Apache Warns of Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild — Patch Your Web Servers Now!

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Apache has issued patches to address two security vulnerabilities, including a path traversal and file disclosure flaw in its HTTP server that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. “A flaw was found in a change made to …

Ransomware Hackers Who Attacked Over 100 Companies Arrested in Ukraine

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Law enforcement agencies have announced the arrest of two “prolific ransomware operators” in Ukraine who allegedly conducted a string of targeted attacks against large industrial entities in Europe and North America since at least April 2020, marking the latest step …

Poorly Configured Apache Airflow Instances Leak Credentials for Popular Services

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Cybersecurity researchers on Monday discovered misconfigurations across older versions of Apache Airflow instances belonging to a number of high-profile companies across various sectors, resulting in the exposure of sensitive credentials for popular platforms and services such as Amazon Web Services …

Creating Wireless Signals with Ethernet Cable to Steal Data from Air-Gapped Systems

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A newly discovered data exfiltration mechanism employs Ethernet cables as a “transmitting antenna” to stealthily siphon highly-sensitive data from air-gapped systems, according to the latest research. “It’s interesting that the wires that came to protect the air-gap become the vulnerability …

A New APT Hacking Group Targeting Fuel, Energy, and Aviation Industries

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A previously undocumented threat actor has been identified as behind a string of attacks targeting fuel, energy, and aviation production industries in Russia, the U.S., India, Nepal, Taiwan, and Japan with the goal of stealing data from compromised networks. Cybersecurity …

The Shortfalls of Mean Time Metrics in Cybersecurity

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Security teams at mid-sized organizations are constantly faced with the question of “what does success look like?”. At ActZero, their continued data-driven approach to cybersecurity invites them to grapple daily with measuring, evaluating, and validating the work they do on …

Beware of Fake Amnesty International Antivirus for Pegasus that Hacks PCs with Malware

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In yet another indicator of how hacking groups are quick to capitalize on world events and improvise their attack campaigns for maximum impact, threat actors have been discovered impersonating Amnesty International to distribute malware that purports to be security software …

Chinese Hackers Used a New Rootkit to Spy on Targeted Windows 10 Users

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A formerly unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to a long-standing evasive operation aimed at South East Asian targets as far back as July 2020 to deploy a kernel-mode rootkit on compromised Windows systems. Attacks mounted by the hacking …

Apple Pay Can be Abused to Make Contactless Payments From Locked iPhones

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed an unpatched flaw in Apple Pay that attackers could abuse to make an unauthorized Visa payment with a locked iPhone by taking advantage of the Express Travel mode set up in the device’s wallet. “An attacker …

New Azure AD Bug Lets Hackers Brute-Force Passwords Without Getting Caught

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed an unpatched security vulnerability in the protocol used by Microsoft Azure Active Directory that potential adversaries could abuse to stage undetected brute-force attacks. “This flaw allows threat actors to perform single-factor brute-force attacks against Azure Active …