Recent Security News

  • Outsmarting Ransomware’s New Playbook

    January 18, 2024 at 06:12AM In 2024, the cybersecurity landscape faces evolving challenges, particularly from ransomware. Cybercriminals are adopting a new strategy of data theft and extortion, bypassing traditional encryption-based attacks. Encrypted data offers legal protection in the event of a breach, but widespread encryption deployment lags. Proactive security management and asset enumeration are critical…

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  • Ransomware Group Targets Foxconn Subsidiary Foxsemicon

    January 18, 2024 at 06:12AM Foxsemicon, a subsidiary of Foxconn, was reportedly attacked by LockBit ransomware. 5 Tb of data was claimed to be stolen and encrypted, including personal data of customers and employees. The cybercriminals demanded a ransom and threatened to make the data public. Although Foxsemicon believes the impact won’t be significant, the…

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  • Vast botnet hijacks smart TVs for prime-time cybercrime

    January 18, 2024 at 05:21AM Security researchers have traced a DDoS botnet infecting millions of smart TVs and set-top boxes to the Bigpanzi cybercrime syndicate. At its peak, 170,000 bots were running daily and were used for cybercrimes such as DDoS attacks and hijacking broadcasts. The researchers aim to combat Bigpanzi and seek collaboration from…

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  • PixieFail UEFI Flaws Expose Millions of Computers to RCE, DoS, and Data Theft

    January 18, 2024 at 05:03AM Multiple security vulnerabilities in the TCP/IP network protocol stack of an open-source UEFI firmware are collectively dubbed PixieFail. These issues could be exploited to achieve remote code execution, denial-of-service, DNS cache poisoning, and leakage of sensitive information. Various firms’ UEFI firmware are impacted, and the CERT Coordination Center provided advisory…

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  • Jira down: Atlassian outage affecting multiple cloud services

    January 18, 2024 at 04:48AM Multiple Atlassian Jira products are experiencing an ongoing outage. Users of Jira Work management, Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Jira Product Discovery are facing connection issues. Atlassian is investigating the cause, and error messages such as HTTP 503 (Service Unavailable) have been observed. This is a developing story. (Summary:…

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