Rajasthan Govt Secures Rs 5.21 Trillion in Investment Proposals Ahead of Summit [Current Affairs]

Rajasthan Govt Secures Rs 5.21 Trillion in Investment Proposals Ahead of Summit [Current Affairs]

The Rajasthan government has received investment proposals amounting to over Rs 5.21 lakh crore (approximately USD 62 billion) in the lead-up to the ‘Rising Rajasthan’ Investment Summit 2024. These proposals, received within two weeks of the summit’s announcement, are expected to generate approximately 1.55 lakh direct jobs. This investment sum represents more than 33% of…

PGCIL Apprentice Recruitment 2024 Notification Out 1031 Post [Career]

PGCIL Apprentice Recruitment 2024 Notification Out 1031 Post [Career]

PGCIL Apprentice Online Form 2024 : Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has released the official notification for the recruitment of Apprentice posts. Candidates interested in the above recruitment are advised to read the official notification carefully and can apply online from the link given below. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) PGCIL…

Blind Eagle Hackers Exploit Spear-Phishing to Deploy RATs in Latin America – OfficialSarkar

Blind Eagle Hackers Exploit Spear-Phishing to Deploy RATs in Latin America – OfficialSarkar

Aug 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a threat actor known as Blind Eagle that has persistently targeted entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and other Latin American nations. Targets of these attacks span several sectors, including governmental institutions, financial companies, energy and oil and gas companies….

India-Japan Ministerial Dialogue In Delhi Today [Current Affairs]

India-Japan Ministerial Dialogue In Delhi Today [Current Affairs]

India and Japan will hold 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi on August 20. On the sidelines of the 2+2 dialogue, a bilateral meeting is scheduled between the Defence Minister and his Japanese counterpart. Attendees in the meeting Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru and…

Thousands of Oracle NetSuite Sites at Risk of Exposing Customer Information – OfficialSarkar

Thousands of Oracle NetSuite Sites at Risk of Exposing Customer Information – OfficialSarkar

Aug 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Data Breach Cybersecurity researchers are warning about the discovery of thousands of externally-facing Oracle NetSuite e-commerce sites that have been found susceptible to leaking sensitive customer information. “A potential issue in NetSuite’s SuiteCommerce platform could allow attackers to access sensitive data due to misconfigured access controls on custom record…

Cybercriminals Exploit Popular Software Searches to Spread FakeBat Malware – OfficialSarkar

Cybercriminals Exploit Popular Software Searches to Spread FakeBat Malware – OfficialSarkar

Aug 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a surge in malware infections stemming from malvertising campaigns distributing a loader called FakeBat. “These attacks are opportunistic in nature, targeting users seeking popular business software,” the Mandiant Managed Defense team said in a technical report. “The infection utilizes a trojanized MSIX installer, which executes…

New UULoader Malware Distributes Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz in East Asia – OfficialSarkar

New UULoader Malware Distributes Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz in East Asia – OfficialSarkar

Aug 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Cryptocurrency A new type of malware called UULoader is being used by threat actors to deliver next-stage payloads like Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz. The Cyberint Research Team, which discovered the malware, said it’s distributed in the form of malicious installers for legitimate applications targeting Korean and Chinese speakers. There…

How to Automate the Hardest Parts of Employee Offboarding – OfficialSarkar

How to Automate the Hardest Parts of Employee Offboarding – OfficialSarkar

According to recent research on employee offboarding, 70% of IT professionals say they’ve experienced the negative effects of incomplete IT offboarding, whether in the form of a security incident tied to an account that wasn’t deprovisioned, a surprise bill for resources that aren’t in use anymore, or a missed handoff of a critical resource or…

Xeon Sender Tool Exploits Cloud APIs for Large-Scale SMS Phishing Attacks – OfficialSarkar

Xeon Sender Tool Exploits Cloud APIs for Large-Scale SMS Phishing Attacks – OfficialSarkar

Aug 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Threat Intelligence Malicious actors are using a cloud attack tool named Xeon Sender to conduct SMS phishing and spam campaigns on a large scale by abusing legitimate services. “Attackers can use Xeon to send messages through multiple software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers using valid credentials for the service providers,” SentinelOne security…

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group – OfficialSarkar

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group – OfficialSarkar

Aug 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Zero-Day A newly patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows was exploited as a zero-day by Lazarus Group, a prolific state-sponsored actor affiliated with North Korea. The security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been described as a privilege escalation bug in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) for…