Infosec bits for 2024 week 34

Heloise Meyer | Aug. 26, 2024, 3:55 p.m.

Cybersecurity News:

Why Are Organizations Losing the Ransomware Battle? [Richard Caralli, Dark Reading]

Organizations turn to biometrics to counter deepfakes [Help Net Security, Help Net Security]

Africa's Economies Feel Pain of Cybersecurity Deficit [Robert Lemos, Dark Reading]

Biggest cyber threat to South African businesses [Myles Illidge, MyBroadband]

Most Ransomware Attacks Now Happen at Night [Phil Muncaster, Infosecurity Magazine]

How Paris Olympic authorities battled cyberattacks, and won gold [Mike Elgan, Security Intelligence]

Vulnerabilities:

Outlook Zero-click RCE Vulnerability Technical Details Released [Guru Baran, Cyber Security News]

Google fixes ninth Chrome zero-day tagged as exploited this year [Sergiu Gatlan, BleepingComputer]

Critical Authentication Flaw Haunts GitHub Enterprise Server [Ryan Naraine, Security Week]

Cyber Attacks & Breaches:

New UULoader Attacking Users Via Weaponized PDF Documents [Varshini Senapathi, Cyber Security News]

Xeon Sender Tool Exploits Cloud APIs for Large-Scale SMS Phishing Attacks [Ravie Lakshmanan, The Hacker News]

Toyota confirms third-party data breach impacting customers [Sergiu Gatlan, BleepingComputer]

Malware:

PEAKLIGHT Downloader Deployed in Attacks Targeting Windows with Malicious Movie Downloads [Ravie Lakshmanan, The Hacker News]