A supply-chain component contains a critical impact vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to eavesdrop on IoT camera feeds. CVE-2021-32934 has a CVSS score of 9.1, it was introduced through ThroughTek, a component that is commonplace in CCTV systems along with other connected camera devices such as baby monitors. ThroughTek’s point-to-point (P2P) software development kit […]
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Jun
Jun
A malware strain has been at large for over a year, which was observed to compromise Kubernetes Clusters clearing the way for a backdoor, giving the attacker persistent access. Kubernetes was originally developed by Google and is currently maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. It is an open-source system that helps automate the deployment, […]
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May
May
Two vulnerabilities in the Rocket Chat (RC) application make it possible for attackers to achieve remote code execution on the server hosting them. RC is a popular open-source messaging platform for enterprise customers. Customers include Lloyd’s, Lockheed Martin and the University of California. RC utilises the MongoDB database, which uses NoSQL to store its data. […]
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May
May
A proof of concept (PoC) script was released exploiting a critical vulnerability in the latest version of Windows 10 and Windows Server additions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-31166 was found in the HTTP Protocol Stack (HTTP.sys), used by the Windows Information (IIS) webserver. The Windows HTTP vulnerability has wormable properties, meaning it is self-propagating, unlike […]
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May
May
Cyber security firm, Onapsis, has warned of 6 critical vulnerabilities being actively exploited in the wild. The researchers recorded more than 300 successful attacks between mid-2020 and April 2021. SAP systems are used by many organisations for managing critical business processes, including product life-cycle management, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning and supply chain management. […]
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May
May
Older Dell users should be aware of a vulnerable driver that has been pushed out to consumer and enterprise computers for the last 12 years. The multiple vulnerabilities could lead to privilege escalation. Millions of Dell desktops, laptops and tablets received the vulnerable driver through BIOS updates. The 5 vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2021-21551 discovered in […]
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Apr
Apr
A currently unidentified threat actor has compromised the update mechanism of Passwordstate, a password manager application primarily catering to enterprise customers, and has deployed malware on its user’s devices. Click Studios, the firm behind Passwordstate, has notified 29,000 customers via email, according to communications obtained by a Polish tech news site. The malware was live […]
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Apr
Apr
An ongoing “malvertising” campaign dubbed “Tag Barnakle” was identified as the breach point of more than 120 Advertisement servers over the past year. The threat actors aim to inject code to host Adware that redirects users to domains under threat actors’ control, exposing them to more malware. The adversaries behind the Tag Barnakle campaign are […]
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Apr
Apr
APT’s exploit Fortinet FortiOS vulnerabilities to compromise systems belonging to government and commercial entities, warn US agencies. Threat actors are scanning for three high severity vulnerabilities that have not been patched. CVE-2018-13379, CVE-2020-12812 and, CVE-2019-5591 are actively being exploited. Each of these vulnerabilities is public and the vendor issued patches, but unless IT administrators apply […]
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Mar
Mar
The official PHP Git repository suffered a software supply chain attack this week. Two malicious commits were pushed to the repository, where the attackers sign the commits with falsified but plausible aliases. An RCE backdoor was uploaded, which executes a backdoor in the HTTP protocol’s user agent header field. According to the PHP maintainers, the […]