Critical F5 BIG-IP Bug Under Active Attacks After PoC Exploit Posted Online

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Almost 10 days after application security company F5 Networks released patches for critical vulnerabilities in its BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products, adversaries have begun opportunistically mass scanning and targeting exposed and unpatched networking devices to break into enterprise networks. News of in the …

Hackers Infecting Apple App Developers With Trojanized Xcode Projects

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Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed a new attack wherein threat actors are leveraging Xcode as an attack vector to compromise Apple platform developers with a backdoor, adding to a growing trend that involves targeting developers and researchers with malicious attacks. …

Tesla Ransomware Hacker Pleads Guilty; Swiss Hacktivist Charged for Fraud

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The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced updates on two separate cases involving cyberattacks—a Swiss hacktivist and a Russian hacker who planned to plant malware in the Tesla company. A Swiss hacker who was involved in the intrusion of cloud-based …

Critical RCE Flaw Reported in MyBB Forum Software—Patch Your Sites

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A pair of critical vulnerabilities in a popular bulletin board software called MyBB could have been chained together to achieve remote code execution (RCE) without the need for prior access to a privileged account. The flaws, which were discovered by …

New Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Lets Other Users Access Restricted Apps

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A newly discovered glitch in Zoom’s screen sharing feature can accidentally leak sensitive information to other attendees in a call, according to the latest findings. Tracked as CVE-2021-28133, the unpatched security vulnerability makes it possible to reveal contents of applications that …

Why Cached Credentials Can Cause Account Lockouts and How to Stop it

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When a user account becomes locked out, the cause is often attributed to a user who has simply entered an old or incorrect password too many times. However, this is far from being the only thing that can cause an …

How to Successfully Pursue a Career in Malware Analysis

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Are you looking to becoming a malware analyst? Then continue reading to discover how to gain the training you need and start a career in malware analysis career.Did you know that new malware is released every seven seconds? As more …

Google Reveals What Personal Data Chrome and Its Apps Collect On You

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Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo called out rival Google for “spying” on users after the search giant updated its flagship app to spell out the exact kinds of information it collects for personalization and marketing purposes. “After months of stalling, Google …

Flaws in Two Popular WordPress Plugins Affect Over 7 Million Websites

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Researchers have disclosed vulnerabilities in multiple WordPress plugins that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code and take over a website in certain scenarios. The flaws were uncovered in Elementor, a website builder plugin used on more …

[Webinar] Oy Vey, We Hired a Large, Hairy Hacker…

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It’s not every day that one of the best-known independent cybersecurity individuals joins a cybersecurity company. The two are generally on opposite sides of the coin, with little crossover. After all, they’re usually concerned with different parts of the cybersecurity …