The Daily Index — Wednesday, February 21, 2024 · TLDR Index

ATTACKS & VULNERABILITIES

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SEIZED RANSOMWARE NETWORK LOCKBIT REWIRED TO EXPOSE HACKERS TO WORLD

Enforcers from the US and UK disrupted a ransomware group they say has targeted more than 2,000 victims and taken over $120 million in ransom payments. The NCA and FBI have come up with decryption strategies that they believe could help hundreds of victims globally regain access to systems that were attacked by LockBit.

theguardian.com · 2 min

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RECENT ZERO-DAY COULD IMPACT UP TO 97,000 MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVERS

Over 28,000 internet-facing Microsoft Exchange servers are vulnerable to a recent zero-day that enables pass-the-hash attacks. 68,000 additional servers are possibly vulnerable, totaling up to 97,000 possibly exploitable instances. The 9.8 CVSS privilege escalation flaw stems from Exchange 2019 lacking default NTLM relay protections.

securityweek.com · 3 min

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TOP 3 PROMINENT CYBERCRIMES AND THEIR EFFECTIVE PREVENTION STRATEGIES - A SUCCINCT OVERVIEW

This blog presents a succinct overview of the top 3 cybersecurity threats facing individuals and organizations alike, empowering readers to bolster their defenses and safeguard against potential attacks.

medium.com · 6 min

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CLOUD CRYPTOGRAPHY DEMYSTIFIED: AWS

A helpful breakdown of the various AWS cryptography services. The services are divided into client-side services, which run in a client’s application, and cryptography services that AWS manages, such as KMS. The post includes a summary of each option that breaks down when you might or might not use it.

blog.trailofbits.com · 7 min

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THE THREE TYPES OF REMEDIATION PLATFORMS

This post breaks down the different types of remediation platforms. The space is divided into remediation platforms, data platforms, and workflow builders. An emerging category of Code Fixer platforms proposes fixes for vulnerabilities.

latio.beehiiv.com · 4 min

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LIVING OFF THE FALSE POSITIVE

Living Off the False Positive (LoFP) is a new autogenerated collection sourced from popular rule sets. The data is categorized along with ATT&CK techniques, rule source, and data source. This repository can be used by red teams to blend in with false positives or blue teams to assess weak spots across their detections.

br0k3nlab.com · 2 min

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WORDPRESS BRICKS THEME UNDER ACTIVE ATTACK: CRITICAL FLAW IMPACTS 25,000+ SITES

The Bricks WordPress theme has a critical RCE flaw (CVE-2024-25600, 9.8 CVSS) that is actively being exploited. It impacts Bricks v1.9.6 and below, allowing PHP code execution by unauthenticated attackers.

thehackernews.com · 2 min

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GOOGLE LAUNCHES AI CYBER DEFENSE TO IMPROVE CYBERSECURITY

Google has announced a new initiative aimed at fostering the use of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity. Google believes that AI is pivotal for digital security as it has the potential to provide defenders with a definitive advantage over attackers and upend the Defender’s Dilemma.

blog.google · 5 min

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KEEP YOUR PHONE NUMBER PRIVATE WITH SIGNAL USERNAMES

Signal has released the ability for users to sign up with usernames as a method of hiding their phone numbers. It has also hidden phone numbers by default, allowing users to connect without sharing phone numbers, and added controls to control phone number privacy.

signal.org · 4 min

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OWASP TOP 10 FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL APPLICATIONS

Developed by the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications team, this checklist is a valuable resource for leaders in technology, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and legal to strategize and secure their AI initiatives effectively.

owasp.org · 30 min

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MASTODON SUFFERED A SPAM ATTACK (GITHUB DISCUSSION)

Users on Mastodon reported experiencing a massive spam attack in which newly registered accounts were used to spam users in Japanese.

github.com

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