Here’s today’s reminder not to waste your money paying criminals to delete data. After PowerSchool became aware of a hack in December 2024, they paid the then-unnamed attacker(s) to delete data. They subsequently informed their affected clients that they had observed the data deletion and believed that the data had been deleted, and that there…
Astra Security and Invary have received new funding to fuel development of their vulnerability scanning and runtime security solutions. The post Astra, Invary Raise Millions for AI-Powered Pentesting, Runtime Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.
An RA World ransomware attack in November 2024 targeting an unnamed Asian software and services company involved the use of a malicious tool exclusively used by China-based cyber espionage groups, raising the possibility that the threat actor may be moonlighting as a ransomware player in an individual capacity. “During the attack in late 2024, the…
Oracle Health is becoming this year’s poster child for how NOT to respond to an incident. Lawrence Abrams reports: A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers. Oracle Health has not yet publicly disclosed the incident, but in private communications sent to…
The rapid adoption of cloud services, SaaS applications, and the shift to remote work have fundamentally reshaped how enterprises operate. These technological advances have created a world of opportunity but also brought about complexities that pose significant security threats. At the core of these vulnerabilities lies Identity—the gateway to enterprise security and the number one…
New research has pulled back the curtain on a “deficiency” in Google’s “Sign in with Google” authentication flow that exploits a quirk in domain ownership to gain access to sensitive data. “Google’s OAuth login doesn’t protect against someone purchasing a failed startup’s domain and using it to re-create email accounts for former employees,” Truffle Security…
A vulnerability in Nuclei’s template signature verification system could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code. The post Code Execution Flaw Found in Nuclei Vulnerability Scanner appeared first on SecurityWeek.
