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The Golden Age of Automated Penetration Testing is Here [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Network penetration testing plays a vital role in detecting vulnerabilities that can be exploited. The current method of performing pen testing is pricey, leading many companies to undertake it only when necessary, usually once a year for their compliance requirements. This manual approach often misses opportunities to find and fix security issues early on, leaving…
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Massachusetts Health Insurer Data Breach Impacts 2.8 Million Ionut Arghire
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care says the personal information of over 2.8 million individuals was stolen in a year-old ransomware attack. The post Massachusetts Health Insurer Data Breach Impacts 2.8 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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New Linux Bug Could Lead to User Password Leaks and Clipboard Hijacking [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Details have emerged about a vulnerability impacting the “wall” command of the util-linux package that could be potentially exploited by a bad actor to leak a user’s password or alter the clipboard on certain Linux distributions. The bug, tracked as CVE-2024-28085, has been codenamed WallEscape by security researcher Skyler Ferrante. It has been described as a case…
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26 Security Issues Patched in TeamCity Eduard Kovacs
JetBrains patches 26 security issues in TeamCity and takes steps to avoid malicious exploitation of vulnerabilities. The post 26 Security Issues Patched in TeamCity appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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PyPI Halts Sign-Ups Amid Surge of Malicious Package Uploads Targeting Developers [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository briefly suspended new user sign-ups following an influx of malicious projects uploaded as part of a typosquatting campaign. It said “new project creation and new user registration” was temporarily halted to mitigate what it said was a “malware upload campaign.” The incident was resolved 10 hours later, on…
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VP Harris Says US Agencies Must Show Their AI Tools Aren’t Harming People’s Safety or Rights Associated Press
U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren’t harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday. “When government agencies use AI tools, we will now require them to verify that those tools do not endanger the rights and safety of the American people,”…
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Malware Upload Attack Hits PyPI Repository Ryan Naraine
Maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository were forced to suspend new project creation and new user registration to mitigate a malware upload campaign. The post Malware Upload Attack Hits PyPI Repository appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Linux Version of DinodasRAT Spotted in Cyber Attacks Across Several Countries [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A Linux version of a multi-platform backdoor called DinodasRAT has been detected in the wild targeting China, Taiwan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan, new findings from Kaspersky reveal. DinodasRAT, also known as XDealer, is a C++-based malware that offers the ability to harvest a wide range of sensitive data from compromised hosts. In October 2023, Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET Read More