Over a Dozen Flaws Found in Siemens’ Industrial Network Management System

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Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details about 15 security flaws in Siemens SINEC network management system (NMS), some of which could be chained by an attacker to achieve remote …

Authorities Shut Down Russian RSOCKS Botnet That Hacked Millions of Devices

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Ravie Lakshmanan The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday disclosed that it took down the infrastructure associated with a Russian botnet known as RSOCKS in collaboration with law enforcement …

Atlassian Confluence Flaw Being Used to Deploy Ransomware and Crypto Miners

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A recently patched critical security flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center products is being actively weaponized in real-world attacks to drop cryptocurrency miners and ransomware payloads. In at …

Researchers Uncover ‘Hermit’ Android Spyware Used in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy

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An enterprise-grade surveillanceware dubbed Hermit has been put to use by entities operating from within Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy over the years since 2019, new research has revealed. Lookout attributed …

Critical Flaw in Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Lets Attackers Bypass Authentication

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Ravie Lakshmanan Cisco on Wednesday rolled out fixes to address a critical security flaw affecting Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Secure Email and Web Manager that could be exploited by …

New Hertzbleed Side Channel Attack Affects All Modern AMD and Intel CPUs

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Ravie Lakshmanan A newly discovered security vulnerability in modern Intel and AMD processors could let remote attackers steal encryption keys via a power side channel attack. Dubbed Hertzbleed by a …

Panchan: A New Golang-based Peer-To-Peer Botnet Targeting Linux Servers

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Ravie Lakshmanan A new Golang-based peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet has been spotted actively targeting Linux servers in the education sector since its emergence in March 2022. Dubbed Panchan by Akamai Security …

Cloudflare Saw Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Peaking at 26 Million Request Per Second

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Ravie Lakshmanan Cloudflare on Tuesday disclosed that it had acted to prevent a record-setting 26 million request per second (RPS) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack last week, making it the largest …