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Hacktivist group, Anonymous Collective claim to cyber attack the E Visa service of the Bahrain government. The cyberattack on Bahrain government has raised concerns about the cyber security arena of sensitive data protection. The hacktivist group shared a screen shot of attack of the E Visa services on their social …

On Christmas Eve, Resecurity protecting Fortune 100 and government agencies worldwide, noticed that multiple actors on the Dark Web were leaking a large amount of data. More than 50 million records containing personal information about consumers from different countries were leaked. The damage caused by this could potentially be worth …

Microsoft disables the ms-appinstaller protocol handler by default due to its misuse by several threat actors to spread malware. “The observed threat actor activity abuses the current implementation of the ms-appinstaller protocol handler as an access vector for malware that may lead to ransomware distribution,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team …

A new security flaw was found in Apache OfBiz, an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. This flaw could be used to get around authentication protections. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-51467, is found in the login feature and is caused by a partial fix for another serious vulnerability (CVE-2023-49070, CVSS score: 9.8) …

CISA started the SCuBA project to improve the security of email and cloud environments in the federal government. The project aims to enhance the security features of commonly used products and services and provide better visibility at the enterprise level to support our cybersecurity goals. This meant creating secure configurations …

Barracuda, fixed a zero-day bug on December 21. The bug was used by hackers known as UNC4841 to exploit Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. The company released additional security updates the following day for compromised ESG appliances that were attacked with SeaSpy and Saltwater malware. A security vulnerability was disclosed …

Cloud security is very important for modern computing. Businesses and individuals use cloud services more and more to store, process, and manage data. Cloud computing has many advantages, such as scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency, but it also brings new security challenges to make sure sensitive information stays confidential, intact, …

Ransomware groups made a strong comeback in November, with the highest number of recorded victims ever, according to Corvus Insurance. Corvus Threat Intel reported that there were 484 new ransomware victims posted on leak sites in November 2023. This represents a 39.08% increase from October and a 110.43% increase compared …