New Windows and Linux Flaws Give Attackers Highest System Privileges

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Microsoft’s Windows 10 and the upcoming Windows 11 versions have been found vulnerable to a new local privilege escalation vulnerability that permits users with low-level permissions access Windows system files, in turn, enabling them to unmask the operating system installation …

16-Year-Old Security Bug Affects Millions of HP, Samsung, Xerox Printers

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Details have emerged about a high severity security vulnerability affecting a software driver used in HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers that has remained undetected since 2005. Tracked as CVE-2021-3438 (CVSS score: 8.8), the issue concerns a buffer overflow in a print driver …

This New Malware Hides Itself Among Windows Defender Exclusions to Evade Detection

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Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday lifted the lid on a previously undocumented malware strain dubbed “MosaicLoader” that singles out individuals searching for cracked software as part of a global campaign. “The attackers behind MosaicLoader created a piece of malware that can …

US and Global Allies Accuse China of Massive Microsoft Exchange Attack

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The U.S. government and its key allies, including the European Union, the U.K, and NATO, formally attributed the massive cyberattack against Microsoft Exchange email servers to state-sponsored hacking crews working affiliated with the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of State …

Researchers Warn of Linux Cryptojacking Attackers Operating from Romania

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A threat group likely based in Romania and active since at least 2020 has been behind an active cryptojacking campaign targeting Linux-based machines with a previously undocumented SSH brute-forcer written in Golang. Dubbed “Diicot brute,” the password cracking tool is …

Turns Out That Low-Risk iOS Wi-Fi Naming Bug Can Hack iPhones Remotely

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The Wi-Fi network name bug that was found to completely disable an iPhone’s networking functionality had remote code execution capabilities and was silently fixed by Apple earlier this year, according to new research. The denial-of-service vulnerability, which came to light last …

Five Critical Password Security Rules Your Employees Are Ignoring

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According to Keeper Security’s Workplace Password Malpractice Report, many remote workers aren’t following best practices for password security. Password security was a problem even before the advent of widespread remote work. So, what happened post-pandemic? Keeper Security’s Workplace Password Malpractice Report sought …

Researcher Uncover Yet Another Unpatched Windows Printer Spooler Vulnerability

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Merely days after Microsoft sounded the alarm on an unpatched security vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service, yet another zero-day flaw in the same component has come to light, making it the fourth printer-related flaw to be discovered in recent weeks. …

New Leak Reveals Abuse of Pegasus Spyware to Target Journalists Globally

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A sweeping probe into a data leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers has revealed an extensive misuse of Israeli company NSO Group’s Pegasus “military-grade spyware” to facilitate human rights violations by surveilling heads of state, activists, journalists, and lawyers …

China’s New Law Requires Researchers to Report All Zero-Day Bugs to Government

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The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has issued new stricter vulnerability disclosures regulations that mandate security researchers uncovering critical flaws in computer systems to mandatorily disclose them first-hand to the government authorities within two days of filing a report. The …