Fixing the Weakest Link — The Passwords — in Cybersecurity Today

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Password security has long been an issue for businesses and their cybersecurity standards. Account passwords are often the weakest link in the overall security posture for many organizations. Many companies …

Critical Pre-Auth RCE Flaw Found in F5 Big-IP Platform — Patch ASAP!

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Application security company F5 Networks on Wednesday published an advisory warning of four critical vulnerabilities impacting multiple products that could result in a denial of service (DoS) attack and even unauthenticated remote …

Researchers Unveil New Linux Malware Linked to Chinese Hackers

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Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday shed light on a new sophisticated backdoor targeting Linux endpoints and servers that’s believed to be the work of Chinese nation-state actors. Dubbed “RedXOR” by Intezer, …

Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 82 Flaws — IE 0-Day Under Active Attacks

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Microsoft plugged as many as 89 security flaws as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates released today, including fixes for an actively exploited zero-day in Internet Explorer that could permit an …

9 Android Apps On Google Play Caught Distributing AlienBot Banker and MRAT Malware

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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware dropper contained in as many as 9 Android apps distributed via Google Play Store that deploys a second stage malware capable of gaining …

SolarWinds Hack — New Evidence Suggests Potential Links to Chinese Hackers

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A malicious web shell deployed on Windows systems by leveraging a previously undisclosed zero-day in SolarWinds’ Orion network monitoring software may have been the work of a possible Chinese threat …