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A newly patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows was exploited as a zero-day by Lazarus Group, a prolific state-sponsored actor affiliated with North Korea. The security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been described as a privilege escalation bug in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) for WinSock. "An attacker who successfully exploited this

OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence operation that leveraged ChatGPT to generate content that, among other things, focused on the upcoming U.S. presidential election. "This week we identified and took down a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that were generating content for a covert Iranian influence operation identified as

Chinese-speaking users are the target of an ongoing campaign that distributes malware known as ValleyRAT. "ValleyRAT is a multi-stage malware that utilizes diverse techniques to monitor and control its victims and deploy arbitrary plugins to cause further damage," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers Eduardo Altares and Joie Salvio said. "Another noteworthy characteristic of this malware is its

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered new stealer malware that's designed to specifically target Apple macOS systems. Dubbed Banshee Stealer, it's offered for sale in the cybercrime underground for a steep price of $3,000 a month and works across both x86_64 and ARM64 architectures.  "Banshee Stealer targets a wide range of browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, and around 100 browser

In a clever scheme designed to abuse Google in more than one way, scammers are redirecting users to browser locks.

Voting Village co-founder Harri Hursti told Politico the list of vulnerabilities ran “multiple pages.”

Ubuntu Security Notice 6951-2 - Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

As of January 10, 2023, CISA will no longer be updating ICS security advisories for Siemens product vulnerabilities beyond the initial advisory. For the most up-to-date information on vulnerabilities in this advisory, please see Siemens' ProductCERT Security Advisories (CERT Services | Services | Siemens Global).  View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 8.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable from adjacent network/low attack complexity Vendor: Siemens Equipment: INTRALOG WMS Vulnerabilities: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information, Heap-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation could allow an unauthenticated attacker located in the INTRALOG WMS network to decrypt and modify client-server communication, or potentially execute arbitrary code on the application servers. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following version of Siemens INTRALOG WMS, are affected: Siemens INTRALOG WMS: Versions prior to V4 3.2 Vulnerability Overview 3.2.1 CLEARTEXT TRANSMISSION OF...

A cybercrime group with links to the RansomHub ransomware has been observed using a new tool designed to terminate endpoint detection and response (EDR) software on compromised hosts, joining the likes of other similar programs like AuKill (aka AvNeutralizer) and Terminator. The EDR-killing utility has been dubbed EDRKillShifter by cybersecurity company Sophos, which discovered the tool in

A researcher used two Windows vulnerabilities to perform downgrade attacks. These flaws have now been patched by Microsoft