Critical RCE Flaw in ForgeRock Access Manager Under Active Attack

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Cybersecurity agencies in Australia and the U.S. are warning of an actively exploited vulnerability impacting ForgeRock’s OpenAM access management solution that could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on an affected system remotely. “The [Australian Cyber Security Centre] has observed actors exploiting …

A New Critical SolarWinds Zero-Day Vulnerability Under Active Attack

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SolarWinds, the Texas-based company that became the epicenter of a massive supply chain attack late last year, has issued patches to contain a remote code execution flaw in its Serv-U managed file transfer service. The fixes, which target Serv-U Managed File Transfer …

Crafting a Custom Dictionary for Your Password Policy

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Modern password policies are comprised of many different elements that contribute to its effectiveness. One of the components of an effective current password policy makes use of what is known as a custom dictionary that filters out certain words that are not …

Hackers Spread BIOPASS Malware via Chinese Online Gambling Sites

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Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new malware that’s striking online gambling companies in China via a watering hole attack to deploy either Cobalt Strike beacons or a previously undocumented Python-based backdoor called BIOPASS RAT that takes advantage of Open …

Kaseya Releases Patches for Flaws Exploited in Widespread Ransomware Attack

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Florida-based software vendor Kaseya on Sunday rolled out software updates to address critical security vulnerabilities in its Virtual System Administrator (VSA) software that was used as a jumping off point to target as many as 1,500 businesses across the globe …

New SaaS Security Report Dives into the Concerns and Plans of CISOs in 2021

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For years, security professionals have recognized the need to enhance SaaS security. However, the exponential adoption of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications over 2020 turned slow-burning embers into a raging fire.  Organizations manage anywhere from thirty-five to more than a hundred applications. …

Magecart Hackers Hide Stolen Credit Card Data Into Images for Evasive Exfiltration

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Cybercrime actors part of the Magecart group have latched on to a new technique of obfuscating the malware code within comment blocks and encoding stolen credit card data into images and other files hosted on the server, once again demonstrating how the …

Critical Flaws Reported in Philips Vue PACS Medical Imaging Systems

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Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Portal (aka Vue PACS), some of which could be exploited by an adversary to take control of an affected system. “Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthorized …

Hackers Use New Trick to Disable Macro Security Warnings in Malicious Office Files

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While it’s a norm for phishing campaigns that distribute weaponized Microsoft Office documents to prompt victims to enable macros in order to trigger the infection chain directly, new findings indicate attackers are using non-malicious documents to disable security warnings prior …

Experts Uncover Malware Attacks Targeting Corporate Networks in Latin America

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Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday took the wraps off a new, ongoing espionage campaign targeting corporate networks in Spanish-speaking countries, specifically Venezuela, to spy on its victims. Dubbed “Bandidos” by ESET owing to the use of an upgraded variant of Bandook …