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Credit to Author: Mark Loman| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:47:07 +0000

Unique endpoint technologies keep attackers guessing.

October 23, 2023 admin

NJ Man Hired Online to Firebomb, Shoot at Homes Gets 13 Years in Prison

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:08:27 +0000

A 22-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for participating in a firebombing and a shooting at homes in Pennsylvania last year. Patrick McGovern-Allen was the subject of a Sept. 4, 2022 story here about the emergence of “violence-as-a-service” offerings, where random people from the Internet hire themselves out to perform a variety of local, physical attacks, including firebombing a home, “bricking” windows, slashing tires, or performing a drive-by shooting at someone’s residence.

Independent Krebs

October 23, 2023 admin

Hackers Stole Access Tokens from Okta’s Support Unit

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:39:23 +0000

Okta, a company that provides identity tools like multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to thousands of businesses, has suffered a security breach involving a compromise of its customer support unit, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Okta says the incident affected a “very small number” of customers, however it appears the hackers responsible had access to Okta’s support platform for at least two weeks before the company fully contained the intrusion.

Kaspersky Security

October 23, 2023 admin

Vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server | Kaspersky official blog

Credit to Author: Alanna Titterington| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:40:47 +0000

A vulnerability — CVE-2023-22515 — in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server allows administrator accounts to be created without authentication.

Kaspersky Security

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