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Ransomware Gang Leaks Data Allegedly Stolen From Canadian Hospitals Ionut Arghire
Five Canadian hospitals have confirmed a ransomware attack as data allegedly stolen from them was posted online. The post Ransomware Gang Leaks Data Allegedly Stolen From Canadian Hospitals appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Offensive and Defensive AI: Let’s Chat(GPT) About It [email protected] (The Hacker News)
ChatGPT: Productivity tool, great for writing poems, and… a security risk?! In this article, we show how threat actors can exploit ChatGPT, but also how defenders can use it for leveling up their game. ChatGPT is the most swiftly growing consumer application to date. The extremely popular generative AI chatbot has the ability to generate…
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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 31 Deals Announced in October 2023 Eduard Kovacs
Thirty-one cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in October 2023. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 31 Deals Announced in October 2023 appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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SideCopy Exploiting WinRAR Flaw in Attacks Targeting Indian Government Entities [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The Pakistan-linked threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging the recent WinRAR security vulnerability in its attacks targeting Indian government entities to deliver various remote access trojans such as AllaKore RAT, Ares RAT, and DRat. Enterprise security firm SEQRITE described the campaign as multi-platform, with the attacks also designed to infiltrate Linux systems with aRead…
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Experts Warn of Ransomware Hackers Exploiting Atlassian and Apache Flaws [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Multiple ransomware groups have begun to actively exploit recently disclosed flaws in Atlassian Confluence and Apache ActiveMQ. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said it observed the exploitation of CVE-2023-22518 and CVE-2023-22515 in multiple customer environments, some of which have been leveraged for the deployment of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. Both vulnerabilities are critical, allowing threatRead More
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Apache ActiveMQ Ransomware Attack
Ransomware attackers are targeting servers running outdated and vulnerable versions of Apache ActiveMQ by exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability (CVE-2023-46604).Read More
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Critical Flaws Discovered in Veeam ONE IT Monitoring Software – Patch Now [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Veeam has released security updates to address four flaws in its ONE IT monitoring and analytics platform, two of which are rated critical in severity. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2023-38547 (CVSS score: 9.9) – An unspecified flaw that can be leveraged by an unauthenticated user to gain information about the SQL server connection Veeam…
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Apache ActiveMQ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
What is the Attack? Ransomware attackers are targeting servers running outdated and vulnerable versions of Apache ActiveMQ by exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability (CVE-2023-46604). CVE-2023-46604 is an unauthenticated deserialization vulnerability in ActiveMQ’s OpenWire transport connector. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges of the ActiveMQ server. What is the…
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Travelers to Acquire Cyberinsurance Firm Corvus for $435 Million SecurityWeek News
Property and casualty insurance giant Travelers has entered into an agreement to acquire Corvus Insurance Holdings for approximately $435 million. The post Travelers to Acquire Cyberinsurance Firm Corvus for $435 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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New Jupyter Infostealer Version Emerges with Sophisticated Stealth Tactics [email protected] (The Hacker News)
An updated version of an information stealer malware known as Jupyter has resurfaced with “simple yet impactful changes” that aim to stealthily establish a persistent foothold on compromised systems. “The team has discovered new waves of Jupyter Infostealer attacks which leverage PowerShell command modifications and signatures of private keys in attempts to pass off the malware as…
