Recent Security News
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Fake ‘RedAlert’ rocket alert app for Israel installs Android spyware
October 16, 2023 at 11:23AM A malicious version of the ‘RedAlert – Rocket Alerts’ app is targeting Israeli Android users. The fake app, distributed from the website “redalerts[.]me,” appears legitimate but installs spyware on the device. It requests additional permissions and collects data from the user, encrypting and uploading it to a hardcoded IP address.…
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CISA, FBI urge admins to patch Atlassian Confluence immediately
October 16, 2023 at 11:08AM CISA, FBI, and MS-ISAC have issued a warning to network administrators to immediately patch their Atlassian Confluence servers due to a critical privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2023-22515) that is actively being exploited. The flaw affects Confluence Data Center and Server 8.0.0 and later versions. Atlassian has released security updates and advised…
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Threat Actors Exploit Atlassian Confluence CVE-2023-22515 for Initial Access to Networks
October 16, 2023 at 10:46AM The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) about the active exploitation of CVE-2023-22515, a vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server. This vulnerability allows cyber threat actors to gain…
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Signal Pours Cold Water on Zero-Day Exploit Rumors
October 16, 2023 at 10:36AM Signal denies the existence of a zero-day exploit in its encrypted chat app, dismissing viral rumors as baseless. The rumored vulnerability involves the “generate link preview” feature, which has known privacy and security risks. Signal checked with contacts within the US Government, as claimed by the report, and found no…
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Academics Devise Cyber Intrusion Detection System for Unmanned Robots
October 16, 2023 at 10:36AM Australian researchers have developed an AI-driven cyber intrusion detection system to assist unmanned military robots in identifying man-in-the-middle (MitM) cyberattacks. The system, which uses deep learning convolutional neural networks (CNNs), aims to reduce vulnerabilities in the robot operating system (ROS) used by civilian and military robots. The algorithm achieved 99%…