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Claroty reveals five vulnerabilities in NETGEAR RAX30 routers

Claroty's research arm, Team82, has disclosed five vulnerabilities in NETGEAR's RAX30 routers they discovered at the Pwn2Own Toronto hacking competition.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 19th May 2023

Risk & Compliance

Attackers deploying exploits faster than ever, finds Rapid7

Rapid7 Vulnerability Intelligence Report finds attackers developing and deploying exploits faster, with an 87% increase in first-week exploitation since 2020.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Mar 2023

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Secureworks finds Iranian threat group back with new persona

Secureworks has found that the Iranian threat group, Cobalt Sapling, has reemerged with a new persona, Abraham's Ax.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2023

Breach Prevention

Claroty's Team82 finds vulnerabilities in historian server

Claroty's research team, Team82, has examined the GE Proficy Historian, finding five exploitable vulnerabilities capable of causing damage to the system.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Jan 2023

Unified Communications

GreyNoise Intelligence identifies exploitation threats for 2023

GreyNoise Intelligence unveils its 2022 Mass Exploitation Report, delving deep into threat detection events from the past year.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Dec 2022

Application Security

Lookout finds predatory behaviour on 300 loan apps

Almost 300 loan apps found in Africa, Southeast Asia, India, Colombia, and Mexico exhibit predatory behavior, says Lookout.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Dec 2022

Cloud Security

Attackers use automation to increase speed from exploits

Attackers are advancing to keep pace with cloud adoption and response time, according to a new report from Lacework.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Oct 2022

Ransomware

52% of ransomware incidents started with compromise of unpatched remote services

The exploitation in remote services has become the primary initial access vector in ransomware attacks over the past year.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Thu, 6th Oct 2022

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Cybersecurity loopholes prevalent in South East Asia

In terms of the share of vulnerabilities with publicly available exploits, three countries out of top five are located in Southeast Asia.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Tue, 27th Sep 2022

Exploits

Dramatic uptick in threat activity with exploits growing nearly 150%

Threat activity has spiked in Q2 2022, with malware events rising by 25%, botnets doubling, and exploit activity growing almost 150%, says Nuspire's report.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Aug 2022

Supply Chain

2021 the year cyber criminals got creative - Proofpoint

One constant that remains as organisations approach a sense of normalcy after a disruptive year is that cyber criminals continue to target and exploit people.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 8th Jun 2022

Malware

New vulnerabilities found in Nuspire's Q1 2022 Threat Report

Nuspire's Q1 2022 Threat Report reveals surge in threat actor activity as new vulnerabilities emerge. Mirai, STRRAT and Emotet see a resurgence.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 19th May 2022

Cloud Access Security Broker

Infoblox's State of Security Report spotlights Australian remote work hazards

Attackers exploit weak WiFi, remote endpoints, and the cloud, costing 50% of organisations over $1.3 million in breach damages.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 18th May 2022

Malware

Use of malware, botnets and exploits expands in Q1 2022

Malware, botnet, and exploit activity increased in Q1 2022, according to a report by managed security services provider Nuspire.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 12th May 2022

Risk & Compliance

WordPress vulnerabilities more than doubled in 2021

WordPress vulnerabilities have more than doubled in 2021, with 77% of them being exploitable, according to Risk Based Security.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 13th Jan 2022

Security vulnerabilities

Companies exploited by high-risk vulnerabilities, new research shows

84% of companies have high-risk vulnerabilities on their network perimeter, with half of them fixable through software updates, says Positive Technologies.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Nov 2020

Exploits

Radiflow launches iRISK for greater visibility into risk and vulnerability

Radiflow launches iRISK, a risk analytics service for industrial networks, enhancing visibility and mitigation of vulnerabilities with NIST-recommended actions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 11th Feb 2020