SWEEPS Educational Initiative Offers Application Security Training
The secure coding curriculum was developed by University of California, Davis; University of Maryland Baltimore County; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; California…
D-Link urges users to retire VPN routers impacted by unfixed RCE flaw
D-Link is warning customers to replace end-of-life VPN router models after a critical unauthenticated, remote code execution vulnerability was discovered that…
Chinese hackers exploit Fortinet VPN zero-day to steal credentials
Chinese threat actors use a custom post-exploitation toolkit named 'DeepData' to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Windows VPN client…
Palo Alto Networks patches two firewall zero-days used in attacks
Palo Alto Networks has finally released security updates for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW). [...]
Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned today that attackers are now exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical remote…
Illegal Crypto Mining: How Businesses Can Prevent Themselves From Being ‘Cryptojacked’
The popularity of cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Bitcoin surged during the pandemic era. What began as a niche, almost novelty…
How Ransomware Jeopardizes Healthcare Organizations
Security challenges in the healthcare sector continue to grow as connected assets and attack surfaces expand. Organizations in any sector…
NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say
Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named "Erised," that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities…
Botnet exploits GeoVision zero-day to install Mirai malware
A malware botnet is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in end-of-life GeoVision devices to compromise and recruit them for likely DDoS…
The Future of Cybersecurity: Predictions for 2025 and Beyond
by Gary S. Miliefsky, CISSP, fmDHS As the publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine, I have a great honor and pleasure…