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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 […]
Microsoft is warning of continuing attempts by nation-state adversaries and commodity attackers to take advantage of security vulnerabilities uncovered in the Log4j open-source logging framework to deploy malware on vulnerable systems. “Exploitation attempts and testing have remained high during the last weeks of December,” Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) said in revised guidance published earlier […]
Walk-through metal detectors manufactured by well-known U.S.-based firm Garett are vulnerable to remote attacks, according to Cisco Talos. Researchers at Cisco Talos discovered as many as nine vulnerabilities in walk-through metal detectors manufactured by well-known U.S.-based firm Garett. According to researchers, if these flaws are exploited, the attacker can take the detectors offline, monitor, read, and modify […]
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on Tuesday rolled out fresh patches to contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in Log4j that could be abused by threat actors to run malicious code on affected systems, making it the fifth security shortcoming to be discovered in the tool in the span of a month. Tracked as CVE-2021-44832, […]
Microsoft said it won’t be fixing or is pushing patches to a later date for three of the four security flaws uncovered in its Teams business communication platform earlier this March. The disclosure comes from Berlin-based cybersecurity firm Positive Security, which found that the implementation of the link preview feature was susceptible to a number […]
China’s internet regulator, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), has temporarily suspended a partnership with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, for six months on account of the fact that it failed to promptly inform the government about a critical security vulnerability affecting the broadly used Log4j logging […]
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an entirely new attack vector that enables adversaries to exploit the Log4Shell vulnerability on servers locally by using a JavaScript WebSocket connection. “This newly-discovered attack vector means that anyone with a vulnerable Log4j version on their machine or local private network can browse a website and potentially trigger the vulnerability,” Matthew […]
The issues with Log4j continued to stack up as the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on Friday rolled out yet another patch — version 2.17.0 — for the widely used logging library that could be exploited by malicious actors to stage a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Tracked as CVE-2021-45105 (CVSS score: 7.5), the new vulnerability affects all […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to change nearly every facet of online and offline life, from how we interact with friends and family to the way we do business and protect our identity online. As more of our life becomes digital, AI will need to be leveraged by both individuals and companies to a far greater […]
Romanian cybersecurity technology company Bitdefender on Monday revealed that attempts are being made to target Windows machines with a novel ransomware family called Khonsari as well as a remote access Trojan named Orcus by exploiting the recently disclosed critical Log4j vulnerability. The attack leverages the remote code execution (RCE) flaw to download an additional payload, […]
Apple on Monday released updates to iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS with security patches for multiple vulnerabilities, including a remote jailbreak exploit chain as well as a number of critical issues in the Kernel and Safari web browser that were first demonstrated at the Tianfu Cup held in China two months ago. Tracked as CVE-2021-30955, […]
Google has rolled out fixes for five security vulnerabilities in its Chrome web browser, including one which it says is being exploited in the wild, making it the 17th such weakness to be disclosed since the start of the year. Tracked as CVE-2021-4102, the flaw relates to a use-after-free bug in the V8 JavaScript and […]
Apache has released Log4j version 2.15.0 to address the critical RCE vulnerability and users are urged to apply the update immediately. The Apache Foundation’s Log4j is a widely used open-source tool by enterprise apps and cloud services. The bad news is that a security vulnerability has been identified in this tool, reported by Alibaba Cloud […]
The Apache Software Foundation has released fixes to contain an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability affecting the widely-used Apache Log4j Java-based logging library that could be weaponized to execute malicious code and allow a complete takeover of vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2021-44228 and by the monikers Log4Shell or LogJam, the issue concerns a case of unauthenticated, […]
Although there are countless ways to combat cyberattacks, in this article we are addressing 3 simple yet significant points that users can follow to protect their data. Cyber attacks are on the rise. These threats come in all shapes and sizes, and no business or organization is immune to them. A commonly asked question in […]
According to Cisco Talos, abusing the flaw would allow an attacker with limited access to get higher privileges and become an administrator. A Windows Installer security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-41379, was patched by Microsoft, but according to a report from Cisco Talos, hackers already had created malware to exploit this privilege escalation flaw identified in the enterprise […]
The noteworthy aspect of this phishing campaign is that the emails were sent as replies to previously sent messages, due to which these appeared legit. According to the IT security researchers at Certitude, a Vienna-based consulting firm specializing in communication technology risks and information management, threat actors are exploiting unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers to send […]
Apple reportedly notified several U.S. Embassy and State Department employees that their iPhones may have been targeted by an unknown assailant using state-sponsored spyware created by the controversial Israeli company NSO Group, according to multiple reports from Reuters and The Washington Post. At least 11 U.S. Embassy officials stationed in Uganda or focusing on issues […]
Enterprise software provider Zoho on Friday warned that a newly patched critical flaw in its Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP is being actively exploited by malicious actors, marking the third security vulnerability in its products to be abused in the wild in a span of four months. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2021-44515, is […]
Printing Shellz, a new set of security vulnerabilities that is affecting approximately 150 HP MFPs (Multifunction Printers). Printing Shellz comprises two vulnerabilities that are discovered by researchers from F-Secure, and both of them are marked as “Critical.” According to the report, An attacker can easily exploit these two vulnerabilities to:- Take over the exposed devices […]
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are warning of active exploitation of a newly patched flaw in Zoho’s ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus product to deploy web shells and carry out an array of malicious activities. Tracked as CVE-2021-44077 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue relates to an unauthenticated, […]