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Cyberthreats In Retail

The holiday season is busy time for the retail industry. Cybercriminals know this and ramp up their attacks on retail businesses. The attacks range from annoying to disastrous. Knowing what may be coming helps you better protect against them.  

 

Holiday season for cyber attackers


Microsoft Fixes 90 New Flaws, Including Actively Exploited NTLM and Task Scheduler Bugs

Microsoft issued patches for 90 recently discovered vulnerabilities. Four of the vulnerabilities are rated as critical. Be sure to determine which of the patches apply to your systems and which have the most impact on you. Then install those first. 

 

Microsoft patches 90 vulnerabilities - install now


Citrix 'Recording Manager' Zero-Day Bug Allows Unauthenticated RCE

A Zero-Day in Citrix Recording Manager allows attackers to install and execute code on the platform with no authentication. A patch was just issued. Install it now!

 

Citrix under attack again


'GoIssue' Cybercrime Tool Targets GitHub Developers En Masse

For only $700 you can purchase a tool that steals email addresses from the public profiles on GitHub. The stolen emails help cybercriminals steal other credentials, deliver malware, circumvent access protections, and more.   

 

Cheap tool steals GitHub addresses


Microsoft Power Pages Leak Millions of Private Records

Low code and no code make it easy for almost anyone to create something. Microsoft’s Power Pages use it to let people build websites quickly and easily. However, these environments do not help people understand the security implications. The  result is massive cybersecurity gaps and confidential information exposures. A recent example is Microsoft’s Power Pages with millions of private pages exposed on websites built using this platform. 

 

Massive leak from misunderstanding requirements


AIā€“Help & Hindrance to IT

AI, Artificial Intelligence, offers many benefits in many arenas including IT and cybersecurity. But it also still suffers from problems. The problems can reduce the trust in the AI system and undermine its effectiveness.  

 

AI-not a panacea for cybersecurity


Docusign API Abused in Widescale, Novel Invoice Attack

Docusign is a widely used platform for e-signing documents. Attackers are  

using a valid API in Docusign to send many phishing emails with invoices for signature and payment. The use of Docusign and its familiarity to those who pay invoices makes it a very effective scam.  

 

Docusign fake invoices


Malicious PyPI Package 'Fabrice' Found Stealing AWS Keys from Thousands of Developers

PyPI, the Python package index, has been compromised for over three years! Everyone who downloaded the infected package got malware that stole Amazon Web Services credentials. 

 

PyPI compromise steals AWS credentials


Malicious NPM Packages Target Roblox Users with Data-Stealing Malware

Roblox is a popular platform for developing and hosting online games. Attackers have compromised the open source repository so that anyone who downloads in gets malware and infostealers. Compromises of open source hae become a popular attack method. 

 

Games may give more than fun


Attacker Hides Malicious Activity in Emulated Linux Environment

QUMU, Quick Emulator, a tool used to emulate different hardware operating systems is used for testing things on the different platforms. A new attack creates a compromised version that steals information. 

 

QEMU compromised