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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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.
The Vedalia APT group has ingeniously utilized LNK files with double extensions, effectively masking the malicious .lnk extension. This tactic deceives users into believing the files are harmless, increasing the likelihood of execution.
Microsoft has released security updates for the month of April 2024 to remediate a record 149 flaws, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild.
Of the 149 flaws, three are rated Critical, 142 are rated Important, three are rated Moderate, and one is rated Low in severity. The update is aside from 21 vulnerabilities that the company addressed in its
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A critical security flaw in the Rust standard library could be exploited to target Windows users and stage command injection attacks.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24576, has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. That said, it only impacts scenarios where batch files are invoked on Windows with untrusted arguments.
“The Rust standard library did not properly escape
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The device management company introduced a Fleet Hardening Score and Privilege Escalation (the good kind) to its endpoint security platform for Apple devices.
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Webinar: Learn How to Stop Hackers from Exploiting Hidden Identity Weaknesses
/in General NewsWe 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
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Vedalia APT Group Exploits Oversized LNK Files in Malware Campaign
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Microsoft Fixes 149 Flaws in Huge April Patch Release, Zero-Days Included
/in General NewsMicrosoft has released security updates for the month of April 2024 to remediate a record 149 flaws, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild.
Of the 149 flaws, three are rated Critical, 142 are rated Important, three are rated Moderate, and one is rated Low in severity. The update is aside from 21 vulnerabilities that the company addressed in its
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/in General NewsA critical security flaw in the Rust standard library could be exploited to target Windows users and stage command injection attacks.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24576, has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. That said, it only impacts scenarios where batch files are invoked on Windows with untrusted arguments.
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New Jamf Tools Give Enterprise IT Security and Compliance Controls
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