October 2023 - Page 4 of 4 - Cyber Security Minute

Qualcomm Releases Patch for 3 new Zero-Days Under Active Exploitation

Issued by: The Hacker News

Chipmaker Qualcomm has released security updates to address 17 vulnerabilities in various components, while warning that three other zero-days have come under active exploitation. Of the 17 flaws, three are rated Critical, 13 are rated High, and one is rated Medium in severity. “There are indications from Google Threat Analysis Group and Google Project Zero…

Malware & Threats

Fast-Growing Dropbox Campaign Steals Microsoft SharePoint Credentials

Issued by: Dark Reading

Threat actors are using messages sent from Dropbox to steal Microsoft user credentials in a fast-growing business email compromise (BEC) campaign. The effort evades natural language processing (NLP)-based security scans, and demonstrates the rapid evolution of these types of attacks. Researchers at Check Point Harmony observed more than 5,000 of the attacks — in which…

Malware & Threats

KillNet Claims DDoS Attack Against Royal Family Website

Issued by: Dark Reading

The official website of the UK royal family was subject to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 1, thanks to pro-Russian hacktivists. The resulting downtime for royal.uk began around 10 a.m. BST, and only lasted for around 90 minutes. As of this writing, though, visitors to the site are still…

Network Security

Addressing AI and Security Challenges With Red Teams: A Google Perspective

Issued by: Dark Reading

In our digital world, the security landscape is in a constant state of flux. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) will trigger a profound shift in this landscape, and we must be prepared to address the security challenges associated with new frontiers of AI innovation in a responsible way. At Google, we’re acutely aware of these…