Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The security updates include patches for Azure , Microsoft Edge, Office , SharePoint Server , SysInternals , and the.NET framework.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2023

Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently patched critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Control Web Panel (CWP). Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-44877 (CVSS score: 9.8), in Control Web Panel (CWP). This is an unauthenticated RCE.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2023

“A security vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite Version 8.8.15 ” The vulnerability is reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) that was discovered by Clément Lecigne of Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG). Google TAG researchers focus on identifying and countering advanced and persistent threats.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

An unofficial patch for an actively exploited flaw in Microsoft Windows that allows to bypass Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections. HP Wolf Security recently spotted a Magniber campaign targeting Windows home users with fake security updates. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Mark-of-the-Web). Very good question.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2023

US CISA added the vulnerability CVE-2022-44877 in CentOS Control Web Panel utility to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The US CISA added the Centos Web Panel 7 unauthenticated remote code execution flaw ( CVE-2022-44877 ) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. reads the advisory for this vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2023

Google released security updates to address a high-severity zero-day flaw in the Chrome web browser that it actively exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to address a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-3079, in its Chrome web browser.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

A new ongoing Magecart web skimmer campaign abuse legitimate websites to act as makeshift command and control (C2) servers. Akamai researchers discovered a new ongoing Magecart web skimmer campaign aimed at stealing personally identifiable information (PII) and credit card information from users in North America, Latin America, and Europe.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week warned of cyber attacks against Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway devices exploiting recently discovered zero-day CVE-2023-3519. CISA revealed that threat actors are exploiting the vulnerability to drop web shells on vulnerable systems.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

Google announced support for a V8 Sandbox in the Chrome web browser to protect users from exploits triggering memory corruption issues. Google has announced support for what’s called a V8 Sandbox in the Chrome web browser. The company included the V8 Sandbox in Chrome’s Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Researchers observed a new Magecart web skimming campaign changing the websites’ default 404 error page to steal credit cards. Researchers from the Akamai Security Intelligence Group uncovered a Magecart web skimming campaign that is manipulating the website’s default 404 error page to hide malicious code.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Microsoft released December 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates that fix 52 vulnerabilities across its products. Microsoft December 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates fixed two zero-day vulnerabilities; one of the new issues addressed this month is listed as publicly known at the time of release, and one is actively exploited.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The malicious HTML code is generated within the browser on the target device which is already inside the security perimeter of the victim’s network. . “SVG images are constructed using XML, allowing them to be placed within HTML using ordinary XML markup tags. ” reads the analysis published by Talos. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Apple released emergency security updates to address two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities impacting iPhones, Macs, and iPads. Apple has released emergency security updates to address two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-28205 and CVE-2023-28206, impacting iPhones, Macs, and iPads.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Once executed, a malicious JavaScript file is requested from the a C2 server (at https[:]//tags-manager[.]com/gtags/script2 The distinctive aspect of this attack is the use of WebSockets, instead of HTML tags or XHR requests, to extract the information from the compromised site that makes this technique more stealth.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

Google security experts revealed that Russia-linked APT group targeted LinkedIn users with Safari zero-day. Security researchers from Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Google Project Zero revealed that four zero-day vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild earlier this year. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2022

Threat actors behind web skimming campaigns are using malicious JavaScript to mimic Google Analytics and Meta Pixel scripts to avoid detection. Microsoft security researchers recently observed web skimming campaigns that used multiple obfuscation techniques to avoid detection. SecurityAffairs – hacking, web skimming attacks).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 30, 2021

Related: Equipping Security Operations Centers (SOCs) for the long haul. Web architecture from the past decade followed a trend where most web applications were server heavy, and enterprises’ data centers handled the bulk of the processing. The web browser was more of a graphical interface or a rendering engine.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2021

Google TAG is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. ” reads the TAG’s report. ” reads the TAG’s report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2023 addressed 74 new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Edge (Chromium-based); Microsoft Dynamics; Visual Studio; and Azure. .” ” states Microsoft. ” states Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Sources interviewed by Security Affairs interpreted this activity with high levels of confidence to be state-supported. Besides proprietary tools, they’re leveraging MHDDoS, Blood, Karma DDoS, Hasoki, DDoS Ripper and GoldenEye scripts to generate malicious traffic on Layer 7 which may impact the availability of WEB resources.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2021

Threat actors are attempting to hack Zyxel devices exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability CVE-2020-29583, security researchers warn. This account can be used by someone to login to the ssh server or web interface with admin privileges.”. Tags available for all users via the GreyNoise web interface and API now.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. It’s Testing U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Balada Injector is still at large and still evading security software by utilizing new domain names and using new obfuscation. During a routine web monitoring operation, we discovered an address that led us down a rabbit hole of WordPress-orientated “hack waves” caused by the Balada Injector malware. 206.76.55.162.clients.your-server.de

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2021

Magecart cybercrime gang is using favicon to hide malicious PHP web shells used to maintain remote access to inject JavaScript skimmers into online stores. Magecart hackers are distributing malicious PHP web shells hidden in website favicon to inject JavaScript e-skimmers into online stores and steal payment information.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Microsoft’s December 2022 Patch Tuesday includes fixes for over four dozen vulnerabilities, six of them critical – including a zero-day flaw in the SmartScreen security tool, CVE-2022-44698 , that’s being actively exploited. Also read: Cybersecurity Agencies Release Guidance for PowerShell Security. Other Key Updates.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

The final piece of the complicated Mandiant-FireEye split and subsequent FireEye-McAfee merger fell into place today, as McAfee’s cloud security business was officially spun off under the new name of Skyhigh Security. STG also owns RSA Security, which remains a separate company. McAfee Cloud is now Skyhigh Security.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

. “The malware has been used to create residential proxy services to shroud malicious activity such as password spraying , web-traffic proxying and ad fraud,” the Lumen researchers wrote. SSC asked fellow forum members for help in testing the security of a website they claimed was theirs: myiptest[.]com SocksEscort[.]com

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2019

In this case, attackers used a common HTML5 attribute, the <a> tag ping, to trick these users to unwittingly participate in a major DDoS attack that flooded one web site with approximately 70 million requests in four hours.” This was the first case of a DDoS attack using the <a> tag ping attribute.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Adobe and Microsoft each released updates today to tackle critical security weaknesses in their software. Adobe has issued security fixes for its Acrobat and PDF Reader products, and has a patch for yet another zero-day flaw in Flash Player that is already being exploited in the wild.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Army told Reuters it removed an app containing Pushwoosh in March, citing “security concerns.” Reuters said the CDC likewise recently removed Pushwoosh code from its app over security concerns, after reporters informed the agency Pushwoosh was not based in the Washington D.C. THE PINCER TROJAN CONNECTION.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The increase in remote workforces and difficulty enforcing security controls with expanding perimeters has played a role in the rise of ransomware. Likewise, lookalike and spoofed web domains and well-crafted phishing emails now easily trick employees into thinking they’re dealing with trustworthy sources. The impact of ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

The security firm reported its findings to Google, which notified the development teams. ” reads the analysis published by the security firm. “The tags such as ‘ads_enable’ or ‘collect_enable’ indicates each functionality to work or not while other parameters define conditions and availability.”

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

.” Considering the ease of exploitation, Microsoft also recommends the following mitigations in addition to downloading the latest updates: Add users to the Protected Users Security Group, which prevents the use of NTLM as an authentication mechanism. “This can lead to remote code execution, posing a significant security risk.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android appeared first on Security Affairs. Bwloe the full changelog since Tor Browser 8.5: All platforms Update Torbutton to 2.1.10 Bug 30565 : Sync nocertdb with privatebrowsing.autostart at startup Bug 30464 : Add WebGL to safer descriptions Translations update Update NoScript to 10.6.2 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2021

While conducting reconnaissance and fingerprinting the experts found three Apple hosts running a content management system (CMS) backed by Lucee , which is a dynamic, Java-based, tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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AIIM

APRIL 8, 2021

Security and access controls. This is most commonly seen in web content management and software development repositories as opposed to documents, but it is seen in some case management and contract management solutions as well. Security and Access Controls. Five Key Document Management Capabilities. Version control.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The vulnerability is a use after free in Portals, it was reported by Clément Lecigne from Google TAG, who worked with Sergei Glazunov and Mark Brand from Google Project Zero. The post Google addressed the eleventh Chrome zero-day flaw this year appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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