Technology

Sep 12, 2023THNSoftware Security / Vulnerability A new vulnerability disclosed in GitHub could have exposed thousands of repositories at risk of repojacking attacks, new findings show. The flaw “could allow an attacker to exploit a race condition within GitHub’s repository creation and username renaming operations,” Checkmarx security researcher Elad Rapoport said in a technical report

Sep 13, 2023THNVulnerability / Browser Security Mozilla on Tuesday released security updates to resolve a critical zero-day vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird that has been actively exploited in the wild, a day after Google released a fix for the issue in its Chrome browser. The shortcoming, assigned the identifier CVE-2023-4863, is a heap buffer overflow

Sep 13, 2023THNVulnerability / Zero Day Adobe’s Patch Tuesday update for September 2023 comes with a patch for a critical actively exploited security flaw in Acrobat and Reader that could permit an attacker to execute malicious code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-26369, is rated 7.8 for severity on the CVSS scoring system

Sep 13, 2023THNEndpoint Security / Zero Day Microsoft has released software fixes to remediate 59 bugs spanning its product portfolio, including two zero-day flaws that have been actively exploited by malicious cyber actors. Of the 59 vulnerabilities, five are rated Critical, 55 are rated Important, and one is rated Moderate in severity. The update is

Sep 13, 2023THNCyber Attack / Malware Microsoft is warning of a new phishing campaign undertaken by an initial access broker that involves using Teams messages as lures to infiltrate corporate networks. The tech giant’s Threat Intelligence team is tracking the cluster under the name Storm-0324, which is also known by the monikers TA543 and Sagrid.

There is a new battlefield. It is global and challenging to defend. What began with a high-profile incident back in 2007, when Estonia was hit by hackers targeting its government and commercial sector, has evolved into cyber warfare that is being waged constantly worldwide. Today, cyberattacks have become the norm, transforming how we think about

Sep 13, 2023THNRansomware / Malware A new ransomware family called 3AM has emerged in the wild after it was detected in a single incident in which an unidentified affiliate deployed the strain following an unsuccessful attempt to deliver LockBit (attributed to Bitwise Spider or Syrphid) in the target network. “3AM is written in Rust and

Sep 13, 2023The Hacker NewsThreat Detection / SaaS Security In today’s digital age, SaaS applications have become the backbone of modern businesses. They streamline operations, enhance productivity, and foster innovation. But with great power comes great responsibility. As organizations integrate more SaaS applications into their workflows, they inadvertently open the door to a new era

Sep 13, 2023THNVulnerability / Data Security More details have emerged about a set of now-patched cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws in the Microsoft Azure HDInsight open-source analytics service that could be weaponized by a threat actor to carry out malicious activities. “The identified vulnerabilities consisted of six stored XSS and two reflected XSS vulnerabilities, each of

Sep 13, 2023THNKubernetes / Cloud Security Three interrelated high-severity security flaws discovered in Kubernetes could be exploited to achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges on Windows endpoints within a cluster. The issues, tracked as CVE-2023-3676, CVE-2023-3893, and CVE-2023-3955, carry CVSS scores of 8.8 and impact all Kubernetes environments with Windows nodes. Fixes for the

Nokia X30 5G price in India has been slashed by the company, just over half a year after the phone was launched in India. The company has begun selling the phone with a Rs. 12,000 discount in the country. The phone sports a 6.43-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display and is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 695

OnePlus Pad Go is expected to launch soon with upgrades over the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC-powered OnePlus Pad, which was released in February. The Shenzhen-based electronics manufacturing company was previously tipped to have been working on their second tablet. Now a tipster has hinted at the launch timeline of the tablet. The OnePlus tablet is said

Vivo T2 Pro 5G launch and availability in India have been confirmed by the company. The phone is set to arrive in India soon via Flipkart. Vivo’s post has teased the smartphone to debut in at least a Golden colour variant. The upcoming Vivo T2 Pro 5G is teased to sport a punch-hole at the

Poco has introduced a new RAM and storage variant of the Poco M6 Pro 5G in India. The smartphone initially debuted in India in August. It was launched in 4GB RAM + 64GB storage and 6GB RAM + 128GB storage configurations. The new Poco M6 Pro 5G variant will go on sale via Flipkart from

Google Pixel 8 series — consisting of vanilla Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro — is all set to go official on October 4 at the ‘Made by Google’ event. Google is expected to pack the next generation Tensor G3 SoC on the Pixel 8 lineup as an upgrade over the Tensor G2 SoC that

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is expected to launch later this year as a successor to the Galaxy S21 FE. The Fan Edition model of the Galaxy S23 series, which was released in February, is said to pack the most popular features of the lineup within a moderate price range. The phone has previously been listed

HMD Global has been releasing smartphones under the Nokia brand for the past seven years. The Finnish company on Tuesday (September 12) revealed new plans to launch its own line of smartphones. HMD Global is looking to expand its portfolio with the new HMD brand and it will co-exist alongside Nokia handsets. The Nokia 6

Infinix Note 30 VIP Racing Edition is confirmed to launch soon in India. The company has teased the launch of the phone that is said to be a variant of the Infinix Note 30 VIP model released in global markets in June. A tipster has also shared design renders of the upcoming phone. The handset

iQoo today has announced the release date for the beta build of their custom software skin based on Android 14 for select iQoo 11 5G users. The Funtouch OS 14 is confirmed to roll out on September 18. The first 500 iQoo 11 users who will enroll themselves in the Funtouch OS 14 Preview programme

Vivo V29 was launched last month in certain global markets. The phone, alongside the Vivo V29 Pro, is now expected to make its way to India soon. A new report now suggests that the Vivo V29 and Vivo V29 Pro will bring India-specific features. On its global listing, the Vivo V29 is confirmed to support NavIC