Researchers Warn of Privilege Escalation Risks in Google’s Vertex AI ML Platform https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ai.png Nov 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in Google’s Vertex machine learning (ML) platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to escalate privileges and exfiltrate models from the cloud. “By exploiting custom job permissions, we were able to ...
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Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations
Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/iranian-hackers.png Nov 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. Cybersecurity company Check Point has codenamed the malware WezRat, stating it has been ...
Read More »Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia
Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hacking.png Nov 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Credential Theft A Vietnamese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an information-stealing campaign targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia with a new Python-based malware called PXA Stealer. The malware “targets victims’ sensitive information, including credentials for various online accounts, VPN ...
Read More »High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables
High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pistgresql.png Nov 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Database Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and potentially lead to code execution or information disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10979, carries a CVSS score of ...
Read More »New RustyAttr Malware Targets macOS Through Extended Attribute Abuse
New RustyAttr Malware Targets macOS Through Extended Attribute Abuse https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gib.png Nov 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptojacking / Threat Intelligence Threat actors have been found leveraging a new technique that abuses extended attributes for macOS files to smuggle a new malware called RustyAttr. The Singaporean cybersecurity company has attributed the novel activity with moderate confidence to the infamous North Korea-linked Lazarus Group, citing ...
Read More »TikTok Pixel Privacy Nightmare: A New Case Study
TikTok Pixel Privacy Nightmare: A New Case Study https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tiktok.png Nov 14, 2024The Hacker NewsData Privacy / Compliance Advertising on TikTok is the obvious choice for any company trying to reach a young market, and especially so if it happens to be a travel company, with 44% of American Gen Zs saying they use the platform to plan their vacations. But ...
Read More »5 BCDR Oversights That Leave You Exposed to Ransomware
5 BCDR Oversights That Leave You Exposed to Ransomware https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/main.png Ransomware isn’t just a buzzword; it’s one of the most dreaded challenges businesses face in this increasingly digitized world. Ransomware attacks are not only increasing in frequency but also in sophistication, with new ransomware groups constantly emerging. Their attack methods are evolving rapidly, becoming more dangerous and damaging than ever. ...
Read More »Experts Uncover 70,000 Hijacked Domains in Widespread ‘Sitting Ducks’ Attack Scheme
Experts Uncover 70,000 Hijacked Domains in Widespread ‘Sitting Ducks’ Attack Scheme https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/domain.png Multiple threat actors have been found taking advantage of an attack technique called Sitting Ducks to hijack legitimate domains for using them in phishing attacks and investment fraud schemes for years. The findings come from Infoblox, which said it identified nearly 800,000 vulnerable registered domains over the past ...
Read More »Google Warns of Rising Cloaking Scams, AI-Driven Fraud, and Crypto Schemes
Google Warns of Rising Cloaking Scams, AI-Driven Fraud, and Crypto Schemes https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/scams.png Nov 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Cryptocurrency Google has revealed that bad actors are leveraging techniques like landing page cloaking to conduct scams by impersonating legitimate sites. “Cloaking is specifically designed to prevent moderation systems and teams from reviewing policy-violating content which enables them to deploy the scam ...
Read More »Russian Hackers Exploit New NTLM Flaw to Deploy RAT Malware via Phishing Emails
Russian Hackers Exploit New NTLM Flaw to Deploy RAT Malware via Phishing Emails https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/attack.png Nov 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Vulnerability A newly patched security flaw impacting Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) was exploited as a zero-day by a suspected Russia-linked actor as part of cyber attacks targeting Ukraine. The vulnerability in question, CVE-2024-43451 (CVSS score: 6.5), refers to an NTLM ...
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