Recent Security News
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State-Backed Hackers a Threat to Australia, Agency Warns
November 15, 2023 at 05:39AM Australia’s signals intelligence agency has warned that the country faces an ongoing threat from state-sponsored hackers, particularly from Russia and China. The agency highlighted the danger of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, such as water supplies and electricity grids. The recently formed AUKUS defense pact with the UK and US could…
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Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD Address Over 130 Vulnerabilities
November 15, 2023 at 05:09AM Chipmakers Intel and AMD released security advisories this week, disclosing a total of more than 130 vulnerabilities in their products. Intel addressed 105 vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw in Data Center Manager software. AMD disclosed 27 vulnerabilities, with one impacting AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization and another in SMM Supervisor. Both…
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New Intel CPU Vulnerability ‘Reptar’ Can Allow DoS Attacks, Privilege Escalation
November 15, 2023 at 05:09AM A vulnerability affecting certain Intel processors, tracked as Reptar and CVE-2023-23583, has been discovered. It could result in a crash, privilege escalation, and information disclosure. Intel has released microcode updates to address the issue, and users are advised to ensure their BIOS, system OS, and drivers are up to date.…
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Ransomware more efficient than ever, and baddies are still after your logs
November 15, 2023 at 04:37AM Organizations are struggling to implement adequate logging measures, which makes it difficult for defenders and incident responders to identify the cause of information security attacks. In many cases, organizations lack the necessary telemetry logs to analyze events properly. Cybercriminals often disable or wipe logging capabilities to evade detection and attribution.…
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Reptar: New Intel CPU Vulnerability Impacts Multi-Tenant Virtualized Environments
November 15, 2023 at 02:57AM Intel has released fixes for a high-severity flaw called Reptar that affects its desktop, mobile, and server CPUs. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-23583, allows for privilege escalation, information disclosure, denial of service, and bypassing of security boundaries. Intel has published updated microcode for all affected processors and there is currently…