Sat.Aug 05, 2023

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US Government Lagging on Border Gateway Protocol Security

Data Breach Today

Heads of FCC, CISA Call for BGP Overhaul, Industry Collaboration The U.S. federal government acknowledged that it is lagging behind on border gateway protocol security practices. Officials from several government agencies, ISPs and cloud content providers organized a workshop to understand the latest security improvements underway.

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New PaperCut flaw in print management software exposes servers to RCE attacks

Security Affairs

Researchers discovered a vulnerability in PaperCut NG/MF print management software that can lead to remote code execution. Cybersecurity researchers at Horizon3 discovered a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-39143 (CVSS score: 8.4), in PaperCut print management software for Windows. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to gain remote code execution under specific conditions.

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Weekly Update 359

Troy Hunt

Somewhere in the next few hours from publishing this post, I'll finally push the HIBP domain search changes live. I've been speaking about it a lot in these videos over recent weeks so many of you have already know what it entails, but it's the tip of the iceberg you've seen publicly. This is the culmination of 7 months of work to get this model right with a ridiculous amount of background effort having gone into it.

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Reptile Rootkit employed in attacks against Linux systems in South Korea

Security Affairs

Researchers observed threat actors that are using an open-source rootkit called Reptile in attacks aimed at systems in South Korea. Reptile is an open-source kernel module rootkit that was designed to target Linux systems, unlike other rootkits, it also offers a reverse shell. The malware supports port knocking, it opens a specific port on an infected system and waits for a Magic Packet sent by the attackers to establish a C2 connection.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: A framework for encrypting social media, Russia-backed hacking through Microsoft Teams, and the Bitfinex Crypto Couple pleads guilty.