The Rising Threat of Secrets Sprawl and the Need for Action

23/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

The most precious asset in today’s information age is the secret safeguarded under lock and key. Regrettably, maintaining secrets has become increasingly challenging, as highlighted by the 2023 State of Secrets

China Bans U.S. Chip Giant Micron, Citing “Serious Cybersecurity Problems”

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China has banned U.S. chip maker Micron from selling its products to Chinese companies working on key infrastructure projects, citing national security risks. The development comes nearly two months after

Indonesian Cybercriminals Exploit AWS for Profitable Crypto Mining Operations

22/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

A financially motivated threat actor of Indonesian origin has been observed leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances to carry out illicit crypto mining operations. Cloud security

EU Regulators Hit Meta with Record $1.3 Billion Fine for Data Transfer Violations

22/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

Facebook’s parent company Meta has been fined a record $1.3 billion by European Union data protection regulators for transferring the personal data of users in the region to the U.S.

U.K. Fraudster Behind iSpoof Scam Receives 13-Year Jail Term for Cyber Crimes

22/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

A U.K. national responsible for his role as the administrator of the now-defunct iSpoof online phone number spoofing service has been sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison. Tejay Fletcher,

Are Your APIs Leaking Sensitive Data?

22/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

It’s no secret that data leaks have become a major concern for both citizens and institutions across the globe. They can cause serious damage to an organization’s reputation, induce considerable

Bad Magic’s Extended Reign in Cyber Espionage Goes Back Over a Decade

22/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

New findings about a hacker group linked to cyber attacks targeting companies in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict area reveal that it may have been around for much longer than previously thought.

KeePass Exploit Allows Attackers to Recover Master Passwords from Memory

22/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

A proof-of-concept (PoC) has been made available for a security flaw impacting the KeePass password manager that could be exploited to recover a victim’s master password in cleartext under specific

Warning: Samsung Devices Under Attack! New Security Flaw Exposed

21/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned of active exploitation of a medium-severity flaw affecting Samsung devices. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-21492 (CVSS score: 4.4), impacts select Samsung devices

Notorious Cyber Gang FIN7 Returns With Cl0p Ransomware in New Wave of Attacks

21/05/2023 0 Comments 0 tags

The notorious cybercrime group known as FIN7 has been observed deploying Cl0p (aka Clop) ransomware, marking the threat actor’s first ransomware campaign since late 2021. Microsoft, which detected the activity in April