Intel on Thursday announced the latest version of its vPro platform for the recently launched 13th Gen Core processors, claiming that it significantly improves security. The vPro platform is designed to enhance performance, security, manageability and stability. Intel claims that the latest version of its vPro platform provides dozens of security capabilities that can help…
This week, Cisco released its semiannual IOS and IOS XE software security advisory bundle, which addresses ten vulnerabilities, including six rated ‘high severity.’ Of the most important high-severity bugs, three security flaws can be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The first of these, CVE-2023-20080, impacts the IPv6 DHCP version…
Cybercrime is one of the world’s most profitable illicit industries, with threat actors using existing infrastructure and older threats to maximize their Return on Investment (ROI). Code reuse is a common tactic among cybercriminals, where old code is retrofitted into new versions of malware. One of the most notorious examples of code reuse is Emotet,…
Spain Needs More Transparency Over Pegasus: EU Lawmakers The European Parliament is Calling for More Transparency in Spain’s Pegasus Spyware Hacking Scandal On Tuesday, the European Parliament’s cross-party committee concluded a two-day fact-finding mission to Madrid to investigate the illegal use of spyware in EU states, specifically the Pegasus software which can turn smartphones into…
Google Suspends Chinese Shopping App Amid Security Concerns Google has taken swift action to suspend the Chinese shopping app, Pinduoduo, from the Google Play store due to security concerns. Reports suggest that the app could potentially be used to spy on users in the United States, adding to the already high tensions between the two…
Organizations Notified of Remotely Exploitable Vulnerabilities in Aveva HMI, SCADA Products Organizations using Aveva’s HMI and SCADA products have recently been informed of the existence of several potentially serious vulnerabilities. Last week, Aveva and CISA published security advisories in regards to three vulnerabilities in the InTouch Access Anywhere HMI and Plant SCADA Access Anywhere products.…
Verosint Launches Account Fraud Detection and Prevention Platform Security startup Verosint is launching a new account fraud detection and prevention solution as it refocuses its previous open source intelligence (OSINT) access management solution. This new product includes capabilities such as behavioral analytics, rules engine, identity graphing, and AI/ML that automatically tags different forms of account…