CrowdStrike Dismisses Claims of Exploitability in Falcon Sensor Bug

CrowdStrike dismissed claims that the Falcon EDR sensor bug could be exploited for privilege escalation or remote code execution.
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Windows Update Flaws Allow Undetectable Downgrade Attacks

Researcher showcases hack against Microsoft Windows Update architecture, turning fixed vulnerabilities into zero-days.
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CrowdStrike Releases Root Cause Analysis of Falcon Sensor BSOD Crash

CrowdStrike says the Falcon sensor crash that blue-screened Windows machines was caused by a “confluence” of vulnerabilities and testing gaps.
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AWS Deploying ‘Mithra’ Neural Network to Predict and Block Malicious Domains

AWS says a massive neural network graph model with 3.5 billion nodes and 48 billion edges is speeding up the prediction and detection of malicious domains.
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Chainguard Raises $140 Million, Expands Tech to Secure AI Workloads

Software supply chain security startup Chainguard raises a $140 million Series C round that values the company at $1.2 billion.
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Mandiant Shines Spotlight on APT45 Behind North Korea’s Digital Military Machine

A fresh Mandiant report documents North Korea’s APT45 as a distinct hacking team conducting cyberespionage and ransomware operations.
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Docker Patches Critical AuthZ Plugin Bypass Vulnerability Dating Back to 2018

The vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-41110 with a CVSS severity score of 10/10, was originally found and fixed in 2018.
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Dazz Scores Hefty $50M Investment for AI-Powered Risk Remediation Tech

The new financing brings the total raised by Dazz to $110 million as investors double down on bets in the cloud security remediation space.
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KnowBe4 Hires Fake North Korean IT Worker, Catches New Employee Planting Malware 

KnowBe4 chief executive Stu Sjouwerman: “We sent them their Mac workstation, and the moment it was received, it immediately started to load malware.”
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