2 New Chrome 0-Days Under Attack — Update Your Browser ASAP!

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Google on Tuesday released a new version of Chrome web-browsing software for Windows, Mac, and Linux with fixes for two security vulnerabilities, both of which it says are under active exploitation. One of the two flaws concerns an insufficient validation …

NSA Discovers New Vulnerabilities Affecting Microsoft Exchange Servers

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In its April slate of patches, Microsoft rolled out fixes for a total of 114 security flaws, including an actively exploited zero-day and four remote code execution bugs in Exchange Server. Of the 114 flaws, 19 are rated as Critical, 88 are …

New NAME:WRECK Vulnerabilities Impact Nearly 100 Million IoT Devices

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Security researchers have uncovered nine vulnerabilities affecting four TCP/IP stacks impacting more than 100 million consumer and enterprise devices that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of a vulnerable system. Dubbed “NAME:WRECK” by Forescout and JSOF, the …

Hackers Using Website’s Contact Forms to Deliver IcedID Malware

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Microsoft has warned organizations of a “unique” attack campaign that abuses contact forms published on websites to deliver malicious links to businesses via emails containing fake legal threats, in what’s yet another instance of adversaries abusing legitimate infrastructure to mount …

Detecting the “Next” SolarWinds-Style Cyber Attack

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The SolarWinds attack, which succeeded by utilizing the sunburst malware, shocked the cyber-security industry. This attack achieved persistence and was able to evade internal systems long enough to gain access to the source code of the victim. Because of the …

BRATA Malware Poses as Android Security Scanners on Google Play Store

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A new set of malicious Android apps have been caught posing as app security scanners on the official Play Store to distribute a backdoor capable of gathering sensitive information. “These malicious apps urge users to update Chrome, WhatsApp, or a …

RCE Exploit Released for Unpatched Chrome, Opera, and Brave Browsers

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An Indian security researcher has publicly published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a newly discovered flaw impacting Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers like Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave. Released by Rajvardhan Agarwal, the working exploit concerns a remote code execution …

Indian Brokerage Firm Upstox Suffers Data Breach Leaking 2.5 Millions Users’ Data

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Online trading and discount brokerage platform Upstox has become the latest Indian company to suffer a security breach of its systems, resulting in the exposure of sensitive information of approximately 2.5 million users on the dark web. The leaked information …

What Does It Take To Be a Cybersecurity Researcher?

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Behind the strategies and solutions needed to counter today’s cyber threats are—dedicated cybersecurity researchers. They spend their lives dissecting code and analyzing incident reports to discover how to stop the bad guys.  But what drives these specialists? To understand the …

Windows, Ubuntu, Zoom, Safari, MS Exchange Hacked at Pwn2Own 2021

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The 2021 spring edition of Pwn2Own hacking contest concluded last week on April 8 with a three-way tie between Team Devcore, OV, and Computest researchers Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade. A total of $1.2 million was awarded for 16 high-profile exploits over …