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Redis DoS Flaw Allows Attackers to Crash Servers or Drain Memory
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in SecurityNewsA high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Redis, tracked as CVE-2025-21605, allows unauthenticated attackers to crash servers or exhaust system memory by exploiting improperly limited output buffers. The flaw affects Redis versions 2.6 and newer, with patches now available in updates6.2.18,7.2.8, and7.4.3. How the Exploit Works The vulnerability stems from Redis’s default configuration, which imposes no limits…
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Erodiert die Security-Reputation der USA?
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Tags: business, ceo, china, cisa, ciso, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, endpoint, exploit, germany, governance, government, intelligence, iran, kaspersky, north-korea, service, strategy, threat, usaTrump stiftet Verunsicherung auch wenn’s um Cybersicherheit geht.Nachdem US-Präsident Donald Trump nun auch Cybersicherheitsunternehmen per Executive Order für abweichende politische Positionen abstraft, befürchten nicht wenige Branchenexperten, dass US-Sicherheitsunternehmen künftig ähnlich in Verruf geraten könnten wie ihre russischen und chinesischen Konkurrenten. Die zentralen Fragen sind dabei:Können sich CISOs beziehungsweise ihre Unternehmen künftig noch auf US-amerikanische Bedrohungsinformationen…
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GitLab Releases Critical Patch for XSS, DoS, and Account Takeover Bugs
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in SecurityNewsGitLab, a leading DevOps platform, has released a critical security patch impacting both its Community (CE) and Enterprise (EE) editions, urging all self-managed users to update immediately. The new versions”, 17.11.1, 17.10.5, and 17.9.7″, address several high and medium-severity vulnerabilities, including cross-site scripting (XSS), denial of service (DoS), and account takeover threats. GitLab emphasizes the…
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Attackers and Defenders Lean on AI in Identity Fraud Battle
Identity verification, insurance claims, and financial services are all seeing surges in AI-enabled fraud, but organizations are taking advantage of AI systems to fight fire with fire. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/fraudsters-increasingly-use-ai-companies-look-ai
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: NIST Aligns Its Privacy and Cyber Frameworks, While Researchers Warn About Hallucination Risks from GenAI Code Generators
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Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, breach, china, cisa, cisco, ciso, cloud, computer, control, csf, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, espionage, exploit, firmware, framework, governance, government, group, hacker, hacking, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, Internet, LLM, malicious, mfa, mitigation, mitre, network, nist, open-source, password, phishing, privacy, risk, risk-assessment, router, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityCheck out NIST’s effort to further mesh its privacy and cyber frameworks. Plus, learn why code-writing GenAI tools can put developers at risk of package-confusion attacks. Also, find out what Tenable webinar attendees said about identity security. And get the latest on the MITRE CVE program and on attacks against edge routers. Dive into five…
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Critical Patch Update Announcement in April for All Oracle Products
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in SecurityNewsOverview On April 16, 2025, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Oracle officially released the Critical Patch Update (CPU) for April. A total of 390 vulnerabilities with different degrees were fixed this time. This security update involves Oracle MySQL Connectors, Oracle MySQL Server, Oracle Java SE, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Financial Services Applications, Oracle Communications Applications and…The…
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SpyMax Android Spyware: Full Remote Access to Monitor Any Activity
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in SecurityNewsThreat intelligence experts at Perplexity uncovered an advanced variant of the SpyMax/SpyNote family of Android spyware, cleverly disguised as the official application of the Chinese Prosecutor’s Office (检察院). This malicious software was targeting Chinese-speaking users in mainland China and Hong Kong in what appears to be a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign. Exploiting Android Accessibility Services…
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XorDDoS Malware Upgrade Enables Creation of Advanced DDoS Botnets
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in SecurityNewsCisco Talos has uncovered significant advancements in the XorDDoS malware ecosystem, revealing a multi-layered infrastructure enabling sophisticated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks through a new >>VIP version
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Global Zoom Outage Linked to Server Block by GoDaddy Registry
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in SecurityNewsMillions of users worldwide experienced a sudden disruption of Zoom services on April 16, as the popular video conferencing platform suffered a global outage traced back to a server block imposed by GoDaddy Registry. The incident, which rendered the core zoom.us domain unavailable for nearly two hours, has raised urgent questions about the underlying robustness…
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Entertainment venue management firm Legends International disclosed a data breach
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in SecurityNewsLegends International disclosed a data breach from November 2024 that affected employees and visitors to its managed venues. Legends International is a global leader in sports and entertainment venue management, specializing in delivering comprehensive solutions for stadiums, arenas, and attractions. The company offers a 360-degree service platform that includes strategic planning, sales, partnerships, hospitality, merchandise,…
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Experts Uncover New XorDDoS Controller, Infrastructure as Malware Expands to Docker, Linux, IoT
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in SecurityNewsCybersecurity researchers are warning of continued risks posed by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) malware known as XorDDoS, with 71.3 percent of the attacks between November 2023 and February 2025 targeting the United States.”From 2020 to 2023, the XorDDoS trojan has increased significantly in prevalence,” Cisco Talos researcher Joey Chen said in a Thursday analysis. First…
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Cyberangriff auf eine Verwaltung in Belgien
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in SecurityNewsLe Service public de Wallonie victime d’une cyberattaque : les infrastructures critiques sous surveillance First seen on rtbf.be Jump to article: www.rtbf.be/article/les-connexions-internet-du-service-public-de-wallonie-coupees-a-la-suite-d-une-intrusion-11535036
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Securing Cloud Data: A Relief for CFOs
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in SecurityNewsAre Interactions in Your Digital Environment Truly Secure? Cybersecurity has grown beyond the protection of human accounts alone. Increasingly, the focus is on securing machine-based interactions, such as APIs and service accounts, that occur billions of times a day. Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management has emerged to be a pivotal strategy in securing……
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How to Ensure Security in Cloud Compliance
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in SecurityNewsWhy is Cloud Security of Paramount Importance? It’s a well-acknowledged fact, isn’t it, that our reliance on cloud services has significantly increased in the past few years? According to data from Dell Technologies, almost every organization, regardless of size and industry, has adopted some form of cloud storage or applications. This shift has prompted many……
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Entertainment services giant Legends International discloses data breach
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in SecurityNewsEntertainment venue management firm Legends International warns it suffered a data breach in November 2024, which has impacted employees and people who visited venues under its management. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/entertainment-services-giant-legends-international-discloses-data-breach/
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Compliance as a Service: The New MSP Growth Driver
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/native/compliance-as-a-service-the-new-msp-growth-driver
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Ransomware Attacks Surge 126%, Targeting Consumer Goods and Services Sector
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in SecurityNewsThe cybersecurity landscape witnessed a dramatic escalation in ransomware attacks, marking a concerning trend for global businesses. According to a recent analysis by Check Point Research, ransomware incidents surged by an alarming 126% compared to the same period in 2024. This surge has not been indiscriminate; the consumer goods & services sector emerged as the…
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LummaStealer Exploits Windows Utility to Run Remote Code Disguised as .mp4 File
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in SecurityNewsThe Cybereason Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) has shed light on the sophisticated tactics used by the LummaStealer malware to evade detection and execute malicious code. Originally spotted in 2022, this Russian-developed malware-as-a-service (MaaS) has continuously evolved its evasion techniques to target Windows systems. Advanced Evasion with mshta.exe LummaStealer’s operators have introduced a new technique…
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Gamaredon’s PteroLNK VBScript Malware Infrastructure and TTPs Uncovered by Researchers
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in SecurityNewsResearchers have unearthed details of the Pterodo malware family, notably the PteroLNK variant used by the Russian-nexus threat group, Gamaredon. The group, which is believed to be associated with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), has been targeting Ukrainian entities, focusing on government, military, and critical infrastructure sectors as part of broader geopolitical conflicts. Tactics, Techniques,…
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Hacker Leaks 33,000 Employee Records in Third-Party API Breach
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in SecurityNewsA hacker has exposed the personal records of over 33,000 employees after discovering unrestricted endpoints belonging to a major technology service provider. The breach, first reported by cybersecurity platform CloudSEK’s BeVigil, highlights alarming gaps in API security that could have far-reaching consequences for both the affected organization and its clients. CloudSEK’s BeVigil, a platform specializing…
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Middle East, North Africa Security Spending to Top $3B
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in SecurityNewsGartner projects IT security spending in the MENA region will continue to increase in 2025, with security services accounting for the most growth. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-analytics/middle-east-north-africa-security-spending
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Inside PlugValley: How this AI vishing-as-a-service group operates
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in SecurityNewsIn this Help Net Security video, Alexis Ober, Threat Intel Analyst at Fortra, discusses the threat actor group PlugValley, which is now offering AI-powered … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/17/plugvalley-ai-vishing-as-a-service-video/
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Russia-linked APT29 targets European diplomats with new malware
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in SecurityNewsWINELOADER variant: While the Check Point researchers didn’t manage to obtain the final payload delivered by GRAPELOADER directly, they located a new variant of the WINELOADER backdoor that was uploaded to the VirusTotal scanning service around the same time and which has code and compilation time similarities to both AppvIsvSubsystems64.dll and ppcore.dll. As such, there…
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MITRE funding still in up in the air, say experts
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in SecurityNews‘Shouldn’t be begging’: “MITRE leaders have been begging for more private funding for years,” said Roger Grimes, data driven defense evangelist at KnowBe4, in an email.”This isn’t a type of program where the program leaders should be begging for funding. It should be fully funded, correctly resourced, and able to do a superb job for…
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New Windows Task Scheduler Bugs Let Attackers Bypass UAC and Tamper with Logs
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in SecurityNewsCybersecurity researchers have detailed four different vulnerabilities in a core component of the Windows task scheduling service that could be exploited by local attackers to achieve privilege escalation and erase logs to cover up evidence of malicious activities.The issues have been uncovered in a binary named “schtasks.exe,” which enables an administrator to create, delete, query,…
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One Source Acquires CT Solutions to Expand IT Services and Regional Reach
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Tags: serviceFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/one-source-acquires-ct-solutions-to-expand-it-services-and-regional-reach