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Hawai’I’s Gemini North Observatory Suspends Operations Following Cyberattack
The National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab did not respond to requests for comment but published a notice on Tuesday night explaining that the lab had discovered an attempted cyberattack on its systems that morning.
NYC Couple Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in $3.6 Billion Bitfinex Hack
A married couple from New York City has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in connection with the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, resulting in the theft of about 120,000 bitcoin. The development comes more than a year after Ilya...
Burger King Forgets to put a Password on Their Systems, Again
On June 1st, 2023, the Cybernews research team discovered a publicly accessible environment file (.env) belonging to Burger King’s French website, containing various credentials. The file was hosted on the subdomain used for posting job offers.
Webinar – Making PAM Great Again: Solving the Top 5 Identity Team PAM Challenges
Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions are widely acknowledged as the gold standard for securing critical privileged accounts. However, many security and identity teams face inherent obstacles during the PAM journey, hindering these solutions from reaching their...
Hackers can Abuse Microsoft Office Executables to Download Malware
The list of LOLBAS files - legitimate binaries and scripts present in Windows that can be abused for malicious purposes, will soon include the main executables for Microsoft’s Outlook email client and Access database management system.
Malicious npm Packages Found Exfiltrating Sensitive Data from Developers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new bunch of malicious packages on the npm package registry that are designed to exfiltrate sensitive developer information. Software supply chain firm Phylum, which first identified the "test" packages on July 31, 2023,...
These Are the Top Five Cloud Security Risks, Qualys Says
The five key risk areas are misconfigurations, external-facing vulnerabilities, weaponized vulnerabilities, malware inside a cloud environment, and remediation lag (that is, delays in patching).
FBI, CISA, and NSA Reveal Top Exploited Vulnerabilities of 2022
While the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program published over 25,000 new security vulnerabilities until the end of 2022, only five vulnerabilities made it to the list of the top 12 flaws exploited in attacks the same year.
670 ICS Vulnerabilities Disclosed by CISA in First Half of 2023: Analysis
SynSaber’s analysis, conducted in collaboration with the ICS Advisory Project, shows that CISA published 185 ICS advisories in the first half of 2023, down from 205 in the first half of 2022.
Major Cybersecurity Agencies Collaborate to Unveil 2022’s Most Exploited Vulnerabilities
A four-year-old critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiOS SSL has emerged as one of the most routinely and frequently exploited vulnerabilities in 2022. "In 2022, malicious cyber actors exploited older software vulnerabilities more frequently than recently...
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