Category: Cyber Threat News
Check Point, a leading cybersecurity vendor, has swiftly released emergency patches to counter a critical zero-day vulnerability found in its VPN products. This flaw, which has been actively exploited by threat actors, allows unauthorized access to sensitive information on internet-connected gateways with remote access VPN or mobile access enabled. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-24919, poses […]
A recent surge in ransomware attacks is targeting Windows system administrators through deceptive online advertisements promoting fake download sites for popular utilities like Putty and WinSCP. These malicious campaigns exploit the higher privileges of system administrators to infiltrate networks, steal data, and deploy ransomware. WinSCP, an SFTP and FTP client, and Putty, an SSH client, […]
In a move that sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity industry, IBM announced the sudden divestiture of its QRadar SaaS business to Palo Alto Networks. This unexpected decision underscores a larger trend of consolidation within the SIEM (security information and event management, XDR, and AI security space, with major vendors aiming to offer unified security operations […]