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A new strain of malicious software that's engineered to penetrate and disrupt critical systems in industrial environments has been unearthed. Google-owned threat intelligence firm Mandiant dubbed the malware COSMICENERGY, adding it was uploaded to a public malware scanning utility in December 2021 by a submitter in Russia. There is no evidence that it has been put to use in the wild. "The

Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Square Pig FusionInvoice 2023-1.0, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the description or content fields to the expenses, tasks, and customer details.

Steam, the most popular video game storefront on PCs, only recently announced that it was ending support for Windows 7 and 8, and even then, it won’t be official until January.

An unnamed government entity associated with the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) was targeted by a likely Iranian threat actor to breach the victim's Microsoft Exchange Server with a "simple yet effective" backdoor dubbed PowerExchange. According to a new report from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the intrusion relied on email phishing as an initial access pathway, leading to the execution of a .NET

A stealthy China-based group managed to establish a persistent foothold into critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. and Guam without being detected, Microsoft and the "Five Eyes" nations said on Wednesday. The tech giant's threat intelligence team is tracking the activity, which includes post-compromise credential access and network system discovery, under the name Volt Typhoon. The

The Iranian threat actor known as Agrius is leveraging a new ransomware strain called Moneybird in its attacks targeting Israeli organizations. Agrius, also known as Pink Sandstorm (formerly Americium), has a track record of staging destructive data-wiping attacks aimed at Israel under the guise of ransomware infections. Microsoft has attributed the threat actor to Iran's Ministry of

Indirect prompt-injection attacks can leave people vulnerable to scams and data theft when they use the AI chatbots.

Researchers say the state-sponsored espionage operation may also lay the groundwork for disruptive cyberattacks.

According to Microsoft and researchers, the state-sponsored threat actor could very well be setting up a contingency plan for disruptive attacks on the US in the wake of an armed conflict in the South China Sea.

New capability streamlines automated testing of cybersecurity and anti-fraud features in android and iOS apps in virtual and cloud testing suites.