The Hacker News reports that cybercriminals could exploit an already addressed security flaw in the Snort intrusion detection and prevention system to prompt a denial-of-service condition.
Threat actors could abuse serious vulnerabilities in AWS hot patches for Apache Log4j flaws to elevate privileges and escape containers, reports SecurityWeek.
Christian Dameff, a doctor and hacker, says healthcare needs incentives to boost cybersecurity via congressional action similar to HITECH for EHR adoption.
Emerging systems such as decentralized finance (DeFi) are an “enticing opportunity for hackers to take advantage of their emerging security protocols,” said one expert.