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Restoration Completed Days Ahead of Schedule But Still a Lot of Catch-Up Work to Do
McLaren Health says its IT systems are fully restored a few days earlier than expected, following an Aug. 6 ransomware attack that disrupted clinical and administrative operations at its 13 hospitals and other facilities. The Michigan-based entity had expected the recovery to last through August.

Cybersecurity Tech Accord Urges Nations to Reject the Treaty
A coalition of technology organizations says a draft United Nations cybercrime treaty would facilitate crime and is urging nations to reject the treaty. "The best option now is for a majority of the U.N.'s member states to decide not to adopt the convention," said Nick Ashton-Hart.

Acquisition Will Enhance Security Operations, Expand Managed Threat Intel Solutions
Check Point plans to purchase an external risk management vendor led by an Israeli intelligence veteran to boost its SOC and managed threat intelligence capabilities. The proposed acquisition of Cyberint will make it easier for companies to defend against both internal and external cyberthreats.

Google Ventures Leads Round as Sales of Cribl's Vendor-Agnostic Data Tools Grow
Cribl has completed a $319 million Series E funding round led by Google Ventures. The financing pushes the company’s valuation to $3.5 billion, with backing from prominent investors as Cribl's data engine technology continues to be rapid adoped by enterprises globally.

Restoration Completed Days Ahead of Schedule But Still a Lot of Catch-Up Work to Do
McLaren Health says its IT systems are fully restored a few days earlier than expected, following an Aug. 6 ransomware attack that disrupted clinical and administrative operations at its 13 hospitals and other facilities. The Michigan-based entity had expected the recovery to last through August.

Cybersecurity Tech Accord Urges Nations to Reject the Treaty
A coalition of technology organizations says a draft United Nations cybercrime treaty would facilitate crime and is urging nations to reject the treaty. "The best option now is for a majority of the U.N.'s member states to decide not to adopt the convention," said Nick Ashton-Hart.

Acquisition Will Enhance Security Operations, Expand Managed Threat Intel Solutions
Check Point plans to purchase an external risk management vendor led by an Israeli intelligence veteran to boost its SOC and managed threat intelligence capabilities. The proposed acquisition of Cyberint will make it easier for companies to defend against both internal and external cyberthreats.

Frances Haugen, who famously blew the whistle on Facebook and its susceptibility to manipulation, h

Frances Haugen, who famously blew the whistle on Facebook and its susceptibility to manipulation, has renewed concerns over the social-networking company. This time, she’s laser-focused on misinformation during the 2024 presidential election. “We are in a new, very nebulous era where we need to think more holistically and creatively” in defending cyberdefenses, Haugen said in..

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Critical flaw in WPML WordPress plugin impacts 1M websitesA critical flaw in the WPML WordPres

A critical flaw in the WPML WordPress plugin, which is installed on 1 million websites, could allow potential compromise of affected sites. The WPML Multilingual CMS Plugin for WordPress is installed on over 1 million sites. An authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked CVE-2024-6386 (CVSS score of 9.9), in WPML Plugin potentially allows […]

Young Consulting is sending data breach notifications to 954,177 people who had their information exposed in a BlackSuit ransomware attack on April 10, 2024. [...]

The exploit can be accessed on GitHub and makes it easier for the flaw to be exploited by threat actors.

According to "Voice of a Threat Hunter 2024" Security teams need to keep evolving their strategies to protect their organizations against...

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The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) denies its systems were breached by the Hunters International ransomware gang after being listed as a new victim on the cybercrime group's leak site on Monday. [...]

New and updated coverage for Windows Downdate Attacks, Quick Share Vulnerability Exploit, MagicRAT, and More

The post Windows Downdate Attacks, Quick Share Vulnerability Exploit, and More: Hacker’s Playbook Threat Coverage Round-up: August 2024 appeared first on SafeBreach.

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China-linked APT group Volt Typhoon exploited a zero-day flaw in Versa Director to upload a custom webshell in target networks. China-linked APT Volt Typhoon exploited a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39717, in Versa Director, to deploy a custom webshell on breached networks. Versa Director is a centralized management and orchestration platform used primarily by Internet […]

A vulnerability was found in Funnelforms Free Plugin up to 3.7.3.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6312. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available.