Marriott Faces $52 Million Penalty Over Major Data Breaches In a significant development for data security, Marriott International, Incorporated has agreed to a $52 million penalty stemming from a series of security breaches that compromised over 344 million customer accounts globally. This decision marks a crucial response from the Federal…
New Linux Kernel Exploit Technique Raises Security Concerns Recent findings from cybersecurity researchers have unveiled a novel exploitation method targeting the Linux kernel, referred to as SLUBStick. This technique allows attackers to leverage limited heap vulnerabilities and escalate them into arbitrary memory read-and-write capabilities, circumventing traditional security measures. The researchers…
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Fluent Bit, a widely-used logging and metrics tool, raising significant concerns in the cybersecurity community. This flaw, labeled as CVE-2024-4323, enables potential denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, information leaks, and even remote code execution, putting numerous users at risk. Tenable Research has dubbed the vulnerability…
Identity Under Siege: Analyzing the National Public Data Breach In a significant cybersecurity incident, recent reports have indicated that cybercriminals have compromised 277 gigabytes of sensitive data, claiming to have accessed records belonging to approximately 2.9 billion individuals from a source identified as National Public Data. This alarming data breach…
A significant security vulnerability affecting Progress Software’s WhatsUp Gold network monitoring application is being actively exploited, prompting an urgent call for users to implement the latest updates. The flaw, identified as CVE-2024-4885, carries a critical CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a high level of severity. This remote code execution vulnerability…
Cyber Attack on MITRE Corporation: Exploit of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Rogue Virtual Machines In late December 2023, the MITRE Corporation became the target of a sophisticated cyber attack that leveraged zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS). The attackers, identified as a threat group with ties to China, were able…
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks have emerged as a significant threat, inundating targeted networks with a flood of simultaneous requests. This deluge can cause complete service interruptions, impacting internet connectivity across various sectors. The persistent evolution of these attacks aims to bypass existing defenses, making them increasingly difficult to mitigate. According…
Fidelity Investments Experiences Data Breach Affecting 77,000 Customers In a noteworthy cybersecurity incident, Fidelity Investments has reported a substantial data breach that compromises the personal information of approximately 77,000 customers. The breach occurred on August 17, 2024, and was detected just two days later, on August 19. The investment firm…
Microsoft has announced that it is actively working on security updates to rectify two significant vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited to conduct downgrade attacks against its Windows update system. These vulnerabilities may allow malicious actors to replace the current versions of operating system files with outdated ones, undermining the…
