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GUEST ESSAY: A primer on content management systems (CMS) — and how to secure them

The Last Watchdog

You very likely will interact with a content management system (CMS) multiple times today. For instance, the The Last Watchdog article you are reading uses a CMS to store posts, display them in an attractive manner, and provide search capabilities. Security is essential for a CMS. Best security practices.

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EnemyBot malware adds new exploits to target CMS servers and Android devices

Security Affairs

LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1 LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1 The new variant of the bot includes exploits for the following security issues: CVE-2022-22954 : Critical RCE flaw in VMware Workspace ONE Access and VMware Identity Manager. RCE CVE-2020-5902 F5 BigIP RCE No CVE (vulnerability published on 2019) ThinkPHP 5.X

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 368 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Million Alert! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Experts warn of an emerging Python-based credential harvester named Legion

Security Affairs

Legion exploits web servers running Content Management Systems (CMS), PHP, or PHP-based frameworks such as Laravel. “From these targeted servers, the tool uses a number of RegEx patterns to extract credentials for various web services. The experts believe that the tool is widely distributed and is likely paid malware.

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Chinese DriftingCloud APT exploited Sophos Firewall Zero-Day before it was fixed

Security Affairs

China-linked threat actors exploited the zero-day flaw CVE-2022-1040 in Sophos Firewall weeks before it was fixed by the security vendor. The vulnerability was exploited by the Chinese attackers to drop a webshell into the target systems weeks before it was fixed by the security vendor. and impacts Sophos Firewall versions 18.5

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Microsoft fixed Azure AD bug that led to Bing.com results manipulation and account takeover

Security Affairs

One of these apps is a content management system (CMS) that powers Bing.com and allowed us to not only modify search results, but also launch high-impact XSS attacks on Bing users.” ” reads the post published by security firm Wiz. . “We found several high-impact, vulnerable Microsoft applications.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

According to OPB, the district didn’t provide details, but said that “our student credentials may have been compromised as part of a security incident”. For more information about the SEC cyber security disclosure rules, register for our free webinar on 30 November.)