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"Exploitation Accounts For 29% of Education Sector Attacks"In a new report, security researchers at Critical Start claimed that the education sector is a prime target for threat actors, with 29% of attacks originating from vulnerability exploitation and 30% from phishing campaigns on K-12 schools in 2023.
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"One-Click 'GNOME' Exploit Is a Supply Chain Risk for Linux OSes"Researchers have discovered a security flaw in a library within the GNU Object Model Environment (GNOME) for Linux systems. If embedded in a malicious link, the vulnerability could allow instantaneous machine takeover by attackers.
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"It's Time to Treat Satellites as Critical Infrastructure"Satellite hacking could result in massive disruptions to communications, transportation, and weather forecasts, as well as the loss of sensitive data.
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"CMU's Synergy Lab Presents Multiple Papers on Ubiquitous Sensing at UbiComp"Researchers from the Systems, Networking, and Energy Efficiency (Synergy) Lab at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are presenting several multi-year studies on their work regarding ubiquitous sensing at the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasiv
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"Air Europa Data Breach: Customers Warned to Cancel Credit Cards"Spanish airline Air Europa, the country's third-largest airline and a member of the SkyTeam alliance, recently warned customers to cancel their credit cards after attackers accessed their card information in a recent data breach.
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"NSA and US Agencies Issue Best Practices for Open-Source Software in Operational Technology Environments"The National Security Agency (NSA) and US federal partners have released cybersecurity guidance to promote understanding Open-Source Software (OSS) implementation and to provide best practices for securing Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Con
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"IZ1H9 - Attackers Find New Ways to Zombify Your Router: D-Link, TP-Link Devices Affected"Fortinet researchers have found a large-scale attack campaign targeting routers, turning thousands into bots for Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
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"The University of Alabama in Huntsville Demonstrates Cybersecurity Software Aboard a Lockheed Martin Technology Demonstrator CubeSat"The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recently announced its creation of cybersecurity software for the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC).
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"Flagstar Bank MOVEit Breach Affects 800K Customer Records"Flagstar Bank, a prominent Michigan-based financial services provider, has recently warned 837,390 of its US customers about a data breach that occurred through a third-party service provider, Fiserv.
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"Maintainers Warn of Vulnerability Affecting Foundational Open-Source Tool"Two vulnerabilities have been announced by the maintainers of a popular open-source tool that provides foundational support for multiple network protocols, including SSL, TLS, HTTP, FTP, and SMTP.
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"Recently Patched TagDiv Plugin Flaw Exploited to Hack Thousands of WordPress Sites"According to security researchers at Sucuri, a recently patched vulnerability affecting a plugin associated with the Newspaper and Newsmag themes has been exploited to hack thousands of WordPress websites as part of a long-running campaign named Balada
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"Old-School Attacks Are Still a Danger, Despite Newer Techniques"Despite all the talk about new technologies such as ChatGPT and the growing complexity of attacks, cybercriminals continue to use numerous basic attacks because they are effective.
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