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New Wi-Fi Auth Bypass Flaws Expose Home, Enterprise Networks

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New Wi-Fi authentication bypass vulnerabilities were discovered in open source software. These vulnerabilities could put both enterprise and home networks at risk of attacks. Mathy Vanhoef, a professor at the KU Leuven research university in Belgium, and Heloise Gollier, a student at KU Leuven, discovered the vulnerabilities in collaboration with …

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BGD e-GOV CIRT Report
Bangladesh faced 71.39% of Malware Infections Linked to Ransomware

Ransomware landscape

The threat landscape report from BGD e-GOV CIRT shows a significant 71.39% increase in malware infections linked to potential ransomware threats. The report shows that there exist vulnerabilities in Bangladesh that could lead to ransomware attacks on various organizations. The main malware strains identified are M0yv, Phorpiex, and Necurs, which …

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Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Adobe

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe software. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. Adobe Commerce and Magento Adobe Substance 3D Painter Adobe Acrobat and Reader Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server Adobe Audition Adobe Substance 3D Designer …

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Microsoft Fixes Two Zero-Days in February Patch Tuesday

Microsoft

Microsoft released updates for 73 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day flaws being actively exploited, which makes for a busy February for system administrators. In February’s Patch Tuesday update, there were fixes for five critical vulnerabilities and 30 remote code execution flaws. However, the two zero-day vulnerabilities were security feature bypass bugs. …

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Beaming Report
UK Businesses Lose $40bn to Security Breaches in a Year

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Last year, more than 1.5 million UK companies were attacked by cybercriminals, causing them to lose over £31.5 billion ($40 billion), according to a report from business ISP Beaming. A company surveyed 500 business leaders in 2023 to find out about security breaches that affected their organization. They were asked …

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Bank of America warns customers of data breach

Bank of America

Bank of America is warning customers about a data breach that exposed their personal information due to a hack at one of its service providers, Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS), last year. The customer’s personal information that was exposed in the security breach includes their names, addresses, social security numbers, dates …

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