Apple Patches 10-Year-Old macOS SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Bug

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Apple has rolled out a fix for a critical sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave that could allow unauthenticated local users to gain root-level privileges on the system. “A local attacker may be able to elevate their …

Microsoft Issues Patches for In-the-Wild 0-day and 55 Others Windows Bugs

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Microsoft on Tuesday issued fixes for 56 flaws, including a critical vulnerability that’s known to be actively exploited in the wild. In all, 11 are listed as Critical, 43 are listed as Important, and two are listed as Moderate in severity …

Webinar and eBook: The Dark Side of EDR. Are You Prepared?

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Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platforms have received incredible attention as the platform for security teams. Whether you’re evaluating an EDR for the first time or looking to replace your EDR, as an information security professional, you need to be …

Ukrainian Police Arrest Author of World’s Largest Phishing Service U-Admin

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Law enforcement officials in Ukraine, in coordination with authorities from the U.S. and Australia, last week shut down one of the world’s largest phishing services that were used to attack financial institutions in 11 countries, causing tens of millions of …

Hacker Tried Poisoning Water Supply After Breaking Into Florida’s Treatment System

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Hackers successfully infiltrated the computer system controlling a water treatment facility in the U.S. state of Florida and remotely changed a setting that drastically altered the levels of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in the water. During a press conference held yesterday, …

Detailed: Here’s How Iran Spies on Dissidents with the Help of Hackers

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Twin cyber operations conducted by state-sponsored Iranian threat actors demonstrate their continued focus on compiling detailed dossiers on Iranian citizens that could threaten the stability of the Islamic Republic, including dissidents, opposition forces, and ISIS supporters, and Kurdish natives. Tracing …

Top 5 Bug Bounty Programs to Watch in 2021

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While Gartner does not have a dedicated Magic Quadrant for Bug Bounties or Crowd Security Testing yet, Gartner Peer Insights already lists 24 vendors in the “Application Crowdtesting Services” category. We have compiled the top 5 most promising bug bounty …

WARNING — Hugely Popular ‘The Great Suspender’ Chrome Extension Contains Malware

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Google on Thursday removed The Great Suspender, a popular Chrome extension used by millions of users, from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. It also took the unusual step of deactivating it from users’ computers. “This extension contains malware,” read a …

Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

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A new distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. “Plex’s startup processes unintentionally expose a Plex UPnP-enabled service registration responder to the general Internet, where it …

Critical Flaws Reported in Cisco VPN Routers for Businesses—Patch ASAP

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Cisco has rolled out fixes for multiple critical vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Small Business routers that could potentially allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user on an affected device. The flaws — tracked …