Recent Security News
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Name That Edge Toon: Out for the Count
November 6, 2023 at 01:45PM “Caption Contest: When Mondays Attack! Help us come up with a cybersecurity-related caption for the image above. Share your ideas via email at [email protected], on social media or mention @Darkreading. The lucky winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card. Contest ends Nov. 29, 2023.” “Caught in the Web of…
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Middle East’s 5G Acceleration May Pose Serious Security Issues
November 6, 2023 at 01:01PM In late 2023, the Middle East is projected to have around 50 million 5G connections, with 20 million in the Gulf Cooperation Council states. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed rollouts, but countries like UAE, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia have launched 5G networks and promoted mobile packages. However, security concerns arise due…
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New Jupyter Infostealer Version Emerges with Sophisticated Stealth Tactics
November 6, 2023 at 01:00PM An updated version of the information stealer malware Jupyter has resurfaced with new tactics to establish a persistent presence on compromised systems. The malware leverages PowerShell command modifications and signatures of private keys to appear as a legitimately signed file. It utilizes manipulated search engine optimization and malvertising to trick…
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QNAP Releases Patch for 2 Critical Flaws Threatening Your NAS Devices
November 6, 2023 at 01:00PM QNAP has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities in its operating system. The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-23368, is a command injection bug affecting QTS, QuTS hero, and QuTScloud. The second vulnerability, CVE-2023-23369, is a command injection flaw in QTS, Multimedia Console, and Media Streaming add-on. Users are…
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Critical Atlassian Confluence bug exploited in Cerber ransomware attacks
November 6, 2023 at 12:40PM Attackers are exploiting a critical security flaw in Atlassian Confluence to encrypt files with Cerber ransomware. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-22518, received a severity rating of 9.1/10 and affects all versions of Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server software. Although there are currently no reports of active exploitation, Atlassian has…