Google Chrome Zero-Day Bugs Exploited Weeks Ahead of Patch
Two separate campaigns from different threat actors targeted users with the same exploit kit for more than a month before the company fixed an RCE flaw found in February.
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Just-Released Dark Souls Game, Elden Ring, Includes Killer Bug
A patch fixes exploit hidden in Elden Ring that traps PC players in a ‘death loop.’
Read MoreRussia Lays Groundwork for Cyberattacks on US Infrastructure – White House
“Evolving intelligence” shows Russia amping up for cyber-war in response to Ukraine-related sanctions, the White House said — but researchers warn that many orgs are not prepared.
Read MoreSandworm APT Hunts for ASUS Routers with Cyclops Blink Botnet
The Russian-speaking APT behind the NotPetya attacks and the Ukrainian power grid takedown could be setting up for additional sinister attacks, researchers said.
Read MoreDev Sabotages Popular NPM Package to Protest Russian Invasion
In the latest software supply-chain attack, the code maintainer added malicious code to the hugely popular node-ipc library to replace files with a heart emoji and a peacenotwar module.
Read MoreMisconfigured Firebase Databases Exposing Data in Mobile Apps
Five percent of the databases are vulnerable to threat actors: It’s a gold mine of exploit opportunity in thousands of mobile apps, researchers say.
Read MoreReporting Mandates to Clear Up Feds’ Hazy Look into Threat Landscape – Podcast
It’s about time, AttackIQ’s Jonathan Reiber said about 24H/72H report deadlines mandated in the new spending bill. As it is, visibility into adversary behavior has been muck.
Read MoreMost QNAP NAS Devices Affected by ‘Dirty Pipe’ Linux Flaw
The “Dirty Pipe” Linux kernel flaw – a high-severity vulnerability in all major distros that grants root access to unprivileged users who have local access – affects most of QNAP’s network-attached storage (NAS) appliances, the Taiwan…
Read MoreMost Orgs Would Take Security Bugs Over Ethical Hacking Help
A new survey suggests that security is becoming more important for enterprises, but they’re still falling back on old “security by obscurity” ways.
Read MoreAPT41 Spies Broke Into 6 US State Networks via a Livestock App
The China-affiliated state-sponsored threat actor used Log4j and zero-day bugs in the USAHerds animal-tracking software to hack into multiple government networks.
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