Vulnerability prioritization has evolved over the years. Several frameworks exist to help organizations make the right decisions when it comes to deciding which patches to apply and when. But are these better than a Magic 8 Ball?
The average higher education institution is getting hit once a week now, and as one University of Oregon attack shows, the sector often lacks the resources to keep pace.
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Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new digital skimmer campaign that leverages Unicode obfuscation techniques to conceal a skimmer dubbed Mongolian Skimmer.
“At first glance, the thing that stood out was the script’s obfuscation, which seemed a bit bizarre because of all the accented characters,” Jscrambler researchers said in an analysis. “The heavy use of Unicode characters, many
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The Internet Archive, the nonprofit organization that digitizes and archives materials like web pages, came under attack Wednesday. Several users – including over at The Verge – confronted a pop-up when visiting the site, reading, “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a […]
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23113 (CVSS score: 9.8), relates to cases of remote code execution that affects FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiWeb.
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Mozilla has revealed that a critical security flaw impacting Firefox and Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9680, has been described as a use-after-free bug in the Animation timeline component.
“An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in
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The hack exposed the data of 31 million users as the embattled Wayback Machine maker scrambles to stay online and contain the fallout of digital —and legal—attacks.
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Vulnerability Prioritization & the Magic 8 Ball
/in General NewsVulnerability prioritization has evolved over the years. Several frameworks exist to help organizations make the right decisions when it comes to deciding which patches to apply and when. But are these better than a Magic 8 Ball?
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Microsoft: BYOD, QR Codes Lead Rampant Education Attacks
/in General NewsThe average higher education institution is getting hit once a week now, and as one University of Oregon attack shows, the sector often lacks the resources to keep pace.
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Firefox 131 Update Patches Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability
/in General NewsMozilla has released a Firefox 131 update to resolve CVE-2024-9680, a code execution vulnerability exploited in the wild as a zero-day.
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Attack Surface Management Startup WatchTowr Raises $19 Million
/in General NewsContinuous automated red teaming platform provider WatchTowr has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round.
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Organizations Warned of Exploited Fortinet FortiOS Vulnerability
/in General NewsCISA has added a FortinetFortiOS vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-23113 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
The post Organizations Warned of Exploited Fortinet FortiOS Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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Cybercriminals Use Unicode to Hide Mongolian Skimmer in E-Commerce Platforms
/in General NewsCybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new digital skimmer campaign that leverages Unicode obfuscation techniques to conceal a skimmer dubbed Mongolian Skimmer.
“At first glance, the thing that stood out was the script’s obfuscation, which seemed a bit bizarre because of all the accented characters,” Jscrambler researchers said in an analysis. “The heavy use of Unicode characters, many
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The Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack and data breach
/in General NewsThe Internet Archive, the nonprofit organization that digitizes and archives materials like web pages, came under attack Wednesday. Several users – including over at The Verge – confronted a pop-up when visiting the site, reading, “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a […]
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CISA Warns of Critical Fortinet Flaw as Palo Alto and Cisco Issue Urgent Security Patches
/in General NewsThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23113 (CVSS score: 9.8), relates to cases of remote code execution that affects FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiWeb.
“A
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Firefox Zero-Day Under Attack: Update Your Browser Immediately
/in General NewsMozilla has revealed that a critical security flaw impacting Firefox and Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9680, has been described as a use-after-free bug in the Animation timeline component.
“An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in
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Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users
/in General NewsThe hack exposed the data of 31 million users as the embattled Wayback Machine maker scrambles to stay online and contain the fallout of digital —and legal—attacks.
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