Muddled Libra Shifts Focus to SaaS and Cloud for Extortion and Data Theft Attacks

[ad_1] Apr 15, 2024NewsroomCloud Security /SaaS Security The threat actor known as Muddled Libra has been observed actively targeting software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and cloud service provider (CSP) environments in a bid to exfiltrate sensitive data. “Organizations often store a variety of data in SaaS applications and use services from CSPs,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42…

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Hackers Exploit Magento Bug to Steal Payment Data from E-commerce Websites

[ad_1] Apr 06, 2024NewsroomSkimmer / Threat Intelligence Threat actors have been found exploiting a critical flaw in Magento to inject a persistent backdoor into e-commerce websites. The attack leverages CVE-2024-20720 (CVSS score: 9.1), which has been described by Adobe as a case of “improper neutralization of special elements” that could pave the way for arbitrary…

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GhostRace – New Data Leak Vulnerability Affects Modern CPUs

[ad_1] Mar 15, 2024NewsroomHardware Security / Data Protection A group of researchers has discovered a new data leakage attack impacting modern CPU architectures supporting speculative execution. Dubbed GhostRace (CVE-2024-2193), it is a variation of the transient execution CPU vulnerability known as Spectre v1 (CVE-2017-5753). The approach combines speculative execution and race conditions. “All the common…

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Data Leakage Prevention in the Age of Cloud Computing: A New Approach

[ad_1] Mar 11, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Browser Security As the shift of IT infrastructure to cloud-based solutions celebrates its 10-year anniversary, it becomes clear that traditional on-premises approaches to data security are becoming obsolete. Rather than protecting the endpoint, DLP solutions need to refocus their efforts to where corporate data resides – in the…

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4 Instructive Postmortems on Data Downtime and Loss

[ad_1] More than a decade ago, the concept of the ‘blameless’ postmortem changed how tech companies recognize failures at scale. John Allspaw, who coined the term during his tenure at Etsy, argued postmortems were all about controlling our natural reaction to an incident, which is to point fingers: “One option is to assume the single…

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Building Your Privacy-Compliant Customer Data Platform (CDP) with First-Party Data

[ad_1] Feb 28, 2024The Hacker NewsWebinar / Privacy In today’s digital era, data privacy isn’t just a concern; it’s a consumer demand. Businesses are grappling with the dual challenge of leveraging customer data for personalized experiences while navigating a maze of privacy regulations. The answer? A privacy-compliant Customer Data Platform (CDP). Join us for a…

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Hackers Exploit Job Boards in APAC, Steal Data of Millions of Job Seekers

[ad_1] Feb 06, 2024NewsroomDark Web / Cybercrime Employment agencies and retail companies chiefly located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted by a previously undocumented threat actor known as ResumeLooters since early 2023 with the goal of stealing sensitive data. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said the hacking crew’s activities are geared towards job search platforms and…

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