WARNING: Unpatched Bug in GO SMS Pro App Exposes Millions of Media Messages

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GO SMS Pro, a popular messaging app for Android with over 100 million installs, has been found to have an unpatched security flaw that publicly exposes media transferred between users, including private voice messages, photos, and videos. “This means any …

Facebook Messenger Bug Lets Hackers Listen to You Before You Pick Up the Call

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Facebook has patched a bug in its widely installed Messenger app for Android that could have allowed a remote attacker to call unsuspecting targets and listen to them before even they picked up the audio call. The flaw was discovered …

Researchers Warn of Critical Flaw Affecting Industrial Automation Systems

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A critical vulnerability uncovered in Real-Time Automation’s (RTA) 499ES EtherNet/IP (ENIP) stack could open up the industrial control systems to remote attacks by adversaries. RTA’s ENIP stack is one of the widely used industrial automation devices and is billed as …

Evolution of Emotet: From Banking Trojan to Malware Distributor

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Emotet is one of the most dangerous and widespread malware threats active today. Ever since its discovery in 2014—when Emotet was a standard credential stealer and banking Trojan, the malware has evolved into a modular, polymorphic platform for distributing other …

Use This Ultimate Template to Plan and Monitor Your Cybersecurity Budgets

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Sound security budget planning and execution are essential for CIO’s/CISO’s success. Now, for the first time, the Ultimate Security Budget Plan and Track Excel template (download here) provide security executives a clear and intuitive tool to keep track of planned …

Apple Lets Some of its Big Sur macOS Apps Bypass Firewall and VPNs

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Apple is facing the heat for a new feature in macOS Big Sur that allows many of its own apps to bypass firewalls and VPNs, thereby potentially allowing malware to exploit the same shortcoming to access sensitive data stored on …

Chinese APT Hackers Target Southeast Asian Government Institutions

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Cybersecurity researchers today unveiled a complex and targeted espionage attack on potential government sector victims in South East Asia that they believe was carried out by a sophisticated Chinese APT group at least since 2018. “The attack has a complex …

Researcher Discloses Critical RCE Flaws In Cisco Security Manager

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Cisco has published multiple security advisories concerning critical flaws in Cisco Security Manager (CSM) a week after the networking equipment maker quietly released patches with version 4.22 of the platform. The development comes after Code White researcher Florian Hauser (frycos) …

Trojanized Security Software Hits South Korea Users in Supply-Chain Attack

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Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off a novel supply chain attack in South Korea that abuses legitimate security software and stolen digital certificates to distribute remote administration tools (RATs) on target systems. Attributing the operation to the Lazarus Group, also …

Uncovered: APT ‘Hackers For Hire’ Target Financial, Entertainment Firms

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A hackers-for-hire operation has been discovered using a strain of previously undocumented malware to target South Asian financial institutions and global entertainment companies. Dubbed “CostaRicto” by Blackberry researchers, the campaign appears to be the handiwork of APT mercenaries who possess …