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The growing complexity of cyber threats, paired with limited resources, makes it essential for companies to adopt a more comprehensive approach that combines human vigilance with AI’s capabilities.
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The Christmas Eve compromise of data-security firm Cyberhaven’s Chrome extension spotlights the challenges in shoring up third-party software supply chains.
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Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: location data of 800,000 electric Volkswagen cars leaked, DoubleClickjacking attack, China denies hacking US Treasury.
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Richmond University Medical Center has been investigating a ransomware attack since May 2023 and it recently determined that it affects 670,000 people.
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for a now-patched security flaw impacting Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) that could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
The out-of-bounds reads vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-49113 (CVSS score: 7.5). It was addressed by Microsoft as part of Patch Tuesday updates for December 2024, alongside CVE-2024-49112 (
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Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people’s identity documents
/in General NewsThe gift card store secured the public cloud storage server containing customer ID documents, which was not protected with a password.
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/in General NewsThe growing complexity of cyber threats, paired with limited resources, makes it essential for companies to adopt a more comprehensive approach that combines human vigilance with AI’s capabilities.
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/in General NewsNoteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: location data of 800,000 electric Volkswagen cars leaked, DoubleClickjacking attack, China denies hacking US Treasury.
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Exploit Code Published for Potentially Dangerous Windows LDAP Vulnerability
/in General NewsProof-of-concept (PoC) code was published for CVE-2024-49113, a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Windows LDAP.
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New York Hospital Says Ransomware Attack Data Breach Impacts 670,000
/in General NewsRichmond University Medical Center has been investigating a ransomware attack since May 2023 and it recently determined that it affects 670,000 people.
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/in General NewsA proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for a now-patched security flaw impacting Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) that could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
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