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Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has published its root cause analysis detailing the Falcon Sensor software update crash that crippled millions of Windows devices globally. The "Channel File 291" incident, as originally highlighted in its Preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR), has been traced back to a content validation issue that arose after it introduced a new Template Type to enable

The 23rd edition of Microsoft’s BlueHat security conference will be hosted by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) at the Redmond, WA corporate campus, October 29 and 30, 2024. BlueHat brings together security researchers and responders from both inside and outside of Microsoft, who come together as peers to exchange ideas, experiences, and best practices, all in the interest of creating a safer and more secure world for everyone.

Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a new technique adopted by threat actors behind the Chameleon Android banking trojan targeting users in Canada by masquerading as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) app. "Chameleon was seen masquerading as a CRM app, targeting a Canadian restaurant chain operating internationally," Dutch security outfit ThreatFabric said in a technical

Apple on Tuesday announced an update to its next-generation macOS version that makes it a little more difficult for users to override Gatekeeper protections. Gatekeeper is a crucial line of defense built into macOS designed to ensure that only trusted apps run on the operating system. When an app is downloaded from outside of the App Store and opened for the first time, it verifies that the

Protections like Windows Smart App Control are useful but susceptible to attacks that allow threat actors initial access to an environment without triggering any alerts.

At least two Russian nationals serving prison sentences for cybercrime offenses, Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Seleznev, were released as part of the landmark prisoner swap.

Cybersecurity startup RAD Security, a finalist in this year's Black Hat USA Startup Spotlight competition, looks for "drift events," or events that vary from the baseline.

Korenix JetPort Series version 1.2 suffers from insufficient authentication, command injection, and plaintext communication vulnerabilities.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-2 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 115.12.0:esr are affected.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-1 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in containerd, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation. Versions greater than or equal to 1.6.19 are affected.