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14 Oct

Staying on top of security updates – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Video Why keeping software up to date is a crucial security practice that should be followed by everyone from individual users to SMBs and large enterprises 13 Oct 2023 This week, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, citing solid evidence of active exploitation by attackers. The vulnerabilities, for which patches are available, affect Adobe Acrobat and Reader. One of them can be…

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13 Oct

CISA Now Flagging Vulnerabilities, Misconfigurations Exploited by Ransomware

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The US cybersecurity agency CISA is stepping up its efforts to prevent ransomware by making it easier for organizations to learn about vulnerabilities and misconfigurations exploited in these attacks. As part of its Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP) program launched in March, the agency has released two new resources to help organizations identify and eliminate security flaws and weaknesses known to be exploited by ransomware groups. “Through the RVWP, CISA determines vulnerabilities that are commonly…

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13 Oct

Juniper Networks Patches Over 30 Vulnerabilities in Junos OS

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Networking equipment manufacturer Juniper Networks on Thursday announced patches for more than 30 vulnerabilities in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, including nine high-severity flaws. The most severe of these issues is an incorrect default permissions bug that allows an unauthenticated attacker with local access to a vulnerable device to create a backdoor with root privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-44194 (CVSS score of 8.4), the flaw exists because a certain system directory has improper permissions associated…

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13 Oct

In Other News: Ex-Uber Security Chief Appeal, New Offerings From Tech Giants, Crypto Bounty

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SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present a collection of noteworthy developments, ranging from the latest vulnerability discoveries and emerging attack techniques to significant policy changes and…

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12 Oct

6 steps to getting the board on board with your cybersecurity program

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Business Security How CISOs and their peers can better engage with boards to get long-term buy-in for strategic initiatives Phil Muncaster 11 Oct 2023  •  , 4 min. read Building a safer digital world requires action on several fronts. Initiatives like Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM) are great opportunities to remind the general public of important best practices for password management, vulnerability patching and more. But while this can help make life tougher for cybercriminals targeting…

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12 Oct

Virus Bulletin PUA – a love letter

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Digital Security Late nights at VB2023 featured intriguing interactions between security experts and the somewhat enigmatic world of grayware purveyors Cameron Camp 10 Oct 2023  •  , 3 min. read Late night at VB2023 is when the goblins come out – crafted visages of carefully-played fans cum lures foisted by the industry of potentially unwanted application (PUA) vendors, sponsored- and pay-per-click application installers, and other download monetizers that form up a multibillion dollar ecosystem. And…

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12 Oct

Virus Bulletin – building digital armies

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Cybercrime Security researchers, global organizations, law enforcement and other government agencies need to have the right conversations and test potential scenarios without the pressure of an actual attack Cameron Camp 11 Oct 2023  •  , 3 min. read Squashing malware groups involves imposing steep costs on small ad hoc groups. But those actions are slowly ebbing in favor of going after much more organized actor groups aligned in support of nation-state-aligned ideals. Doing that is…

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12 Oct

SEC Investigating Progress Software Over MOVEit Hack

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is launching its own investigation into the vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit transfer tool that exposed data from more than 2,000 organizations and 60 million individuals. Tracked as CVE-2023-34362, the flaw was exploited as a zero-day by the notorious Russia-linked Cl0p ransomware group to steal data from organizations using the MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer (MFT) software. Of the victim organizations, roughly 900 are schools in the United States,…

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11 Oct

Critical SOCKS5 Vulnerability in cURL Puts Enterprise Systems at Risk

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The maintainers of the cURL data transfer project on Wednesday rolled out patches for a severe memory corruption vulnerability that exposes millions of enterprise OSes, applications and devices to malicious hacker attacks. According to an high-risk bulletin, the flaw poses a direct threat to the SOCKS5 proxy handshake process in cURL and can be exploited remotely in some non-standard configurations. The bug, tracked as CVE-2023-38545, exists in the libcurl library that handles data exchange between…

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10 Oct

Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Edition

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Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. In addition, Apple recently released emergency updates to quash a pair of zero-day bugs in iOS. Apple last week shipped emergency updates in iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 in response to active attacks. The patch fixes CVE-2023-42724, which attackers have been using in targeted attacks to elevate their…

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