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Moxa Devices Prone to Vulnerabilities Affecting Railways

Data Breach Today

Flaws Fixed, Mitigations Issued for Discontinued Devices SEC Consult reportedly found multiple vulnerabilities in Moxa devices used in critical infrastructures including railways, manufacturing, cellular and heavy industries. Moxa has confirmed patching 60 vulnerabilities in its latest firmware update and issued mitigation advice for discontinued devices.

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FIN7 group leverages Windows 11 Alpha-Themed docs to drop Javascript payloads

Security Affairs

FIN7 cybercrime gang used weaponized Windows 11 Alpha-themed Word documents to drop malicious payloads, including a JavaScript backdoor. Anomali Threat Research experts have monitored recent spear-phishing attacks conducted by financially motivated threat actor FIN7. The messages used weaponized Windows 11 Alpha-themed Word documents with Visual Basic macros to drop malicious payloads, including a JavaScript backdoor, in an attack aimed at a US point-of-sale (PoS) service provider.

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Cisco Patches Critical Authentication Bypass Bug

Data Breach Today

Cisco NFV Infrastructure Software Users Urged to Patch Immediately Cisco has released an urgent software update to fix a critical authentication bug that can allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and log in to an affected device as an administrator.

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Source code for the Babuk is available on a hacking forum

Security Affairs

The complete source code for the Babuk ransomware is available for sale on a Russian-speaking hacking forum. A threat actor has leaked the source code for the Babuk ransomware on a Russian-speaking hacking forum. The Babuk Locker operators halted their operations at the end of April after the attack against the Washington, DC police department. Experts believe that the decision of the group to leave the ransomware practice could be the result of an operational error, it was a bad idea to threate

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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How to Mitigate Risks of Using Commercial Messaging Apps for Work-Related Communication

IG Guru

by Damian Alderson If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything it is that certain workflows and workplaces can, with a couple of tweaks and adjustments, reach optimal levels of performance even when an entire workforce is working remotely. Many physical office spaces have been shut down and millions of employees were (and some still are) […]. The post How to Mitigate Risks of Using Commercial Messaging Apps for Work-Related Communication appeared first on IG GURU.

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BrakTooth Flaws Affect Billions of Bluetooth Devices

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: A spyware ban, a big WhatsApp fine, and more of the week's top security news.

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SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane Ida

Security Affairs

The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is warning investors of potential investment scams related to Hurricane Ida. Scammers will likely target individuals and organizations that are eligible to receive large payouts from insurance companies to compensate for the damages caused by Hurricane Ida.

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