Malware

11 Jan

Study shows attackers can use ChatGPT to significantly enhance phishing and BEC scams

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Security researchers have used the GPT-3 natural language generation model and the ChatGPT chatbot based on it to show how such deep learning models can be used to make social engineering attacks such as phishing or business email compromise scams harder to detect and easier to pull off. The study, by researchers with security firm WithSecure, demonstrates that not only can attackers generate unique variations of the same phishing lure with grammatically correct and human-like…

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11 Jan

Timeline of the latest LastPass data breaches

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

On November 30, 2022, password manager LastPass informed customers of a cybersecurity incident following unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage service. While LastPass claims that users’ passwords remain safely encrypted, it admitted that certain elements of customers’ information have been exposed. The security incident was the latest to affect the service in recent times in the wake of unauthorized access to its development environment in August last year, serious vulnerabilities in 2017, a phishing…

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10 Jan

Data leak exposes information of 10,000 French social security beneficiaries

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on the Le Monde Informatique website.] More than 10,000 beneficiaries of a local branch of the French social security agency CAF, or Family Allowance Fund, saw their data exposed for about 18 months, after a file containing personal information was sent to a service provider. The mistake, discovered by France Info — Radio France’s news and investigation service — just before the year-end holidays, could hit the CAF hard.…

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10 Jan

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Attacks, Insights, Malware

Original release date: January 10, 2023 Adobe has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe software. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Adobe Security Bulletins and apply the necessary updates. Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB23-01 Adobe InDesign APSB23-07 Adobe InCopy APSB23-08 Adobe Dimension APSB23-10 This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy…

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10 Jan

Microsoft Releases January 2023 Security Updates

Attacks, Insights, Malware

Original release date: January 10, 2023 Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s January 2023 Security Update Guide and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

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10 Jan

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 97 Windows Vulns, 1 Exploited Zero-Day

Information, Malware, News

Microsoft’s security patching machine hummed into overdrive Tuesday with the release of fixes for at least 97 documented software vulnerabilities, including a zero-day that’s already been exploited to escape the browser sandbox. The zero-day, flagged by researchers at anti-malware company Avast, was exploited in live attacks to elevate privileges and escape a browser’s sandbox mitigation. As has become customary, Microsoft is stingy with details on the vulnerability or the attacks.  An advisory from Redmond marks…

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10 Jan

Intel boosts VM security, guards against stack attacks in new Xeon release

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Intel today announced the rollout of the fourth generation of its Xeon family of server chipsets, detailing several new features under the company’s confidential computing umbrella of security features. Improvements to Intel’s trusted execution environment and a new technique for combatting jump- and return-oriented programming attacks were the most notable upgrades. Xeon’s fourth generation introduces a number of new features across the board, including marked improvements to energy efficiency, AI processing, and edge workload handling,…

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10 Jan

Kinsing Malware Attacking Vulnerable PostgreSQL Kubernetes Containers

Attacks, Malware

Companies can mitigate attacks like this by using the latest versions of container images to ensure the images are adequately patched. Some of the vulnerabilities being exploited are over two years old, with the associated patches released for nearly as long. Moreover, engineers and administrators can check vendor guides for recommended security settings to harden deployments. Administrators can restrict public access to containers to the bare minimum appropriate to an organization’s risk management framework. In…

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10 Jan

20+ Vulnerabilities Patched In New Ubuntu Kernel Security Update

Attacks, Malware

All users of Ubuntu are urged to update as soon as possible. To update, the following command can be used:sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgradeBelow are the patched kernel versions for each Ubuntu version: • Ubuntu 22.10◦ linux-image 5.19.0.28.25• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS◦ linux-image 5.15.0-57.63• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS◦ linux-image 5.15.0-57.63~20.04.1◦ linux-image 5.4.0.136.134• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS◦ linux-image 5.4.0.136.153~18.04.111◦ linux-image 4.15.0.201.184 Ubuntu Users Get Massive Kernel Security Updates, More Than 20 Vulnerabilities Patched

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09 Jan

Facebook Phishing Campaign Uses Copyright Infringement Lure

Attacks, Malware

Users looking to protect themselves from these types of attacks should do the following: • Always hover all URLs before clicking• Always double-check sender addresses• Log into the Facebook account directly to check the status of the account instead of clicking on the URL in the email https://www.avanan.com/blog/facebook-termination-notices-leads-to-phishing

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