Microsoft released its first rollout of 2022 patches that covers 96 new CVEs, plus 24 CVEs patched by Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) earlier this month and two other CVEs fixed previously in open-source projects. This makes a January total of 122 CVEs. Nine are rated critical in severity.
Healthcare and public health sector entities must heed the warnings this week by federal authorities of Russian state-sponsored cyberthreats to critical infrastructure organizations, some experts say. Why are the stakes so high?
Cisco Talos researchers have discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Chitubox Anycubic plug-in. The vulnerability - which scores a 7.8 in criticality - triggers if the user opens a specially crafted .gf file. There is no official fix available.
Attackers wielding Night Sky ransomware are among the latest groups that have been attempting to exploit critical vulnerabilities in widely used Apache Log4j software. Microsoft says that among other attacks, a China-based ransomware operator has been exploiting Log4j flaws in VMware Horizon.
Cybersecurity in today's world is no longer primarily about the implementation of products or solutions. It is more about the analysis of behavior and the ecosystem. Krishnamurthy Rajesh of ICRA discusses the role of artificial intelligence and the need for collaboration among business functions.
Top U.S. cybersecurity leaders continue to warn against the peril of Apache Log4j vulnerabilities, confirming on Monday that hundreds of millions of devices worldwide are likely affected by the logging utility flaw, although the response, in terms of scope and speed, has been "exceptional."
Researchers have identified a new wave of phishing attacks exploiting a vulnerability in the comments feature of Google Docs to deliver malicious phishing websites. It hit more than 500 inboxes across 30 tenants, with hackers using more than 100 different Gmail accounts, Avanan researchers say.
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this week that his committee convened a virtual briefing with both CISA and National Cyber Director Chris Inglis to discuss efforts to mitigate the threat posed by the Log4j vulnerability.
The Apache Log4j vulnerability capped the end of a long year for CISOs and incident responders. Security leaders Pooja Shimpi and Deepayan Chanda discuss how they have tackled Log4j - and significant lessons learned about incident response and information sharing.
The JFrog research team discovered a new RCE vulnerability, which will be tracked by NIST as CVE-2021-42392, in the H2 database console. Although the researchers say the root cause of this critical flaw is similar to the flaw in Apache's Log4j, they believe the differences may lessen its impact.
A new feature on antivirus product Norton 360 has left cybersecurity experts baffled, as the company has made a play in the cryptocurrency space with a tool that will mine Ethereum while users' computers are idle. Observers call it a puzzling move and that the feature may be difficult to uninstall.
In the latest update, four ISMG editors discuss key cybersecurity issues, including myth busting from the founder of Zero Trust, the reason behind the surge in high-profile cryptocurrency scams in India and how ransomware attackers routinely lie about their inclinations, motivations and tactics.
Arbix Finance, a yield-farming protocol that runs on Binance Smart Chain, has reportedly siphoned user funds in what blockchain security firm CertiK labeled a "rug pull." This follows a Library of Congress report indicating that the number of nations banning cryptocurrency has doubled since 2018.
A new supply chain attack is leveraging a cloud video platform to distribute skimmer - aka formjacking - campaigns to attack hundreds of real estate websites, according to researchers at Palo Alto's research arm, Unit 42.
The Apache Log4j vulnerability capped the end of a long year for CISOs and incident responders, and it left them with a mitigation project that carries them well into the New Year. CISOs John Bassett and Martin Dinel discuss how their teams have tackled Log4j - and significant lessons learned.
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