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Content tagged with Advanced Threats posted in April 2020
The Rise of Deepfakes and What That Means for Identity Fraud
Commentary  |  4/30/2020  | 
Convincing deepfakes are a real concern, but there are ways of fighting back.
7 Fraud Predictions in the Wake of the Coronavirus
Commentary  |  4/29/2020  | 
It's theme and variations in the fraud world, and fraudsters love -- and thrive -- during chaos and confusion
Phishers Start to Exploit Oil Industry Amid COVID-19 Woes
News  |  4/29/2020  | 
While a massive flood of attacks has yet to materialize, cybersecurity experts say this could be the calm before the storm.
4 Ways to Get to Defensive When Faced by an Advanced Attack
Commentary  |  4/29/2020  | 
To hold your own against nation-state-grade attacks, you must think and act differently.
Continued Use of Python 2 Will Heighten Security Risks
News  |  4/28/2020  | 
With support for the programming language no longer available, organizations should port to Python 3, security researches say.
Attackers Target Sophos Firewalls with Zero-Day
News  |  4/27/2020  | 
Remote exploit compromises specific configurations of XG firewalls with the intent of stealing data from the devices.
Cybercrime Group Steals $1.3M from Banks
News  |  4/24/2020  | 
A look at how the so-called Florentine Banker Group lurked for two months in a sophisticated business email compromise attack on Israeli and UK financial companies.
11 Tips for Protecting Active Directory While Working from Home
Commentary  |  4/22/2020  | 
To improve the security of your corporate's network, protect the remote use of AD credentials.
Attackers Aim at Software Supply Chain with Package Typosquatting
News  |  4/21/2020  | 
Attackers seed Ruby Gems repository with more than 760 malicious packages using names just a bit different than the standard code libraries.
7 Steps to Avoid the Top Cloud Access Risks
Commentary  |  4/21/2020  | 
Securing identities and data in the cloud is challenging, but a least-privilege access approach helps.
5 Things Ransomware Taught Me About Responding in a Crisis
Commentary  |  4/16/2020  | 
What happened in Atlanta is worth studying because it was one of the earliest cases of a major city ransomware attacks and because it came out the other side stronger and more resilient.
DHS Issues Alert for New North Korean Cybercrime
Quick Hits  |  4/15/2020  | 
Cyber actors from North Korea's intelligence agencies are launching new attacks on financial targets, including hacks for hire on the open market.
Man-in-the-Middle Attacks: A Growing but Preventable Mobile Threat
Commentary  |  4/15/2020  | 
Hackers are upping their game, especially as they target mobile devices.
You're One Misconfiguration Away from a Cloud-Based Data Breach
Commentary  |  4/14/2020  | 
Don't assume that cyberattacks are all you have to worry about. Misconfigurations should also be a top cause of concern.
7 Ways COVID-19 Has Changed Our Online Lives
Slideshows  |  4/14/2020  | 
The pandemic has driven more of our personal and work lives online – and for the bad guys, business is booming. Here's how you can protect yourself.
Cybercrime May Be the World's Third-Largest Economy by 2021
Commentary  |  4/13/2020  | 
The underground economy is undergoing an industrialization wave and booming like never before.
Medical Devices on the IoT Put Lives at Risk
Commentary  |  4/9/2020  | 
Device security must become as important a product design feature as safety and efficacy.
Active Directory Attacks Hit the Mainstream
Commentary  |  4/1/2020  | 
Understanding the limitations of authentication protocols, especially as enterprises link authentication to cloud services to Active Directory, is essential for security teams in the modern federated enterprise.


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I Smell a RAT! New Cybersecurity Threats for the Crypto Industry
David Trepp, Partner, IT Assurance with accounting and advisory firm BPM LLP,  7/9/2021
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Attacks on Kaseya Servers Led to Ransomware in Less Than 2 Hours
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer,  7/7/2021
Commentary
It's in the Game (but It Shouldn't Be)
Tal Memran, Cybersecurity Expert, CYE,  7/9/2021
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CVE-2023-1172
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
The Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the full name value in versions up to, and including, 21.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that w...
CVE-2023-1469
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
The WP Express Checkout plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘pec_coupon[code]’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.2.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenti...
CVE-2023-1466
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function view_student of the file admin/?page=students/view_student. The manipulation of the argument id with the input 3' AND (SELECT 2100 FROM (SELECT(...
CVE-2023-1467
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file Master.php?f=delete_img of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument path with the input C%3A%2Ffoo.txt le...
CVE-2023-1468
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin/?page=reports&date_from=2023-02-17&date_to=2023-03-17 of the component Report Handler. The manipula...