found in Popular LayerSlider WordPress Plugin

A critical security flaw impacting the LayerSlider plugin for WordPress could be abused to extract sensitive information from databases, such as password hashes.
The flaw, designated as CVE-2024-2879, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. It has been described as a case of SQL injection impacting versions from 7.9.11 through 7.10.0.
The issue has been addressed in version

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Fortanix Builds Private Search for AI

Fortanix Builds Private Search for AI

Fortanix is working on technologies to build a security wall around AI search.

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Ransomware, Junk Bank Accounts: Cyber Threats Proliferate in Vietnam

Ransomware, Junk Bank Accounts: Cyber Threats Proliferate in Vietnam

An economic success story in Asia, Vietnam is seeing more manufacturing and more business investment. But with that comes a significant uptick in cybercrime as well.

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Vulnerability Exposed Ibis Budget Guest Room Codes to Hackers

By Waqas

Hackers Find Easy Access to Rooms at Ibis Budget Hotels!

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Gomble Games Secures $10M Funding to Advance Ambitious Web3 Gaming Vision

By Uzair Amir

Web3 gaming platform Gomble Games, a spinoff of the renowned game studio ‘111%’, has now secured a total…

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China-Linked Threat Actor Taps ‘Peculiar’ Malware to Evade Detection

China-Linked Threat Actor Taps ‘Peculiar’ Malware to Evade Detection

UNAPIMON works by meticulously disabling hooks in Windows APIs for detecting malicious processes.

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3 UK Cyber Security Trends to Watch in 2024

Discover what industry experts think the events of Q1 mean for the business cyber security landscape in the UK.

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NIST Wants Help Digging Out of Its NVD Backlog

NIST Wants Help Digging Out of Its NVD Backlog

The National Vulnerability Database can’t keep up, and the agency is calling for a public-private partnership to manage it going forward.

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