Google's Cloud Platform was found to have a vulnerability that could allow attackers to plant applications in a victim's account, potentially compromising it permanently and without detection. The flaw, known as GhostToken, was discovered by Israeli security firm Astrix, which alerted Google to the zero-day vulnerability in July 2022. An attacker who successfully compromised a victim's account could read their Gmail, access their files and photos,...
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Russian APT28 hackers, also known as Fancy Bear and other aliases, have been targeting unpatched Cisco routers in a malware operation since 2021. The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the US' National Security Agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI issued a joint advisory outlining the APT28 exploitation tactics. The attackers exploited CVE-2017-6742, a bug in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)...
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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released seven advisories this week about vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software from various vendors. These advisories cover critical flaws, two of which have public exploits. The affected products include ScadaFlex II controllers made by Industrial Control Links, Screen Creator Advance 2 and Kostac PLC programming software from JTEKT...
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Popular e-commerce plug-in, WooCommerce, used for WordPress-based online stores, has been found to contain a critical vulnerability that could allow attackers to take over websites. While technical details about the vulnerability have not been published, the WooCommerce team has released updates, and attackers could reverse-engineer the patch. The vulnerability allows for unauthenticated administrative takeover of websites. Website administrators using this plugin are advised to issue the...
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Aruba Networks Releases Patches for Eight Vulnerabilities in ClearPass Policy Manager Software. Aruba Networks, a leading provider of network access enforcement solutions, has recently disclosed a set of patches to address eight vulnerabilities in its ClearPass Policy Manager software. The software is used to enforce unified network access across wireless, wired, and VPN networks. The most severe vulnerability, CVE-2023-25589, was discovered by New Zealander pentester Daniel Jensen....
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Microsoft Releases 76 Fixes in Latest Patch Tuesday Collection. Microsoft has released a collection of 76 fixes for various vulnerabilities as part of its Patch Tuesday update. Of these, two bugs are currently under active exploitation. One of the bugs, CVE-2023-23415, appears to be a “ping of death” and is an ICMP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Attackers can exploit this...
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LastPass Breach Resulted from Failure to Update Plex Software. A recent breach at LastPass, a popular password management service, has been attributed to the failure of one of its engineers to update Plex software on their home computer. This serves as a reminder of the importance of keeping software up-to-date to avoid potential security risks. The breach occurred when unidentified actors leveraged information stolen from a previous...
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Cisco has released software fixes for multiple versions of firmware running on some of its IP phones, the company announced in an advisory. The advisory covers two vulnerabilities that affect six products, including the 6800 series, 7800 series, and 8800 series phones running the company’s multiplatform firmware. The first vulnerability, CVE-2023-20078 (CVSS score 9.8), allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted request to the...
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Today marks a significant milestone in the cyber threat landscape, as the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot defenses has been discovered. Dubbed BlackLotus, the stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit is being offered for sale at $5,000 and is programmed in Assembly and C. According to ESET, a Slovak cybersecurity company, BlackLotus is capable of running on fully up-to-date Windows 11...
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The security of Fortinet FortiNAC appliances is under attack, with proof-of-concept exploit code now available and active exploitation attempts in the wild. FortiNAC is a zero-trust network access solution that can be deployed both as a hardware device or as a virtual machine appliance, and is used for network segmentation, visibility, and control of devices and users connected to the network. With more than 700,000 Fortinet...
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