Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023

Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or remediated to address issues with access to sensitive data such as location or SMS messages over the past year.
The tech giant also said it blocked 333,000 bad accounts from the app storefront in 2023 for attempting to distribute malware or for repeated policy violations.
"In 2023,


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New R Programming Vulnerability Exposes Projects to Supply Chain Attacks

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the R programming language that could be exploited by a threat actor to create a malicious RDS (R Data Serialization) file such that it results in code execution when loaded and referenced.
The flaw, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-27322, "involves the use of promise objects and lazy evaluation in R," AI application security


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Stellar Cyber to Preview GenAI-Driven Open XDR Investigator at 2024 RSA Conference - Business Wire

Stellar Cyber to Preview GenAI-Driven Open XDR Investigator at 2024 RSA Conference  Business Wire


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UK cyber security AI firm Darktrace sold to US private equity company - Telecompaper EN

UK cyber security AI firm Darktrace sold to US private equity company  Telecompaper EN


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RSAC 2024 Innovation Sandbox | Mitiga: A New Generation of Cloud and SaaS Incident Response Solutions - Security Boulevard

RSAC 2024 Innovation Sandbox | Mitiga: A New Generation of Cloud and SaaS Incident Response Solutions  Security Boulevard


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Okta Warns of Unprecedented Surge in Proxy-Driven Credential Stuffing Attacks

Identity and access management (IAM) services provider Okta has warned of a spike in the "frequency and scale" of credential stuffing attacks aimed at online services.
These unprecedented attacks, observed over the last month, are said to be facilitated by "the broad availability of residential proxy services, lists of previously stolen credentials ('combo lists'), and scripting tools," the


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Security budgets are growing, but so is vendor sprawl - SiliconANGLE News

Security budgets are growing, but so is vendor sprawl  SiliconANGLE News


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Cybersecurity firm Darktrace agrees $5.3bn sale to US private equity business - The Guardian

Cybersecurity firm Darktrace agrees $5.3bn sale to US private equity business  The Guardian


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HIPAA Update to Include Cybersecurity Requirements for Health Care Organizations - Renal and Urology News

HIPAA Update to Include Cybersecurity Requirements for Health Care Organizations  Renal and Urology News


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Cybersecurity Firm Darktrace Accepts $5 Bn Takeover - Barron's

Cybersecurity Firm Darktrace Accepts $5 Bn Takeover  Barron's


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Exploitation of vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Firewall... - NCSC.GOV.UK - National Cyber Security Centre

Exploitation of vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Firewall... - NCSC.GOV.UK  National Cyber Security Centre


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How Computer Vision Is Transforming Cybersecurity - Forbes

How Computer Vision Is Transforming Cybersecurity  Forbes


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Thousands of Qlik Sense Servers Open to Cactus Ransomware - Dark Reading

Thousands of Qlik Sense Servers Open to Cactus Ransomware  Dark Reading


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Hackers accessed more than 19,000 accounts on California state welfare platform - The Record from Recorded Future News

Hackers accessed more than 19,000 accounts on California state welfare platform  The Record from Recorded Future News


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Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware

An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor.
Cybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under the name DEV#POPPER, linking it to North Korean threat actors.
"During these fraudulent interviews, the developers are often asked


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Severe Flaws Disclosed in Brocade SANnav SAN Management Software

Several security vulnerabilities disclosed in Brocade SANnav storage area network (SAN) management application could be exploited to compromise susceptible appliances.
The 18 flaws impact all versions up to and including 2.3.0, according to independent security researcher Pierre Barre, who discovered and reported them.
The issues range from incorrect firewall rules,


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North Korea's Lazarus Group Deploys New Kaolin RAT via Fake Job Lures

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Lazarus Group employed its time-tested fabricated job lures to deliver a new remote access trojan called Kaolin RAT as part of attacks targeting specific individuals in the Asia region in summer 2023.
The malware could, "aside from standard RAT functionality, change the last write timestamp of a selected file and load any received DLL


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Cisco firewalls targeted in sophisticated nation-state espionage hack - SC Media

Cisco firewalls targeted in sophisticated nation-state espionage hack  SC Media


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Episode 16 - Security Boulevard

Episode 16  Security Boulevard


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Zain KSA and Enea to pilot network security innovation - Developing Telecoms

Zain KSA and Enea to pilot network security innovation  Developing Telecoms


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GISEC 2024 | Huawei HiSec SASE Solution Builds an Integrated Intelligent Security System for Global Enterprises - Huawei Enterprise

GISEC 2024 | Huawei HiSec SASE Solution Builds an Integrated Intelligent Security System for Global Enterprises  Huawei Enterprise


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Stellar Cyber Partners with Acronis to Enable Managed Service Providers to Bolster Cybersecurity Capabilities - Silicon Canals

Stellar Cyber Partners with Acronis to Enable Managed Service Providers to Bolster Cybersecurity Capabilities  Silicon Canals


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Volkswagen Hacked - Hackers Stolen 19,000 Documents From VW Server - CybersecurityNews

Volkswagen Hacked - Hackers Stolen 19,000 Documents From VW Server  CybersecurityNews


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SynLab Italia disrupted by cyberattack | SC Media - SC Media

SynLab Italia disrupted by cyberattack | SC Media  SC Media


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How the Target and Uber cyberattacks from years ago shaped public perception of cybersecurity today - Fox Business

How the Target and Uber cyberattacks from years ago shaped public perception of cybersecurity today  Fox Business


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Kyndryl named a Cyber Resiliency Services Leader by NelsonHall - Kyndryl

Kyndryl named a Cyber Resiliency Services Leader by NelsonHall  Kyndryl


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Hexnode Survey Reveals Cybersecurity Imbalance in Supply Chain Impeding Adoption of Emerging Technologies - Yahoo Finance

Hexnode Survey Reveals Cybersecurity Imbalance in Supply Chain Impeding Adoption of Emerging Technologies  Yahoo Finance


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Google Chrome Beta Tests New DBSC Protection Against Cookie-Stealing Attacks

Google on Tuesday said it's piloting a new feature in Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to help protect users against session cookie theft by malware.
The prototype – currently tested against "some" Google Account users running Chrome Beta – is built with an aim to make it an open web standard, the tech giant's Chromium team said.
"By binding authentication sessions to the


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Brinqa Unveils Major Platform Update to Turbocharge a New Approach to Managing Threat Exposures - Yahoo Finance

Brinqa Unveils Major Platform Update to Turbocharge a New Approach to Managing Threat Exposures  Yahoo Finance


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U.S. government board calls Microsoft's security practices "inadequate" - Axios

U.S. government board calls Microsoft's security practices "inadequate"  Axios


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Prioritizing Cyber Risk: Get a leg up with AI - Security Boulevard

Prioritizing Cyber Risk: Get a leg up with AI  Security Boulevard


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DHS report rips Microsoft for ‘cascade’ of errors in China hack - The Washington Post

DHS report rips Microsoft for ‘cascade’ of errors in China hack  The Washington Post


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Navigating the Maze: A Measured Approach to AI Adoption in Cybersecurity - Security Boulevard

Navigating the Maze: A Measured Approach to AI Adoption in Cybersecurity  Security Boulevard


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Tag Report Authored by Dr. Edward Amoroso Reveals Endpoint Backup Is Essential to Improving Data Resiliency and ... - StreetInsider.com

Tag Report Authored by Dr. Edward Amoroso Reveals Endpoint Backup Is Essential to Improving Data Resiliency and ...  StreetInsider.com


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XZ Utils Backdoor Implanted in Intricate Supply Chain Attack - Dark Reading

XZ Utils Backdoor Implanted in Intricate Supply Chain Attack  Dark Reading


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RTX cyber and intel business becomes Nightwing following sale - C4ISRNET

RTX cyber and intel business becomes Nightwing following sale  C4ISRNET


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China, Russia, and Iran Pose Growing Cyberthreats to U.S. Infrastructure - Foreign Policy

China, Russia, and Iran Pose Growing Cyberthreats to U.S. Infrastructure  Foreign Policy


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Indian Government Rescues 250 Citizens Forced into Cybercrime in Cambodia

The Indian government said it has rescued and repatriated about 250 citizens in Cambodia who were held captive and coerced into running cyber scams.
The Indian nationals "were lured with employment opportunities to that country but were forced to undertake illegal cyber work," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement, adding it had rescued 75 people in the past three


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Vultur Android Banking Trojan Returns with Upgraded Remote Control Capabilities

The Android banking trojan known as Vultur has resurfaced with a suite of new features and improved anti-analysis and detection evasion techniques, enabling its operators to remotely interact with a mobile device and harvest sensitive data.
"Vultur has also started masquerading more of its malicious activity by encrypting its C2 communication, using multiple encrypted payloads that are decrypted


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