We are sure that you already heard of spyware, but are you curious to dive deeper into the consequences and types of this malware infection?This sneaky malicious software may be collecting your data as we speak, with only a few signs to give it away. Fortunately, there are ways to protect yourself, your data, your devices, and also software that can keep spy

This post is also available in: DanishBrute force attacks are a persistent security threat that has evolved over the years as technology advances. In this article, we’ll explore what a brute force attack is, its modus operandi and variants, and what prevention strategies you can use to protect your data.What Is a Brute Force Attack?A brute force at

Software engineers tracking the quality of software bill of materials have stumbled on a startling discovery: Barely 1% of all SBOMs being generated today meets the “minimum elements” defined by the U.S. government.According to new data from software supply chain security startup Chainguard, SBOMs being generated by existing tools fail to meet the minimum da

The US government’s cybersecurity agency CISA is giving federal agencies an early February deadline to patch a critical -- and already exploited -- security vulnerability in the widely used CentOS Control Web Panel utility.The agency added the CVE-2022-44877 flaw to its KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) catalog and set a February 7th deadline for federal

Vendors and agencies are actively bypassing the security patch that Adobe released in February 2022 to address CVE-2022-24086, a critical mail template vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento stores, ecommerce security firm Sansec warns.The CVE-2022-24086 bug (CVSS score of 9.8) is described as an improper input validation bug in the checkout process. It

Security researchers tracking a known pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine products are warning organizations to brace for “spray and pray” attacks across the internet.The vulnerability, patched by Zoho last November, affects multiple Zoho ManageEngine products and can be reached over the internet to launch code execu

Static and dynamic IP addresses are two ways of assigning an address to all IT equipment, usually by an Internet access provider (ISP), depending on the needs of its customers – regular users or businesses.In this article, we will be taking a look at each type of IP address – how they work, their similarities, and differences, we will explore their pros and

Electric car maker Tesla is using the annual Pwn2Own hacker contest to incentivize security researchers to showcase complex exploit chains that can lead to complete vehicle compromise.Tesla, in tandem with Pwn2Own organizations Zero Day Initiative, is offering a $600,000 cash prize to any hacker capable of writing exploits that pivot through multiple systems

Hack The Box, a British startup working on technology to simplify cybersecurity skills training, has banked a $55 million funding round as venture capital investors place big bets on the subscription-based talent assessment space.Hack the Box said the $55 million Series B was led by global investment firm Carlyle. Paladin Capital Group, Osage University Part

Red Hat announced on Tuesday the general availability of a malware detection service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems.The Insights service, created in partnership with IBM X-Force, scans RHEL systems for malware using a database of more than 180 signatures associated with known Linux malware. Users can obtain aggregated results for all their syste

Intel announced on Tuesday that it has added Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) to its confidential computing portfolio with the launch of its new 4th Gen Xeon enterprise processors.The chip giant has launched the 4th Gen Xeon scalable CPUs, codenamed Sapphire Rapids, alongside the Intel Xeon CPU Max series, codenamed Sapphire Rapids HBM, and the Data Cente

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

Software maker Adobe has rolled out its first batch of security patches for 2023 with fixes for at least 29 security vulnerabilities in a range of enterprise-facing products.The most prominent update, for the widely deployed Adobe Acrobat and Reader software, fixes critical-severity flaws that expose Windows and macOS users to code execution attacks.Accordin

Today, on January 10, 2023, Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) and Windows 8.1 have reached their end of support dates.Windows 7 reached end of life (EoL) on January 14, 2020, but Microsoft gave customers the option to continue receiving important security updates through its ESU program. However, ESUs will no longer be available for purchase after Ja

Security researchers at Microsoft are flagging ransomware attacks on Apple’s flagship macOS operating system, warning that financially motivated cybercriminals are abusing legitimate macOS functionalities to exploit vulnerabilities, evade defenses, or coerce users to infect their devices.In a blog post documenting its research into four known macOS ransomwar