Migrating from Client-Side to Server-Side Adaptive Bitrate Streaming

Streaming platforms scale to accommodate millions of concurrent viewers across diverse devices and network conditions, making efficient adaptive bitrate ABR streaming essential...

Weird Zimbra Vulnerability

Hackers can execute commands on a remote computer by sending malformed emails to a Zimbra mail server. It's critical, but difficult to exploit reliably. In an email sent Wednesday afternoon, Proofpoint researcher Greg Lesnewich seemed to largely concur that the attacks weren't likely to lead to...

Russian Hackers Shift Tactics, Target More Victims with Paid Malware

By Deeba Ahmed Russian hackers and APT groups are escalating cyberattacks, leveraging readily available malware and broadening their targets beyond governments.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Shift Tactics, Target More Victims with Paid Malware...

Foxit PDF Reader Flaw Exploited by Hackers to Deliver Diverse Malware Arsenal

Multiple threat actors are weaponizing a design flaw in Foxit PDF Reader to deliver a variety of malware such as Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, DCRat, NanoCore RAT, NjRAT, Pony, Remcos RAT, and XWorm. "This exploit triggers security warnings that could deceive unsuspecting users into executing harmful...

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: golang-gvisor-20240408.0-1.20240418git9e5a99b.fc39

gVisor is an open-source, OCI-compatible sandbox runtime that provides a virtualized container environment. It runs containers with a new user-space kernel, delivering a low overhead container security solution for high-density applications. gVisor integrates with Docker, containerd and Kubernete...

De-risking Your Organization in Spite of NVD Delays

In the face of recent struggles with the National Vulnerability Database NVD, causing delays in analyzing Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs since February 12, 2024, a significant number of CVEs lacked essential metadata including severity scores and affected product details. Qualys remain...

FakeBat delivered via several active malvertising campaigns

February was a particularly busy month for search-based malvertising with the number of incidents we documented almost doubling. We saw similar payloads being dropped but also a few new ones that were particularly good at evading detection. One malware family we have been tracking on this blog is...

[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: openjfx8-8.0.202-40.b07.fc40

JavaFX/OpenJFX is a set of graphics and media APIs that enables Java developers to design, create, test, debug, and deploy rich client applications that operate consistently across diverse platforms. The media and web module have been removed due to missing dependencies. The swt module has been...

Webinar: Kickstarting Your SaaS Security Strategy & Program

SaaS applications make up 70% of total company software usage, and as businesses increase their reliance on SaaS apps, they also increase their reliance on those applications being secure. These SaaS apps store an incredibly large volume of data so safeguarding the organization's SaaS app stack a...

India Blockchain Week (IBW) Unveils Diverse Speaker Line-up

By Owais Sultan India Blockchain Week IBW, the country’s flagship series of blockchain and Web3 events held in Bangalore from Dec.4-10, is… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: India Blockchain Week IBW Unveils Diverse Speaker Line-up...

Top insights and best practices from the new Microsoft Data Security Index report

A whopping 74 percent of organizations recently surveyed experienced at least one data security incident with their business data exposed in the previous year. That’s just one of our interesting insights from Microsoft’s new Data Security Index: Trends, insights, and strategies to secure data...

Financially Motivated UNC3944 Threat Actor Shifts Focus to Ransomware Attacks

The financially motivated threat actor known as UNC3944 is pivoting to ransomware deployment as part of an expansion to its monetization strategies, Mandiant has revealed. "UNC3944 has demonstrated a stronger focus on stealing large amounts of sensitive data for extortion purposes and they appear...

The Right Way to Enhance CTI with AI (Hint: It's the Data)

Cyber threat intelligence is an effective weapon in the ongoing battle to protect digital assets and infrastructure - especially when combined with AI. But AI is only as good as the data feeding it. Access to unique, underground sources is key. Threat Intelligence offers tremendous value to peopl...

Asylum Ambuscade Unmasking the Hybrid Threat Group in Cybersecurity

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Asylum Ambuscade: A cybercrime group active since 2020, targeting banks, cryptocurrency traders, and governments in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. Their tactics include spear...

Xen 安全漏洞

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product from the University of Cambridge, UK. The product enables different and incompatible operating systems to run on the same computer and supports runtime migration to ensure uptime and avoid downtime. Xen has a security vulnerability that stems...

Microsoft announces the 2023 Microsoft Security Excellence Awards winners

In a world that’s constantly changing and challenging us, we believe that nothing can stop us when we work together. That’s the spirit of collaboration we celebrated on April 24, 2023, at the fourth annual Microsoft Security Excellence Awards. These awards recognize outstanding contributions from...

DotRunpeX Novel Injector Delivers Multiple Malware Strains

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary DotRunpeX malware attack vectors have been linked to dozens of campaigns. The DotRunpeX is a second-stage infection used to deploy a variety of malware families, most notably stealers, RATs, loaders, and...

Rapid7 CEO Corey E. Thomas Appointed To National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

President Biden has announced his intent to appoint a group of highly qualified and diverse industry leaders, including Rapid7 chairman & CEO Corey E. Thomas, to the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee NSTAC. NSTAC’s mission is to to provide the best possible...

What is ASR Technology and Where Can It Develop?

By Owais Sultan ASR Technology aka Automated speech recognition is a type of speech recognition technology that can be used to… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What is ASR Technology and Where Can It Develop?...

The door is open for anyone to become a cyber defender

Throughout Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Microsoft has highlighted the importance of cybersecurity and provided resources to help people and organizations stay safe. It’s great to have this month as a reminder, and even better if that awareness becomes a year-round endeavor. Education is really...