Multiple Vulnerabilities in SonicOS

SonicWall has released a security advisory to address three high severity vulnerabilities and one medium severity vulnerability in SonicOS. SonicWall appliances are security appliances that provide virtual private network (VPN) and ‘next-gen’ firewall capabilities. Read more… Source: NHS Digital Sign Read More …

AI-supported spear phishing fools more than 50% of targets

One of the first things everyone predicted when artificial intelligence (AI) became more commonplace was that it would assist cybercriminals in making their phishing campaigns more effective. Now, researchers have conducted a scientific study into the effectiveness of AI supported Read More …

US state sues T-Mobile over 2021 data breach which leaked data of millions

As part of Washington’s lawsuit, the state claims T-Mobile failed to ‘adequately secure sensitive personal information of more than 2 million Washingtonians’. This failure, the state claims, left those consumers vulnerable to fraud and identity theft. The suit claims that Read More …

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Redis

Two security advisories have been released to address two vulnerabilities in Redis. Redis is a popular in-memory key-value database that persists on disk. CVE-2024-46981 is a ‘use after free’ vulnerability with a CVSSv3 score of 7.0. If exploited, an authenticated Read More …

Don’t Click Twice – New Chrome, Edge, Safari Hack Attack Warning

Hundreds of millions of web users have been warned about a new and dangerous cyber attack that doesn’t care what browser you use—as long as you click twice. Here’s everything you need to know about the double-clickjacking hack attack. Application Read More …

What We Know About CVE-2024-49112 and CVE-2024-49113

In December 2024, two Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) vulnerabilities were identified by independent security researcher Yuki Chen: CVE-2024-49112, a remote code execution (RCE) flaw with a 9.8 CVSS score, and CVE-2024-49113, a denial-of-service (DoS) flaw with a 7.5 Read More …

Top AI Trends from 2024 – A Look Back

2024 may go down as the year AI stopped being a technological novelty and became—more consequentially—a Fact of Life. Big names like Microsoft, Salesforce, and Intuit built AI into mainstream enterprise solutions; specialized AI apps and services sprung up for Read More …

Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria top targets for cyber attacks in 2024

In the first half of 2024, Nigeria saw 2,721 incidents, with the telecom sector, computer services sector, Data processing and hosting companies, and even local beauty salons having a fair dose of the attacks respectively. At the time, experts attributed Read More …

Washington County implements cybersecurity policy to combat potential ransomware attacks

The Washington County commissioners approved a new “business continuity and disaster recovery policy and plan” designed to take a proactive approach in guarding against another cyber attack like the one that crippled the county government for nearly three weeks earlier Read More …

UN General Assembly adopts milestone cybercrime treaty

The General Assembly on Tuesday adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty aimed at strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime and protecting societies from digital threats. The agreement on the legally binding treaty marked the culmination Read More …