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Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Delta’s Ongoing CrowdStrike Issue Highlights Fragile Technology

July 24, 2024

Via: SecurityWeek

There have been so many hot takes about the CrowdStrike disaster that I don’t feel any need to add mine. But when you see what Delta Airlines is *still* doing to passengers some five days after this one piece of […]


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Zero-day patched by Microsoft has been exploited by attackers for over a year (CVE-2024-38112)

July 10, 2024

Via: Help Net Security

CVE-2024-38112, a spoofing vulnerability in Windows MSHTML Platform for which Microsoft has released a fix on Tuesday, has likely been exploited by attackers in the wild for over a year, Check Point researcher Haifei Li has revealed. “Check Point Research […]


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Traeger security bugs bad news for grillers with neighborly beef

July 5, 2024

Via: The Register

Keen meatheads better hope they haven’t angered any cybersecurity folk before allowing their Traeger grills to update because a new high-severity vulnerability could be used for all kinds of high jinks. With summer in full swing in the northern hemisphere, […]


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Thousands of servers could be at risk due to major OpenSSH security flaw

July 2, 2024

Via: TechRadar

OpenSSH, regarded as one of the “most secure software implementations in the world” has a “glaring gap” that allows threat actors to completely take over Linux systems that have it installed, experts have warned. A report from Qualys claims the […]


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Batten down the hatches, it’s time to patch some more MOVEit bugs

June 26, 2024

Via: The Register

Thought last year’s MOVEit hellscape was well and truly behind you? Unlucky, buster. We’re back for round two after Progress Software lifted the lid on fresh vulnerabilities affecting MOVEit Transfer and Gateway. Progress Software initially contacted users on June 13 […]


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CISA says crooks used Ivanti bugs to snoop around high-risk chemical facilities

June 25, 2024

Via: The Register

US cybersecurity agency CISA is urging high-risk chemical facilities to secure their online accounts after someone broke into its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) portal. CSAT is used by industry facilities that house chemicals of interest, of which there are […]


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Crypto exchange Kraken accuses blockchain security outfit CertiK of extortion

June 21, 2024

Via: The Register

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has accused a trio of security researchers of discovering a critical bug, expoliting it to steal millions in digital cash, then using stolen funds to extort the exchange for more. […]


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Security bug could have allowed anyone to spoof Microsoft employee emails

June 19, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Security researchers recently claimed to have found a flaw that could allow threat actors to spoof Microsoft corporate emails. A cybersecurity researcher with the alias Slonser (full name Vsevolod Kokorin, according to TechCrunch) recently posted on X with a telling […]


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Kraken Crypto Exchange Hit by $3 Million Theft Exploiting Zero-Day Flaw

June 19, 2024

Via: The Hacker News

Crypto exchange Kraken revealed that an unnamed security researcher exploited an “extremely critical” zero-day flaw in its platform to steal $3 million in digital assets and refused to return them. Details of the incident were shared by Kraken’s Chief Security […]


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VMware by Broadcom warns of two critical vCenter flaws, plus a nasty sudo bug

June 18, 2024

Via: The Register

VMware by Broadcom has revealed a pair of critical-rated flaws in vCenter Server – the tool used to manage virtual machines and hosts in its flagship Cloud Foundation and vSphere suites. Announced late on Monday night, Pacific Time, the critical-rated […]


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TikTok confirms CNN, other high-profile accounts hijacked via zero-day vulnerability

June 5, 2024

Via: The Register

Miscreants exploited a zero-day in TikTok to compromised the accounts of CNN and other big names. The app maker has confirmed there was a cyberattack, and that it has scrambled to secure accounts and prevent any further exploitation. We can […]


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How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System can be abused to track people around the globe

May 23, 2024

Via: The Register

Academics have suggested that Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) can be abused to create a global privacy nightmare. In a paper titled, “Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems,” Erik Rye, a PhD student at the University of Maryland (UMD) […]


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NCSC CTO: Broken market must be fixed to usher in new tech

May 16, 2024

Via: The Register

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CTO Ollie Whitehouse kicked off day two of Britain’s cyber watchdog’s annual shindig, CYBERUK, with a tirade about the tech market, pulling it apart to demonstrate why he believes it’s at fault for many of […]


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NHS Digital hints at exploit sightings of Arcserve UDP vulnerabilities

May 14, 2024

Via: The Register

The UK’s NHS is warning of the possibility that vulnerabilities in Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) software are being actively exploited. Originally disclosed in March, the three vulnerabilities all had proof of concept (PoC) exploit code released the day after […]


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Most Tinyproxy Instances are potentially vulnerable to flaw CVE-2023-49606

May 8, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

Researchers from Cisco Talos reported a use-after-free vulnerability in the HTTP Connection Headers parsing of Tinyproxy 1.11.1 and Tinyproxy 1.10.0. The issue is tracked as CVE-2023-49606 and received a CVSS score of 9.8. The exploitation of the issue can potentially […]


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Massive security hole in VPNs shows their shortcomings as a defensive measure

May 8, 2024

Via: CSO Online

Researchers found a deep, unpatchable flaw in virtual private networks dubbed Tunnelvision can allow attackers to siphon off data without any indication that they are there. A massive security hole in virtual private networks (VPNs) reported this week highlights the […]


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Chinese government website security is often worryingly bad, say Chinese researchers

May 3, 2024

Via: The Register

Five Chinese researchers examined the configurations of nearly 14,000 government websites across the country and found worrying lapses that could lead to malicious attacks, according to a not-yet-peer-reviewed study released last week. The authors, all from the Harbin Institute of […]


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Google fixed critical Chrome vulnerability CVE-2024-4058

April 25, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

Google addressed four vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, including a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-4058. The vulnerability CVE-2024-4058 is a Type Confusion issue that resides in the ANGLE graphics layer engine. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute […]


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MITRE says it was hit by hackers exploiting Ivanti flaws

April 22, 2024

Via: TechRadar

The not-for-profit research and development organization MITRE suffered a cyberattack early this year, with the attack apparently hindering some operations, but there was no talk of stolen data. In a breach notification published on the MITRE website late last week, […]


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The importance of the Vulnerability Operations Centre for cybersecurity

April 19, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Traditional cybersecurity is laser-focused on incident detection and response. In other words, it’s built around a Security Operations Centre (SOC). That’s no bad thing in itself. Read between the lines, however, and that assumes we’re waiting on the threats to […]