Cybersecurity

Read the latest Cybersecurity news on the Packt Hub. We feature up-to-date articles on IT security and hacking. We also feature the latest software security updates and cyber security threats.

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Intel’s DDIO and RDMA enabled microprocessors vulnerable to new NetCAT attack

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Two days ago, Intel disclosed a vulnerability in their 2011 released line of micro processors with  Data Direct I/O Technology (DDIO) and Remote Direct...
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Endpoint protection, hardening, and containment strategies for ransomware attack protection: CISA recommended FireEye report...

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Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) shared some strategies with users and organizations to prevent, mitigate, and recover against ransomware. They...

Wikipedia hit by massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack; goes offline in many...

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Two days ago, on September 7, Wikipedia confirmed with an official statement that it was hit by a malicious attack a day before causing...
NetSpectre attack exploits data from CPU memory

CircleCI reports of a security breach and malicious database in a third-party vendor account

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Last week, the team at CircleCI came across with a security breach incident that involved CircleCI and a third-party analytics vendor. An attacker got...

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online, thanks to an exposed...

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Yesterday, TechCrunch reported of an exposed server with more than 419 million records from Facebook phone numbers are discovered online. According to Zack Whittaker,...
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Espressif IoT devices susceptible to WiFi vulnerabilities can allow hijackers to crash devices connected...

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Matheus Eduardo Garbelini a member of the ASSET (Automated Systems SEcuriTy) Research Group at the Singapore University of Technology and Design released a proof...

Over 47K Supermicro servers’ BMCs are prone to USBAnywhere, a remote virtual media vulnerability

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Update: On September 4, 2019, Supermicro released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). Administrators can review Supermicro’s Security Advisory and Security...
Retadup worm

Retadup, a malicious worm infecting 850k Windows machines, self-destructs in a joint effort by...

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A malicious worm, Retadup, affected 850k Windows machines throughout Latin America. The objective of the Retadup worm is to obtain persistence on victims’ computers...
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A year-old Webmin backdoor revealed at DEF CON 2019 allowed unauthenticated attackers to execute...

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Earlier this month, at DEF CON 2019, a Turkish security researcher, Özkan Mustafa Akkuş presented a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability in Webmin, a...
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Cisco Talos researchers disclose eight vulnerabilities in Google’s Nest Cam IQ indoor camera

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On Monday, August 19, the Cisco Talos research team disclosed eight security vulnerabilities in Google’s Nest Cam IQ, a high-end security indoor camera (IoT...

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Top 6 Cybersecurity Books from Packt to Accelerate Your Career

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With new technology threats, rising international tensions, and state-sponsored cyber-attacks, cybersecurity is more important than ever. In organizations worldwide, there is not only a dire need for cybersecurity...

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