AuditBoard launches new IT risk management offering
The new application is an extension to AuditBoard’s connected risk platform and its suite of IT risk and compliance solutions, designed for information security teams.
Stories by Apurva Venkat
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Cisco says this week’s layoffs were announced last November
But employees say whether the layoffs are fresh or previously announced, they’re still losing their jobs.
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SEC notice to SolarWinds CISO and CFO roils cybersecurity industry
US SEC staff have recommended legal action against individual SolarWinds employees, in an unusual move that is causing a stir among cybersecurity professionals.
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New Android banking trojan targets US, UK, and Germany
The threat actors are distributing their malware via the Play Store, and already had over 30,000 installations as of March.
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Millions of GitHub repositories vulnerable to RepoJacking: Report
AquaSec analysed a sample of 1.25 million GitHub repositories and found that about 37,000 of them are vulnerable to RepoJacking, including companies such as Google and Lyft.
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China-sponsored APT group targets government ministries in the Americas
China-sponsored APT group Flea ran a malware campaign against ministries of foreign affairs in North and South America using a new backdoor dubbed Graphican, according to the Symantec Threat Hunter Team.
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Over 60,000 Android apps infected with adware-pushing malware
While currently used to push adware, the campaign can redirect users to other types of malware, such as banking trojans to steal credentials and financial information or ransomware.
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Barracuda patches zero-day vulnerability exploited since October
The vulnerability stemmed from incomplete input validation of user-supplied .tar files as it pertains to the names of the files contained within the archive.
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Traditional malware increasingly takes advantage of ChatGPT for attacks
As exploits against vulnerabilities increase overall, Palo Alto Networks' research unit has observed a jump in attempts to mimic ChatGPT through squatting domains.
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Cloud misconfiguration causes massive data breach at Toyota Motor
Vehicle data and customer information were exposed for over eight years due to a cloud misconfiguration at Toyota Motor that impacted over 260,000 customers.
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US sanctions four North Korean entities for global cyberattacks
North Korean hackers stole more virtual currency in 2022 than in any previous year, with estimates ranging from $630 million to over $1 billion — reportedly doubling Pyongyang’s total cybertheft proceeds in 2021.
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Microsoft 365 suffers another outage, its sixth this year
Microsoft 365 suffered another outage on Monday, preventing users from accessing Microsoft 365 apps.
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Guerrilla malware is preinfected on 8.9 million Android devices
Cybercrime gang Lemon Group has managed to get malware known as Guerrilla preinstalled on the devices.
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Russian national indicted for ransomware attacks against the US
Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev is charged with conspiring to transmit ransom demands, conspiring to damage protected computers, and intentionally damaging protected computers.
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Attacker uses the Azure Serial Console to gain access to Microsoft VM
Financially motivated threat actor UNC3944 is using phishing and SIM swapping attacks to take over Microsoft Azure admin accounts and gain access to virtual machines (VM), according to cybersecurity firm Mandiant.
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