Phishing evolves beyond email to become latest Android app threat

There are plenty of phish in the sea, and the latest ones have little interest in your email inbox. In 2024, Malwarebytes detected more than 22,800 phishing apps on Android, according to the recent 2025 State of Malware report. Of those malicious apps, 5,200 could subvert one of the strongest...

Changing the tide: Reflections on threat data from 2024

"Enough Ripples, And You Change The Tide. For The Future Is Never Truly Set." X-Men: Days of Future Past In January, I dedicated some time to examine threat data from 2024, comparing it with the previous years to identify anomalies, spikes, and changes. As anticipated, the number of Common...

CVE-2024-52586 eLabFTW MFA bypass

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. A vulnerability has been found starting in version 4.6.0 and prior to version 5.1.0 that allows an attacker to bypass eLabFTW's built-in multifactor authentication mechanism. An attacker who can authenticate locally by knowing o...

CVE-2024-52586

CVE-2024-52586 affects eLabFTW versions 4.6.0 to 5.1.0, where an attacker capable of local authentication can bypass the built‑in MFA and log in regardless of MFA requirements. The issue is documented across multiple sources (Red Hat, CVE list, PT-Security, OSV, NVD, CNVD) with the fixed version ...

CVE-2024-52586 eLabFTW MFA bypass

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. A vulnerability has been found starting in version 4.6.0 and prior to version 5.1.0 that allows an attacker to bypass eLabFTW's built-in multifactor authentication mechanism. An attacker who can authenticate locally by knowing o...

Roger Grimes on Prioritizing Cybersecurity Advice

This is a good point: Part of the problem is that we are constantly handed lists…list of required controls…list of things we are being asked to fix or improve…lists of new projects…lists of threats, and so on, that are not ranked for risks. For example, we are often given a cybersecurity guidelin...

Iranian Cyber Actors’ Brute Force and Credential Access Activity Compromises Critical Infrastructure Organizations

Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the National Security Agency NSA, the Communications Security Establishment Canada CSE, the Australian Federal Police AFP, and Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security...

CISA and FBI Release Fact Sheet on Protecting Against Iranian Targeting of Accounts Associated with National Political Organizations

Today, CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI released joint fact sheet, How to Protect Against Iranian Targeting of Accounts Associated with National Political Organizations. This fact sheet provides information about threat actors affiliated with the Iranian Government’s Islamic...

PT-2024-7812 · Siemens · Sinema Remote Connect Client

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SINEMA Remote Connect Client versions prior to V3.2 SP2 Description: A vulnerability has been identified in the SINEMA Remote Connect Client, where the affected application does not expire the user session on reboot without logout. This could...

Next-Generation Attacks, Same Targets - How to Protect Your Users' Identities

The FBI and CISA Issue Joint Advisory on New Threats and How to Stop Ransomware Note: on August 29, the FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory as part of their ongoing StopRansomware effort to help organizations protect against ransomware. The latest advisory, AA24-242A, describes a new cybercrimin...

#StopRansomware: Blacksuit (Royal) Ransomware

Actions for Organizations to Take Today to Mitigate Cyber Threats Related to BlackSuit Ransomware Activity 1. Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. 2. Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts. 3. Enable and enforce multifactor authentication...

CVE-2024-42462 Bypass multifactor authentication

Improper Authentication vulnerability in upKeeper Solutions product upKeeper Manager allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects upKeeper Manager: through 5.1.9...

Enhance Your Cybersecurity Posture: Qualys Tackles CISA & NSA’s Top 10 Misconfigurations

The National Security Agency NSA alongside the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA have pinpointed the most critical misconfigurations that present substantial dangers to organizations. In particular, the advisory calls out the tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs actors use...

The four stages of creating a trust fabric with identity and network security

How implementing a trust fabric strengthens identity and network Read the blog At Microsoft, we’re continually evolving our solutions for protecting identities and access to meet the ever-changing security demands our customers face. In a recent post, we introduced the concept of the trust fabric...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-33999

The referrer URL used by MFA required additional sanitizing, rather than being used directly...

Cyber Signals: Inside the growing risk of gift card fraud

In the ever-evolving landscape of cyberthreats, staying ahead of malicious actors is a constant challenge. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed that gift cards are attractive targets for fraud and social engineering practices. Unlike credit or debit cards, there’s no customer name or bank...

#StopRansomware: Akira Ransomware

Actions to take today to mitigate cyber threats from Akira ransomware: 1. Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. 2. Enable multifactor authentication MFA for all services to the extent possible, particularly for webmail, VPN, and accounts that access critical systems. 3. Regularl...

Default credentials

LDAP users on IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.5 which are configured to require multifactor authentication can still authenticate to the CIM interface using only username and password. This does not affect local users with MFA configured or remote users authenticating via single sign-on. IBM X-Force ID...

CVE-2023-25681

LDAP users on IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.5 which are configured to require multifactor authentication can still authenticate to the CIM interface using only username and password. This does not affect local users with MFA configured or remote users authenticating via single sign-on. IBM X-Force ID...

CVE-2023-25681 IBM Spectrum Virtualize security bypass

LDAP users on IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.5 which are configured to require multifactor authentication can still authenticate to the CIM interface using only username and password. This does not affect local users with MFA configured or remote users authenticating via single sign-on. IBM X-Force ID...