New Exploit Lets Malware Attackers Bypass Patch for Critical Microsoft MSHTML Flaw

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A short-lived phishing campaign has been observed taking advantage of a novel exploit that bypassed a patch put in place by Microsoft to fix a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the MSHTML component with the goal of delivering Formbook malware. …

China suspends deal with Alibaba for not sharing Log4j 0-day first with the government

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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 …

Active Directory Bugs Could Let hackers Take Over Windows Domain Controllers

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Microsoft is urging customers to patch two security vulnerabilities in Active Directory domain controllers that it addressed in November following the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on December 12. The two vulnerabilities — tracked as CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287 — have a severity rating of 7.5 …

Top 7 common Cybersecurity Myths — Busted

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Even with the growing awareness about cybersecurity, many myths about it are prevalent. These misconceptions can be a barrier to effective security.  The first step to ensure the security of your business is to separate the false information, myths, and …

Tropic Trooper Cyber Espionage Hackers Targeting Transportation Sector

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The transportation industry and government agencies related to the sector are the victims of an ongoing campaign since July 2020 by a sophisticated and well-equipped cyberespionage group in what appears to be yet another uptick in malicious activities that are …

Secret Backdoors Found in German-made Auerswald VoIP System

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Multiple backdoors have been discovered during a penetration test in the firmware of a widely used voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) appliance from Auerswald, a German telecommunications hardware manufacturer, that could be abused to gain full administrative access to the …

Meta Sues Hackers Behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Phishing Attacks

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Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms on Monday said it has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. state of California against bad actors who operated more than 39,000 phishing websites that impersonated its digital properties to mislead unsuspecting users into …

New Mobile Network Vulnerabilities Affect All Cellular Generations Since 2G

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Researchers have disclosed security vulnerabilities in handover, a fundamental mechanism that undergirds modern cellular networks, which could be exploited by adversaries to launch denial-of-service (DoS) and man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks using low-cost equipment. The “vulnerabilities in the handover procedure are not …

Experts Discover Backdoor Deployed on the U.S. Federal Agency’s Network

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A U.S. federal government commission associated with international rights has been targeted by a backdoor that reportedly compromised its internal network in what the researchers described as a “classic APT-type operation.”  “This attack could have given total visibility of the …

CISA Compliance for 2022

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The last several years have seen an ever-increasing number of cyber-attacks, and while the frequency of such attacks has increased, so too has the resulting damage. One needs only to look at CISA’s list of significant cyber incidents to appreciate the magnitude …