The CDC's Gun Violence Research Is in Danger

In a year pocked with fights over US government funding, Republicans are quietly trying to strip the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of its ability to research gun violence...

Cybercriminals Using Telekopye Telegram Bot to Craft Phishing Scams on a Grand Scale

More details have emerged about a malicious Telegram bot called Telekopye that's used by threat actors to pull off large-scale phishing scams. "Telekopye can craft phishing websites, emails, SMS messages, and more," ESET security researcher Radek Jizba said in a new analysis. The threat actors...

Scammers Exploit Crypto Hype with Fake Token Factory, Stealing Millions

By Deeba Ahmed Check Point Research Reports New Million-Dollar Rug Pull Scam with a Fake Token Factory. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Scammers Exploit Crypto Hype with Fake Token Factory, Stealing Millions...

LTESniffer - An Open-source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper

LTESniffer is An Open-source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper It first decodes the Physical Downlink Control Channel PDCCH to obtain the Downlink Control Informations DCIs and Radio Network Temporary Identifiers RNTIs of all active users. Using decoded DCIs and RNTIs, LTESniffer further decodes t...

Email Security Best Practices for Phishing Prevention

Trend Micro Research reported a 29% growth in phishing attacks blocked and detected in 2022. Explore the latest phishing trends and email security best practices to enhance your email security and reduce cyber risk...

Exploit for Out-of-bounds Write in Linux Linux_Kernel

iouringLPE-CVE-2023-2598 LPE exploit for CVE-2023-2598. My...

CISA and FBI Issue Warning About Rhysida Ransomware Double Extortion Attacks

The threat actors behind the Rhysida ransomware engage in opportunistic attacks targeting organizations spanning various industry sectors. The advisory comes courtesy of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Multi-State...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2023 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than five dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software, including three "zero day" vulnerabilities that Microsoft warns are already being exploited in active attacks. The zero-day threats targeting Microsoft this month...

Intel® OFU Software Advisory

Summary: Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® One Boot Flash Update OFU software may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2023-32204 Description: Improper access control in so...

A new video series, Google Forms spam and the various gray areas of cyber attacks

I found the juxtaposition of stories on the Talos blog over the past week-plus kind of funny. On one hand, we had a massive story about Arid Viper, a Middle Eastern threat actor spreading spyware, one of the most dangerous types of malware out there right now, operating out of Gaza no less. Then,...

Wordfence Launches Bug Bounty Program to Fund WordPress Security Research and Showcase Researchers

At Defiant Inc and Wordfence, our mission is to Secure the Web. A critical component of creating and maintaining a secure online community is the research that reveals vulnerabilities in software. Without this research, only malicious hackers would find vulnerabilities, and they would quietly...

NEW RESEARCH: Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning Can Be Used to Stop DAST Attacks Before they Start

Within cloud security, one of the most prevalent tools is dynamic application security testing, or DAST. DAST is a critical component of a robust application security framework, identifying vulnerabilities in your cloud applications either pre or post deployment that can be remediated for a...

Red Canary Mac Monitor - An Advanced, Stand-Alone System Monitoring Tool Tailor-Made For macOS Security Research

Red Canary Mac Monitor is an advanced, stand-alone system monitoring tool tailor-made for macOS security research, malware triage, and system troubleshooting. Harnessing Apple Endpoint Security ES, it collects and enriches system events, displaying them graphically, with an expansive feature set...

Navigating the Sea, Exploiting DigitalOcean APIs

Cloud service providers are now fundamental elements of internet infrastructure, granting organizations and individuals the ability to scale and efficiently store, manage, and process data. DigitalOcean is one such provider, well-regarded for its simplicity and developer-friendly platform, and...

Gaming-related cyberthreats in 2023: Minecrafters targeted the most

Introduction and trends The gaming industry continues growing. The Newzoo report for 2023 reveals that two in five — more than three billion — across the globe are gamers, which is 6.3 percent more than last year. Globally, gaming revenue amounts to an estimated US$242.39 billion, with almost hal...

Exploit for Code Injection in Vinchin Vinchin_Backup_And_Recovery

CVE-2024-22899-to-22903-ExploitChain 🛠️🔓 This repository hous...

Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F/iQ-R Series CPU Module (Update A)

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.3 ATTENTION : Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Equipment : MELSEC iQ-F/iQ-R Series Vulnerability : Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote...

Exploit for Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Gnu Glibc

Proof of concept for CVE-2023-4911 Looney Tunables This vu...

Imperva Customers are Protected Against the Latest F5 BIG-IP Vulnerability

Imperva is tracking the recent critical security vulnerability impacting F5’s BIG-IP solution. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-46747, could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and potentially compromise the system via request smuggling. Imperva Threat Research has been actively monitoring this...

How helpful are estimates about how much cyber attacks cost?

Coming from the newspaper and media industry, Im no stranger to wanting to write catchy headlines. Im certainly at fault for throwing together a story about so-and-sos house sold for X million dollars. But recently Ive been wondering if those "big numbers" for cybersecurity are helpful at all, ev...