Atul Narula (Page 8)

He is a cyber security and malware researcher. He studied Computer Science and started working as a cyber security analyst in 2006. He is actively working as an cyber security investigator. He also worked for different security companies. His everyday job includes researching about new cyber security incidents. Also he has deep level of knowledge in enterprise security implementation.

Critical vulnerability in Argo CD, a Kubernetes tool, allows attackers to spoof JSON web tokens and become administrators

On: May 24, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Argo CD, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, GitOps, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, Kubernetes, privilege escalation, Security breach, security flaws, vulnerability

Maintainers of Argo CD, the continuous delivery (CD) tool for Kubernetes, announced the fix of a vulnerability that would have allowed threat actors to spoof JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) andRead More →

Ransomware attack exposes information of hundreds of thousands of students and employees in Chicago Public Schools

On: May 23, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Chicago, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Hacking, incidents, Information Security, malware, National Homeland Security (NHS), ransomware, United States

More than half a million Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students and employees have had their sensitive information compromised due to a ransomware attack, which occurred in late 2021 but wasRead More →

Zero-day vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR router software allows unauthenticated hackers to access these devices remotely

On: May 23, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Cisco, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Hacking, Information Security, infosec, Internet of Things (IoT), NOSi Docker, Redis, Routers, sandbox, security flaws, technology, vulnerability, XR IOS routers

Cisco announced the fixing of a zero-day vulnerability in the software of its XR IOS routers whose exploitation would have allowed unauthenticated threat actors to remotely access Redis instances runningRead More →

Biggest South African pharmacy company Dis-chem was hacked

On: May 20, 2022

In: Data Breach

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data breach, Dis-Chem, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, security flaws, South Africa, technology

Dis-Chem, a pharmaceutical retail chain, recently announced that its systems were affected in a data breach incident that would have compromised the personal records of up to 3.6 million customers.Read More →

Critical vulnerabilities in VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, vRealize Automation, Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager enable data theft

On: May 20, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), exploits, Hacking, incidents, Proof of Concept (PoC), technology, VMware, vulnerability

In a recent alert, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommends VMware users update or even delete their deployments due to the detection of critical vulnerabilities, exploited justRead More →

How police recovered $15 million USD from Swiss bank accounts of ad fraud scammers

On: May 19, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: advertising, botnet, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, electronic fraud, Hacking, incidents, Information Security, scam, security flaws, technology, US Department of Justice (DOJ), website security

The government of Switzerland has transferred to the United States a total of $15,111, 1453.84, representing the illicit proceeds obtained by an Internet advertising fraud scheme orchestrated by Kazakh citizensRead More →

How Brazilian scammers easily robbed millions from UBER, Door Dash, Lyft?

On: May 19, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Dark Web, Door Dash, electronic fraud, Hacking, IDENTITY THEFT, incidents, Information Security, Lyft, money laundering, Security breach, security flaws, Uber, US Department of Justice (DOJ)

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that Brazilian citizen Gustavo De Avila Moreira Farinha has pleaded guilty to participating in a wire fraud scheme, accepting charges of money laundering,Read More →

Sysrv botnet is more powerful than ever: New exploits to take control of Linux and Windows devices

On: May 18, 2022

In: Virus

Tagged: botnet, Cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Hacking, Information Security, Linux, malware, security flaws, Sysrv botnet, technology, Windows

In its most recent release, the operators of the Sysrv botnet included new exploits to use new vulnerabilities, posing a serious threat to Windows and Linux systems. Identified as Sysrv-K,Read More →

Researchers scanned the Internet for Kubernetes API servers; roughly 380k implementations allow some form of access

On: May 18, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: cybersecurity, hackers, Hacking, Hacking Tools, incidents, Information Security, Internet, IP addresses, IPv4, Kubernetes, research, security flaws, Shadowserver Foundation

Shadowserver Foundation, a non-profit security organization dedicated to collecting and analyzing data on malicious Internet activities, undertook a project to scan the Internet for Kubernetes API servers, finding some 380kRead More →