Remote desktop software maker AnyDesk disclosed on Friday that it suffered a cyber attack that led to a compromise of its production systems. The German company said the incident, which it discovered following a security audit, is not a ransomware attack and that it has notified relevant authorities. “We have revoked all security-related certificates and […]
3CX said it’s working on a software update for its desktop app after multiple cybersecurity vendors sounded the alarm on what appears to be an active supply chain attack that’s using digitally signed and rigged installers of the popular voice and video conferencing software to target downstream customers. “The trojanized 3CX desktop app is the […]
Security vulnerabilities in remote desktop programs such as Sunlogin and AweSun are being exploited by threat actors to deploy the PlugX malware. AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC), in a new analysis, said it marks the continued abuse of the flaws to deliver a variety of payloads on compromised systems. This includes the Sliver post-exploitation […]
A previously unknown threat actor has been targeting companies in the U.S. and Germany with bespoke malware designed to steal confidential information. Enterprise security company Proofpoint, which is tracking the activity cluster under the name Screentime, said the group, dubbed TA866, is likely financially motivated. “TA866 is an organized actor able to perform well thought-out […]
GitHub discovered illegal access to a collection of repositories on December 7, 2022. These repositories were used in the design and development of Atom and GitHub Desktop. A Personal Access Token (PAT) that was connected with a machine account was breached, which led to the cloning of the repositories belonging to our atom and desktop […]
Four BIOS-related vulnerabilities have recently been discovered, according to a new security alert from Lenovo. Threat actors can use these flaws to allow information exposure, denial of service, or privilege escalation. The first of the bugs, identified as CVE-2022-40137, affects the WMI SMI Handler function and affects the Lenovo Desktop, Desktop AIO, Smart Edge, Smart […]
Microsoft has chosen to add specific security measures against brute force attacks against RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). These security improvements have been introduced in the most recent builds of Windows 11. Given the evolution of this type of attack abusing RDP, Microsoft decided to add the security measure in the latest Insider Preview22528.1000. This system […]
A new critical vulnerability has been fixed that was detected in Zoho’s Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP; this security flaw allows an attacker to bypass the authentication and remotely perform malicious actions on the compromised server. The flaws have been tracked as “CVE-2021-44757,” an authentication bypass vulnerability, and have been fixed in the latest […]
Enterprise software maker Zoho on Monday issued patches for a critical security vulnerability in Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP that a remote adversary could exploit to perform unauthorized actions in affected servers. Tracked as CVE-2021-44757, the shortcoming concerns an instance of authentication bypass that “may allow an attacker to read unauthorized data or write […]
According to DuckDuckGo, the desktop browser will work on both Mac and Windows devices. DuckDuckGo has revealed its plans for an upcoming desktop app in its latest blog post in which the company’s CEO Gabriel Weinberg shared details of their plans moving forward. DuckDuckGo’s CEO stated that they are developing a standalone desktop browser for […]
Having secure remote access for employees and following best practices is essential to keep your data secure. In the past few months, companies in all industries have worked intensively with the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to maintain their business while maintaining physical distancing. Since remote desktop access allows a corporate device to be accessed from […]
Lenovo security teams announced the detection of three vulnerabilities affecting the BIOS of approximately 60 models of laptops and notebooks. In its notice, the company claims to be working to release BIOS updates for more than 32 ThinkPad models and expects to begin rolling out the patches on July 28. The first of these flaws […]
The security firm, Kaspersky has recently issued a warning about a new critical zero-day vulnerability found by its researchers in the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). The bug was accidentally found by the security researchers at Kaspersky in February of this year while they were studying another known flaw (CVE-2021-1732); this new problem was then referred […]
Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution for digital forensics and penetration testing, developed and maintained by Offensive Security. Mati Aharoni and Devon Kearns rewrote BackTrack. Kali Linux is the most versatile and advanced penetration testing tool release operating system. Kali tools are often updated and can be used on other platforms, such as VMware and […]
New hardware and software security flaws seem to appear on a daily basis. This time, web application security experts from security firm SafeBreach Labs, specializing in cyberattack simulation, report the finding of a critical vulnerability in Open Hardware Monitor, a free open source tool to monitor temperature, fans speed and voltage in computer hardware components. […]
One of the reasons why Google remains behind Apple in cross-device continuity is the lack of cloud clipboard, or in other words, the ability to copy-paste items across devices. You can easily do that with Apple devices, and the cloud clipboard feature is available on Windows 10 as well. Thankfully, Google is finally bringing the […]
If you are using any supported version of the Windows operating system, stop everything and install the latest security updates from Microsoft immediately. Windows operating system contains four new critical wormable, remote code execution vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Services, similar to the recently patched ‘BlueKeep‘ RDP vulnerability. Discovered by Microsoft’s security team itself, all four […]
If you are running a KDE desktop environment on your Linux operating system, you need to be extra careful and avoid downloading any “.desktop” or “.directory” file for a while. A cybersecurity researcher has disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in the KDE software framework that could allow maliciously crafted .desktop and .directory files to silently […]
There are many Linux users out there and despite that, Linux desktops have failed to break into the mainstream when compared to Microsoft’s Windows. One of the main reasons behind it, as described by Linus Torvalds, is “the fragmentation of different [Linux] vendors.” There are multiple Linux vendors, unlike the Windows ecosystem, which creates a […]
WhatApp continuity between workstation and smartphone has been a dream of Android users. When the messaging giant released the WhatsApp Web feature back in 2015, the entire community was on top of the world. Little did we know that the web version was not entirely efficient. In order to use it, the Android phone needs […]
Over the last couple of years, Intel has been struggling in its silicon game. All thanks to AMD’s fancy processors and their ability to deliver the 7nm fabrication process, while the former hasn’t made it past 10nm so far. But perhaps 10th Gen Intel’s Core “Ice Lake” lineup, which is based on a 10nm process, […]