Category: alerts
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Linux Bug in All Major Distros: ‘An Attacker’s Dream Come True’
The 12-year-old flaw in the sudo-like polkit’s pkexec tool, found in all major Linux distributions, is likely to be exploited in the wild within days. Read more
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Segway Hit by Magecart Attack Hiding in a Favicon
Visitors who shopped on the company’s eCommerce website in January will likely find their payment-card data heisted, researchers warned. Read more
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New MacOS Malware ‘DazzleSpy’ Used in Watering-Hole Attacks
A pro-democracy Hong Kong site was used to launch watering-hole attacks that planted a powerful macOS backdoor that researchers dubbed DazzleSpy. Read more
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AdSanity, AccessPress Plugins Open Scads of WordPress Sites to Takeover
A critical security bug and a months-long, ongoing supply-chain attack spell trouble for WordPress users. Read more
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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 17, 2022
Original release date: January 24, 2022 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info adobe — acrobat_dc Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in… Read more
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Linux Servers at Risk of RCE Due to Critical CWP Bugs
The two flaws in Control Web Panel – a popular web hosting management software used by 200K+ servers – allow code execution as root on Linux servers. Read more
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Surge in Malicious QR Codes Sparks FBI Alert
QR codes have become a go-to staple for contactless transactions of all sorts during the pandemic, and the FBI is warning cybercriminals are capitalizing on their lax security to steal data and money, and drop malware. Read more
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Dark Souls 3 Servers Shut Down Due to Critical RCE Bug
The bug can allow attackers to remotely execute code on gamers’ computers. The devs temporarily deactivated PvP servers across multiple affected versions. Read more
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CISA Publishes Infographic on Layering Network Security Through Segmentation
Original release date: January 24, 2022 CISA has published an infographic to emphasize the importance of implementing network segmentation—a physical or virtual architectural approach that divides a network into multiple segments, each acting as its own subnetwork, to provide additional security and control that can help prevent or minimize the impact of a cyberattack. CISA… Read more
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The Internet’s Most Tempting Targets
What attracts the attackers? David “moose” Wolpoff, CTO at Randori, discusses how to evaluate your infrastructure for juicy targets. Read more