Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The other critical flaw patched today that’s already being exploited in the wild is CVE-2021-42321 , yet another zero-day in Microsoft Exchange Server. As Exchange zero-days go, CVE-2021-42321 appears somewhat mild by comparison. Microsoft has published a blog post/FAQ about the Exchange zero-day here.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 13, 2021

Microsoft released updates to fix four more flaws in Exchange Server versions 2013-2019 ( CVE-2021-28480 , CVE-2021-28481 , CVE-2021-28482 , CVE-2021-28483 ). ” Also patched today was a vulnerability in Windows ( CVE-2021-28310 ) that’s being exploited in active attacks already. .

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

By all accounts, the most pressing priority this month is CVE-2021-31166 , a Windows 10 and Windows Server flaw which allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute malicious code at the operating system level. “Before you pass this aside, Windows 10 can also be configured as a web server, so it is impacted as well. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2021

The IE weakness — CVE-2021-26411 — affects both IE11 and newer EdgeHTML-based versions, and it allows attackers to run a file of their choice by getting you to view a hacked or malicious website in IE. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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Jamf

MARCH 24, 2022

With 2021 in the rearview, we revisit the biggest threats businesses faced during the year. In looking back, we summarize both macOS and mobile endpoint security threats along with their impact.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This Sidley Practice Note highlights certain key disclosure considerations for preparing your annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2021, including recent amendments to U.S. As always, we invite you to contact us with any questions on these topics or any other SEC reporting and compliance matters.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Government offers rewards of up to $10 million for information that could help locate, identify, or arrest members of the Hive ransomware group. According to a report published by blockchain analytics company Chainalysis, the Hive operation is one of the top 10 ransomware strains by revenue in 2021.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 6, 2021

The 2021 Pwn2Own is among the largest in its history, with 23 separate entries targeting 10 products.

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OpenText Information Management

JANUARY 7, 2021

Remote working … The post 10 technology trends for the public sector in 2021 appeared first on OpenText Blogs. Technology has been the foundation stone of this achievement. Forward-thinking governments and agencies understood the importance of digital solutions to deliver citizen benefits.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2021

The wormable CVE-2021-31166 vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack of the Windows IIS server also affects WinRM on Windows 10 and Server systems. The flaw is wormable and affects different versions of Windows 10, Windows Server 2004 and Windows Server 20H2. — Jim DeVries (@JimDinMN) May 19, 2021.

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HID Global

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

HID Global’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2021. Tue, 11/30/2021 - 09:53.

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Jamf

OCTOBER 13, 2021

JNUC 2021 is less than a week away. If the amazing content, speakers and networking opportunities aren’t enough to convince you to attend, perhaps these ten reasons will be motivation enough for you to register!

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Palo Alto Networks disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3064 , in its GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces. “CVE-2021-3064 is a buffer overflow that occurs while parsing user-supplied input into a fixed-length location on the stack. 2021-11-10: This report was published.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2022

CISA added a Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3493, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week added a Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3493 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 28, 2023

Broken access controls are on OWASP's 2021 list of the top 10 most critical security risks. Flaws That Give Back-End Access to an Object Can Cause Large Breaches, Agencies Say U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 10 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 10 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog , including a high-severity security flaw ( CVE-2021-38406 CVSS score: 7.8)

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This research not only fuels AIIM's educational and developmental releases for all of 2021, it also gives the community a voice. On average, the survey only takes 10 minutes to complete, and you’ll get a special preview of the responses as a thank you. Click Here to Take the Official 2021 IIM Survey (and Get the Early Results).

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2023

Picus’ Blue Report data shows that, on average, organizations’ security controls (such as next-gen firewalls and intrusion prevention solutions) only prevent 6 out of every 10 attacks. This is despite Mount Locker’s emergence in 2021 before the other two malware attacks. Which vulnerabilities to remediate.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Among the zero-days are: – CVE-2021-33742 , a remote code execution bug in a Windows HTML component. – CVE-2021-31955 , an information disclosure bug in the Windows Kernel. – CVE-2021-31956 , an elevation of privilege flaw in Windows NTFS. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 7, 2021

At issue is CVE-2021-34527 , which involves a flaw in the Windows Print Spooler service that could be exploited by attackers to run code of their choice on a target’s system. Windows 10 users can check for the patch by opening Windows Update. Microsoft says it has already detected active exploitation of the vulnerability. .”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2021

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the polkit auth system service, tracked as CVE-2021-3560 , which is used on most Linux distros can allow an unprivileged attacker to get a root shell. Every Linux system using a vulnerable polkit version is potentially exposed to cyber attacks exploiting the CVE-2021-3560 flaw. No Ubuntu 20.04

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2021

A security researcher has published a working proof-of-concept exploit code for a wormable Windows IIS server vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-31166. The flaw is wormable and affects different versions of Windows 10, Windows Server 2004 and Windows Server 20H2. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

warns that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions to seize control over PCs when users open a malicious document or visit a booby-trapped website. Microsoft Corp. “The attacker would then have to convince the user to open the malicious document.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Microsoft revealed that multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently patched Windows MSHTML remote code execution security flaw (CVE-2021-40444 ). The campaigns observed August 2021 likely employed emails impersonating contracts and legal agreements, the messages used documents that were hosted on file-sharing sites. .

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. Read more: Best IAM Tools & Solutions for 2021. Train your staff.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. The changes are effective December 31, 2021. As a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the NAIC met in a hybrid format with attendees participating both in person and virtually.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 30, 2021

The National Institute of Statics (“ INE ”) collects personal data from the Portuguese Census 2021 surveys. The Census 2021 data include personal data of potentially more than 10 million data subjects (the entire population of Portugal), including health and religious data. INE engages Cloudflare, Inc. (“ Cloudflare ”), a U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2021

[link] pic.twitter.com/PpVJrVitLR — Rajvardhan Agarwal (@r4j0x00) April 12, 2021. According to The Record , the PoC code released by the experts was the same exploited by the security duo composed of Bruno Keith ( @bkth_ ) & Niklas Baumstark ( @_niklasb ) of Dataflow during the Pwn2Own 2021 hacking contest.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2021 addressed a high severity zero-day flaw actively exploited in targeted attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2021 addressed a high severity zero-day RCE actively exploited in targeted attacks aimed at Microsoft Office and Office 365 on Windows 10 computers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 67 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited Windows Installer vulnerability. One of the vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft, tracked as CVE-2021-43890 , is under active exploitation. Yes No EoP CVE-2021-43883 Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Important 7.1

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2021

The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition was concluded, participants earned more than $1.2 The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition reached the end, participants earned more than $1.2 Hackers demonstrated working exploits against Parallels Desktop, Ubuntu Desktop, and Windows 10. million, the greatest total payout ever.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Recently Qualys researchers found a Sudo vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3156 , that has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. News of the day is that the CVE-2021-3156 flaw also impacts the latest version of Apple macOS Big Sur, and Apple has yet to address it.

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Docuware

JANUARY 28, 2021

But due to the current situation, this year‘s flagship event for channel partners from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific will take place virtually from April 21-22, 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition has begun and white hat hackers participants earned more than $500000 on the first day. The Pwn2Own 2021 has begun, this year the formula for the popular hacking competition sees the distribution of the participants amongst various locations. The overall payout pool for Pwn2Own 2021 exceeds $1.5

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2021

April 2021 Security Patch Day includes 14 new security notes and 5 updates to previously released notes, one of them fixes a critical issue in SAP Commerce. The critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-27602, could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installs, it was rated with a CVSS score of 9.9.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Organizations have paid more than $600 million in cryptocurrency during 2021, nearly one-third to the Conti ransomware gang. and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. Last week, cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., added the company. .”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

Google’s Project Zero researchers reported that 58 zero-day were discovered in 2021 (28 zero-day were detected in 2020), which marks a record for the company since it started tracking these issues in mid 2014. Google researchers reported that the exploitation of the zero-days they saw in 2021 was not different from the past.

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