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GitLab Patches Critical Account Takeover Flaw

The flaw (CVE-2023-7028) stems from the fact that user account password reset emails can be delivered to unverified email addresses.

Gitlab, Account Takeover

APT Group Targets Ivanti Flaws

An unidentified APT group is actively exploiting the two recently disclosed Ivanti Pulse Secure and Connect Secure vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887).

Ivanti

FBot Hacking Tool Targets Cloud, Payment Platforms

A new Python-based hacking tool is leveraged by cybercriminals to target cloud and SaaS platforms, and payment services, like AWS, Office365, PayPal and Twilio.

AWS, Cloud Security

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 1/12

Welcome back to Source Code, Decipher's weekly news wrap podcast with input from our sources.

Source Code, Podcast

Ivanti Warns of Connect Secure, Policy Secure Zero Days

Patches will be released starting Jan. 22, but until then Ivanti urges customers to apply mitigations.

Zero Day

Decryptor Issued For Babuk Tortilla Ransomware Variant

Cisco Talos researchers also said that Dutch law enforcement has identified and apprehended the threat actor behind Babuk Tortilla operations.

Ransomware

Threat Actors Target Microsoft SQL Servers in Mimic Ransomware Attacks

Organizations based in the U.S., EU and Latin America have been targeted over the past few weeks.

Microsoft, Sql

Attackers Focus on Apache OFBiz Bug

Threat actors are targeting a critical flaw in the Apache OFBiz platform that was disclosed in late December.

Apache

Decipher Podcast: James Doggett

James Doggett, CISO of Semperis and a longtime executive in the financial and insurance industries, joins Dennis Fisher to discuss his career arc and the challenges of being a CISO in today's highly scrutinized and pressure-filled environment.

Podcast

What We Learned in 2023

2023 was one of the crazier years in recent memory for security news, and we did our best to make sense of it all. We gathered some of our friends to talk about what the biggest stories of the year were and what we learned from them.

AI, Ransomware

Law Enforcement Disrupts BlackCat Ransomware Operation

In addition to creating the decryption tool, law enforcement agencies have also gained visibility into the ransomware group’s network and have seized several attacker-operated websites.

Ransomware

Decipher Library: Holiday Edition 2023

Our annual holiday book recommendation guide is here to help you discover what to read during your holiday downtime.

Library

Decipher Podcast: Feross Aboukhadijeh

Feross Aboukhadijeh, founder and CEO of Socket, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the challenges of securing open-source projects, supply chain security, and the fragility of the open-source software ecosystem.

Podcast

U.S., Australian Government Agencies Warn of Play Ransomware Attacks

A new advisory from U.S. and Australian government agencies warns that the Play ransomware group has successfully infected at least 300 organizations since its emergence in June 2022, including critical infrastructure entities.

Ransomware

Microsoft Cracks Down on Fraudulent Outlook Account Sales

Microsoft has obtained a court order from the Southern District of New York allowing the company to seize U.S.-based infrastructure and take websites used by Storm-1152 offline.

Microsoft