Vulnerable APIs and Bot Attacks Costing Businesses Up to $186 Billion Annually

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Organizations are losing between $94 – $186 billion annually to vulnerable or insecure APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and automated abuse by bots. That’s according to The Economic Impact of API

Google Blocks Unsafe Android App Sideloading in India for Improved Fraud Protection

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Google has announced that it’s piloting a new security initiative that automatically blocks sideloading of potentially unsafe Android apps in India, after similar tests in Singapore, Thailand, and Brazil. The

THN Cybersecurity Recap: Top Threats and Trends (Sep 30 – Oct 6)

07/10/2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Ever heard of a “pig butchering” scam? Or a DDoS attack so big it could melt your brain? This week’s cybersecurity recap has it all – government showdowns, sneaky malware,

Critical Apache Avro SDK Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution in Java Applications

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A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Apache Avro Java Software Development Kit (SDK) that, if successfully exploited, could allow the execution of arbitrary code on susceptible instances.

E.U. Court Limits Meta’s Use of Personal Facebook Data for Targeted Ads

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Europe’s top court has ruled that Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook for serving targeted ads even when users consent to their information being

Apple Releases Critical iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix VoiceOver Password Vulnerability

05/10/2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have allowed a user’s passwords to be read out aloud by its VoiceOver assistive

U.S. and Microsoft Seize 107 Russian Domains in Major Cyber Fraud Crackdown

04/10/2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the seizure of 107 internet domains used by state-sponsored threat actors with ties to Russia to facilitate computer fraud

WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Security Flaw Exposes Sites to XSS Attacks

04/10/2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A new high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable malicious actors to execute arbitrary JavaScript code under certain conditions. The flaw,

Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors

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Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted 65 seconds. The web infrastructure and security company

How to Get Going with CTEM When You Don’t Know Where to Start

04/10/2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a strategic framework that helps organizations continuously assess and manage cyber risk. It breaks down the complex task of managing security threats into five