55% of Organizations Plan to Use AI to Enhance Security
According to a report released by the Cloud Security Alliance and Google Cloud, 55% of all organizations plan to use AI to boost security by 2025.
The “State of AI and Security Survey Report,” also found that 67% of organizations already tested and are pleased with AI-backed security capabilities.
WordPress Plugin Flaw Could Allow Password Hash Extraction
A vulnerability that could allow SQL injection attacks through the ‘LayerSlider’ WordPress plugin with millions of users was detected during Wordfence’s Bug Bounty Extravaganza by AmrAwad.
The vulnerability ‘CVE-2024-2879’ has a critical score of 9.8 and affects LayerSlider versions 7.9.11 through 7.10.0. An update made on March 27th patched the flaw.
Cyber Campaign Discovered to Target End-of-Life Devices
Black Lotus Labs released a report which revealed a multi-year campaign associated with ‘TheMoon’ malware that targets end-of-life (EoL) and IoT devices.
Emerging in 2014, ‘TheMoon’ malware has an estimated 40,000 bots across 88 countries, deployed mainly through a cybercriminal proxy called ‘Faceless’.
