New Browser Attack Allows Tracking Users Online With JavaScript Disabled

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Researchers have discovered a new side-channel that they say can be reliably exploited to leak information from web browsers that could then be leveraged to track users even when JavaScript is completely disabled. “This is a side-channel attack which doesn’t …

Fixing the Weakest Link — The Passwords — in Cybersecurity Today

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Password security has long been an issue for businesses and their cybersecurity standards. Account passwords are often the weakest link in the overall security posture for many organizations. Many companies have used Microsoft’s default password policies for decades. While these …

Critical Pre-Auth RCE Flaw Found in F5 Big-IP Platform — Patch ASAP!

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Application security company F5 Networks on Wednesday published an advisory warning of four critical vulnerabilities impacting multiple products that could result in a denial of service (DoS) attack and even unauthenticated remote code execution on target networks. The patches concern a total …

Researchers Unveil New Linux Malware Linked to Chinese Hackers

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Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday shed light on a new sophisticated backdoor targeting Linux endpoints and servers that’s believed to be the work of Chinese nation-state actors. Dubbed “RedXOR” by Intezer, the backdoor masquerades as a polkit daemon, with similarities found …

FIN8 Hackers Return With More Powerful Version of BADHATCH PoS Malware

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Threat actors known for keeping a low profile do so by ceasing operations for prolonged periods in between to evade attracting any attention as well as constantly refining their toolsets to fly below the radar of many detection technologies. One …

Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 82 Flaws — IE 0-Day Under Active Attacks

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Microsoft plugged as many as 89 security flaws as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates released today, including fixes for an actively exploited zero-day in Internet Explorer that could permit an attacker to run arbitrary code on target machines. Of these …

9 Android Apps On Google Play Caught Distributing AlienBot Banker and MRAT Malware

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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware dropper contained in as many as 9 Android apps distributed via Google Play Store that deploys a second stage malware capable of gaining intrusive access to the financial accounts of victims as well …

Cybersecurity Webinar — SolarWinds Sunburst: The Big Picture

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The SolarWinds Sunburst attack has been in the headlines since it was first discovered in December 2020.  As the so-called layers of the onion are peeled back, additional information regarding how the vulnerability was exploited, who was behind the attack, …

SolarWinds Hack — New Evidence Suggests Potential Links to Chinese Hackers

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A malicious web shell deployed on Windows systems by leveraging a previously undisclosed zero-day in SolarWinds’ Orion network monitoring software may have been the work of a possible Chinese threat group. In a report published by Secureworks on Monday, the cybersecurity firm …

Microsoft Exchange Hackers Also Breached European Banking Authority

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) on Sunday said it had been a victim of a cyberattack targeting its Microsoft Exchange Servers, forcing it to temporarily take its email systems offline as a precautionary measure. “As the vulnerability is related to the …