Gambling Tech Firm Bragg Discloses Cyberattack
Bragg Gaming Group says hackers accessed its internal systems over the weekend, but did not affect its operations. The post Gambling Tech Firm Bragg Discloses Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Hacktivist Sentenced to 20 Months of Prison in UK
Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky of the Yemen Cyber Army has been accused of hacking into and defacing many websites as part of hacktivist campaigns. The post Hacktivist Sentenced to 20 Months of Prison in UK appeared first on SecurityWeek.
U.K. Government Drops Apple Encryption Backdoor Order After U.S. Civil Liberties Pushback
The U.K. government has apparently abandoned its plans to force Apple to weaken encryption protections and include a backdoor that would have enabled access to the protected data of U.S. citizens. U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, in a statement posted on X, said the U.S. government hadRead More »U.K. Government Drops Apple Encryption Backdoor Order After U.S. Civil Liberties Pushback
Why Your Security Culture is Critical to Mitigating Cyber Risk
After two decades of developing increasingly mature security architectures, organizations are running up against a hard truth: tools and technologies alone are not enough to mitigate cyber risk. As tech stacks have grown more sophisticated and capable, attackers have shifted their focus. They are no longer focusing on infrastructure vulnerabilitiesRead More »Why Your Security Culture is Critical to Mitigating Cyber Risk
Zero-Day Exploit in WinRAR File
A zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR is being exploited by at least two Russian criminal groups: The vulnerability seemed to have super Windows powers. It abused alternate data streams, a Windows feature that allows different ways of representing the same file path. The exploit abused that feature to trigger a previouslyRead More »Zero-Day Exploit in WinRAR File
New Exploit Poses Threat to SAP NetWeaver Instances
A new public exploit chains two critical flaws in SAP NetWeaver, exposing unpatched instances to code execution attacks. The post New Exploit Poses Threat to SAP NetWeaver Instances appeared first on SecurityWeek.
GodRAT – New RAT targeting financial institutions
Summary In September 2024, we detected malicious activity targeting financial (trading and brokerage) firms through the distribution of malicious .scr (screen saver) files disguised as financial documents via Skype messenger. The threat actor deployed a newly identified Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named GodRAT, which is based on the Gh0st RATRead More »GodRAT – New RAT targeting financial institutions
1.1 Million Unique Records Identified in Allianz Life Data Leak
Have I Been Pwned has analyzed the information made public by the hackers who recently targeted Allianz Life. The post 1.1 Million Unique Records Identified in Allianz Life Data Leak appeared first on SecurityWeek.
New Research Links VPN Apps, Highlights Security Deficiencies
Citizen Lab has identified links between multiple VPN providers, and multiple security weaknesses in their mobile applications. The post New Research Links VPN Apps, Highlights Security Deficiencies appeared first on SecurityWeek.
PyPI Blocks 1,800 Expired-Domain Emails to Prevent Account Takeovers and Supply Chain Attacks
The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have announced that the package manager now checks for expired domains to prevent supply chain attacks. “These changes improve PyPI’s overall account security posture, making it harder for attackers to exploit expired domain names to gain unauthorized access to accounts,” MikeRead More »PyPI Blocks 1,800 Expired-Domain Emails to Prevent Account Takeovers and Supply Chain Attacks