Check Point released a security alert on May 28, 2024, regarding CVE-2024-24919. This high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affects Check Point Security Gateway devices set up with the “IPSec VPN” or “Mobile Access” software blade. Check Point is warning users about a zero-day vulnerability that threat actors have been exploiting in…
If you use the Internet or have an online presence, you are probably vulnerable to security breaches or attacks. One such attack that is very common is the Brute Force attack. In fact, of all the breaches caused by hacking, 80% of breaches involve brute force or the use of…
Despite increasing security investments, we are still prone to many security threats, and one of the most common threats is data breaches. But you know what? 95% of data breaches occur due to human errors. Yes, it’s strange because we are more responsible for making our data vulnerable in the…
Among the various cybersecurity threats, Ransomware is the most feared, with 72.7% of all organizations becoming victims of this attack in 2023. Given such huge numbers, it’s very important to protect against this attack. How to do that? By understanding what ransomware is and how it operates. In this blog,…
Cybercriminals with a monetary incentive use Windows Quick Assist in social engineering schemes to infect victims’ networks with Black Basta ransomware payloads. Microsoft has been looking at this effort since at least mid-April 2024. Based on their observations, the threat group (Storm-1811) began email bombing the target after adding their…
Since 2009, around 400,000 Linux servers have been compromised by a malware botnet known as Ebury; as of late 2023, over 100,000 servers remained hacked. Over the previous 15 years, the malware has infected at least 400,000 Linux servers, according to researchers with the cybersecurity company ESET. As of late…
With the progress of the digital world, cybercrime has gotten to the surface, and now, unfortunately, phishing is one of their favorite targeting methods. The fraudsters use these attacks to make people disclose confidential details that come under deep personal information, like login credentials, credit card numbers, and so on.…
What is a Cyber Security Audit? Cyber security audits are the systematic analysis of an organization’s agents, policies, and procedures, with the help of which one can identify the discrepancies, risks, and vulnerabilities in organizing the information systems and compliance to the standards. The main role of the cybersecurity audit…
Introduction In the cyber world, where cyber threats are progressing ahead of speed, cybersecurity has become so crucial, and almost everybody thinks that cybersecurity factors are their most urgent need. Meanwhile, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), disregarding the responsibility, provided a resolution to this concern by designing…
What Is Certificate Pinning? Certificate pinning is a security measure where the client application checks against a copy known as the certificates the server is using. On the other hand, this cross-platform server application can serve as a cert pinning client as it embeds the certificate issued to the server…
To ensure secure connections between users and websites, organizations prioritize using SSL certificates, as it’s pretty evident that a website secured with an SSL certificate assures visitors that it’s safe to use. When it comes to obtaining SSL certs, there’s often a debate about whether to opt for free or…
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls have been subject to an increased number of attempts at exploitation since the finding of CVE-2024-3400 on April 12, 2024. Recently, Palo Alto Networks identified and fixed a serious flaw in the GlobalProtect function of its PAN-OS software. But again, information from the Shadowserver Foundation…
According to a report by PingSafe, 45% of data breaches occur on the cloud, and 80% of companies have experienced an increase in the frequency of cloud attacks. To combat these attacks, encryption is used so that only authorized parties can read the encoding information. Now, encryption has two types,…
What is Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)? Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a complex set of hardware, software, policies, and procedures that are used to create, manage, and store digital certificates and keys in a secure way. It serves as the basis of secure communication and authentication methods in digital spaces…
WordPress security scanner WPScan alerts users that threat actors inject malicious code onto websites using a critical severity vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin. Attackers started to focus on a critical severity vulnerability in the WordPress plugin WP Automatic, which allows them to deploy backdoors for permanent access and create…
