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OCT13
Adobe Patches 140 Vulnerabilities Across 10 Products

The flaws affect products such as Commerce, Photoshop, ColdFusion, Substance 3D, Dimension, FrameMaker and Bridge. The post Adobe Patches 140 Vulnerabilities Across 10 Products appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
OCT13
Google Partially Reverses Chrome Bug Bounty Cuts

Google is restructuring bug bounty rewards with a focus on complex memory safety vulnerabilities. The post Google Partially Reverses Chrome Bug Bounty Cuts appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
OCT13
GitHub Tightens npm Publishing After Flaw Left 1,500+ Packages Vulnerable to Hijacking

GitHub has taken the step of expiring unvalidated npm trusted publishing configurations 48 hours after creation after researchers found that it was possible for an attacker to push new versions of a different user's package without having to steal their credentials. "Your configuration becomes validated and exempt from expiry after its first successful publish," the Microsoft-owned subsidiary

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OCT13
Meta Says Hackers Took Code, Personal Data of 1,500 in GitHub Breach

Most of the affected individuals are Meta employees in the United States and they are being offered credit monitoring services. The post Meta Says Hackers Took Code, Personal Data of 1,500 in GitHub Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
OCT13
Xandr Fined a Record €8.6 Million for Relaying Grindr Data Revealing Sexual Orientation

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Xandr, an advertising unit owned by Microsoft, €8.6 million ($9.62 million) for illegally relaying ​Grindr users' sensitive data to advertisers. The administrative penalty is the largest issued by the data protection watchdog, arguing the case merited a high fine because of the "very serious" nature of the breach. The infringements

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OCT13
Small AI Models Could Soon Self-Replicate on IoT Devices, Anthropic Warns

Experiments show cheap TV boxes can run capable AI models, and small models may soon be able to spread across such devices on their own. The post Small AI Models Could Soon Self-Replicate on IoT Devices, Anthropic Warns appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
OCT13
[Webinar] How to Stop AI-Driven Privilege Escalation With Runtime Identity Controls

The dangerous part of a stolen identity isn't always the initial login. It's what an attacker can do with that access next. With AI accelerating reconnaissance, exploitation of vulnerabilities, and privilege escalation, attackers can move through systems faster than security teams can investigate. A compromised account that looks legitimate at first could become the starting point for a much

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OCT13
XWorm RAT Evolves Into Surveillance Platform

Expanded plugin count allows the malware to monitor users’ location, stream live audio, and interact with authenticated browser sessions. The post XWorm RAT Evolves Into Surveillance Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
OCT13
LG Smart TVs Vulnerable to Pre-Auth Root Takeover From Local Network

Three vulnerabilities in LG's webOS can be chained to give an attacker on the same local network root access to certain smart TVs without a PIN or any interaction from the owner. LG has issued a fix, according to an advisory published by SSD Secure Disclosure on October 12. The chain was tested on two TV models, the 32LQ636BPSA and the 27TQ600SW, running webOS 7.5.7-25 on firmware

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OCT13
AI Turns Familiar Cyberattacks Into a Race Against Time

IBM’s Steve Wallin talks to SecurityWeek on the effect of AI-driven attacks on enterprise defenses. The post AI Turns Familiar Cyberattacks Into a Race Against Time appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Kevin Townsend
OCT13
$86 Million Crypto Heist Linked to Ledger Signer Hardware Implant

A small circuit board hidden under the signers’ screens read user data and transmitted it to the attackers. The post $86 Million Crypto Heist Linked to Ledger Signer Hardware Implant appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
OCT13
Product Walkthrough: Bitdefender AI Visibility and Control

A user opens a browser tab, pastes data into a chat assistant, and nothing is installed. A developer adds a coding assistant as an editor extension, and nothing shows up in the installed programs list. Someone downloads a local model runtime, a program that runs models directly on the machine instead of sending data to an external service, because they were told not to send company data

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OCT13
Cyberattack Prompts Grocery Giant Ahold Delhaize to Disconnect Systems

The company says it took some of its systems offline to contain a security issue within its network. The post Cyberattack Prompts Grocery Giant Ahold Delhaize to Disconnect Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
OCT13
Attackers Heat French Supermarket Fridges Up to 50°C by Hijacking Danfoss Controllers

Attackers took remote control of fridges and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets on the night of October 11 and warmed them, forcing stores to throw food away, several retail chains said. The attackers reached them through the controller that runs all of a store's fridges and freezers, a device made by Danish company Danfoss that maintenance firms can manage remotely. Les Mousquetaires

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OCT13
Two Critical MarkLogic Flaws Could Give Delegated Managers Persistent Admin Control

Two of 31 newly disclosed flaws in Progress Software's MarkLogic Server database could let an account given only some management privileges take administrator control of the server, the company says. Progress published all 31 on October 12 and scored five of them critical. Fixes have been available since September 10, in MarkLogic 11.3.7 and MarkLogic 12.1.0. Affected

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