In the fast-paced world of technology, a revolutionary concept is gaining traction: Web3. Coined by computer scientist Gavin Wood, Web3 represents a paradigm shift towards a decentralized internet infrastructure, powered by blockchain technology. The traditional internet, often referred to as Web2,…
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Threat actors are targeting misconfigured and vulnerable servers running Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Atlassian Confluence, and Redis services as part of an emerging malware campaign designed to deliver a cryptocurrency miner and spawn a reverse shell for persistent remote access.
“The attackers leverage these tools to issue exploit code, taking advantage of common misconfigurations and
A cryptojacking campaign involving Linux malware is targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances with new and unique malicious payloads, cybersecurity firm Cado Security warns. As part of the campaign, the attackers employ four new Golang payloads to automate the di…
Cyber-physical systems security company Claroty on Wednesday announced raising $100 million in strategic growth funding, which brings the total investment secured by the firm to $735 million. Delta-v Capital, AB Private Credit Investors at AllianceBernstein, Standard Investments, Toshiba Digit…
VMware released security updates to fix critical sandbox escape vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation products, allowing attackers to escape virtual machines and access the host operating system. […]
Hamilton is currently facing a ransomware attack, causing widespread disruptions to city services for more than a week. City manager Marnie Cluckie disclosed the nature of the cyber attack during a virtual press conference on Monday, marking the first public acknowledgment of the incident since it b…
Cloud security firm Sweet Security announced a $33 million Series A funding round just six months after emerging from stealth with an initial $12 million seed funding. The Tel Aviv-based cloud runtime security firm’s funding was led by Evolution Equity Partners, joined by Munich Re Ventures and Glil…
The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law enforcement seizure banner.
“ALPHV/BlackCat did not get seized. They are exit scamming their affiliates,” security researcher Fabian Wosar said. “It is blatantly obvious when you check the source code of the new takedown notice.”
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Cisco on Tuesday unveiled an open source proof-of-concept tool designed to improve visibility into backplane traffic in industrial organizations. A backplane is a piece of hardware that connects various modules and components together. In operational technology (OT) environments, for instance, backp…
On March 5, a technical failure resulted in widespread login issues across Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger platforms.Meta’s head of communications, Andy Stone, confirmed the issues on X, formerly known as Twitter, and stated that the company “resolved the issue as quickly as possi…
By examining common social engineering tactics and four of the most devious threat groups, organizations can better defend themselves.
In the dynamic realm of technology, a luminary is ascending—Phind-70B. This transformative force in coding combines speed, intelligence, and a resolute challenge to GPT-4 Turbo, promising to redefine the coding paradigm. Rooted in the robust CodeLlama-70B foundation and fortified with an additional…
The utility’s software bill of materials (SBOM) experiment aims to establish stronger supply chain security – and tighter defenses against potential cyberattacks.
SecurityWeek will host the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk Summit June 25-26, 2024, at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, CA. Hosted at the stunning Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, just 20 miles from San Francisco International Airport (SFO), this event will host some of the brightest minds in t…
Hackers stage Epic hackA group announced earlier this week that they had successfully breached Epic Games and taken 189GB of data, including user information. They are now retracting their statements, claiming that they staged the whole event to deceive real hackers.The group, which goes by the onli…