How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

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Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal …

Staying On Top of TLS Attacks With SSL Certificate

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The Transport Layer Security (TLS)/ Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol is critical to ensuring data confidentiality, privacy, security, and integrity in transit on the internet. However, they are not 100% immune from being attacked by threat actors who leverage SSL/ …

Critical Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center Flaw Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code

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Atlassian revealed a critical security flaw in Bitbucket Server and Data Center that allows attackers to execute malicious code on vulnerable instances. The critical flaw is tracked as (CVE-2022-36804), a command injection vulnerability found in multiple API endpoints of Bitbucket …

AiTM Phishing Attack Targeting Enterprise Users of Microsoft & Gmail Email Services

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An AiTM-based phishing campaign targeting enterprise users of Microsoft products such as email services. Even Google Workspace users have also been targeted by threat actors behind a large-scale campaign. AiTM phishing attacks refer to attacks in which threat actors place …

ChromeOS Remote Memory Corruption Flaw Let Attackers Perform DoS Attack

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Microsoft identified a memory corruption vulnerability in ChromeOS triggered remotely, which could allow attackers to carry out either a denial-of-service (DoS) or remote code execution (RCE). Researchers mention that the flaw could be remotely triggered by manipulating audio metadata. Attackers …

Fake Internet Download Manager Extension for Google Chrome has Over 200,000 Users

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An extension called Internet Download Manager, which is a piece of the adware has been installed by more than 200,000 Google Chrome users. As far as the earliest reviews posted by users on the Chrome Web Store indicate, the extension …

80,000+ Exploitable Hikvision Cameras Exposed Online

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A critical command injection flaw that is present in over 80,000 Hikvision camera models has been discovered by security researchers at CYFIRMA recently. Using specially crafted messages, it is relatively easy to exploit this vulnerability. Hikvision released a firmware update …

8-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug ‘No Pipe but as Nasty as Dirty Pipe’ Found

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Researchers have revealed details about a long-standing security vulnerability that has been active in the Linux kernel for over eight years. The cybersecurity analysts from Northwestern University (Zhenpeng Lin, Yuhang Wu, and Xinyu Xing) described it as:- “As Nasty As …

Critical Amazon Ring Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Access Camera Recordings

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Checkmarx, a global software security company based in Atlanta observed a vulnerability in the Ring Android app that could allow a malicious application installed on the user’s phone to expose their personal data, geolocation, and camera recordings. The Ring App …

Hackers Gained Control of a Decommissioned Satellite to Broadcast Movies

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A decommissioned Canadian satellite was hacked and used to broadcast films. At the DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas, Karl Koscher, one of the members of a hacking enthusiasts group called Shadytel, give details on how he and his …