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USCYBERCOM and CISA warn organizations to fix CVE-2021-26084 Confluence flaw

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

USCYBERCOM is urging organizations to patch a critical CVE-2021-26084 flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center, ahead of the Labor Day weekend. . US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has issued an alert to warn US organizations to address Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 vulnerability immediately, ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

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Threat actors use recently discovered CVE-2021-26084 Atlassian Confluence

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Threat actors are actively exploiting the recently disclosed CVE-2021-26084 RCE vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence deployments. At the end of August, Atlassian released security patches to address the critical CVE-2021-26084 flaw that affects the Confluence enterprise collaboration product. link] — U.S.

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CVE-2021-3064: Easily exploitable RCE flaw in Palo Alto Networks in GlobalProtect VPN

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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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New RedLine malware version distributed as fake Omicron stat counter

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JANUARY 12, 2022

The RedLine malware allows operators to steal several information, including credentials, credit card data, cookies, autocomplete information stored in browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, credentials stored in VPN clients and FTP clients. “Some telemetry data is shown below. 2021-12-22 18:38:18 2021-12-23 11:33:58.

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CISA urges to fix actively exploited Firefox zero-days by March 21

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MARCH 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added recently disclosed Firefox zero-days to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The post CISA urges to fix actively exploited Firefox zero-days by March 21 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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North Korea-linked Konni APT targets Russian diplomatic bodies

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Security researchers at Cluster25 uncovered a recent campaign carried out by the North Korea-linked Konni APT group aimed at Russian diplomatic entities that used new versions of malware implants. The RAT was able to avoid detection due to continuous evolution, it is able of executing arbitrary code on the target systems and stealing data.

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Multiple experts released exploits for Linux local privilege escalation flaw Looney Tunables

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

This vulnerability was introduced in April 2021.” ” Multiple security researchers have already developed their own proof-of-concept exploits for this flaw. ” Below is the disclosure timeline: 2023-09-04: Advisory and exploit sent to secalert@redhat. 2023-09-19: Advisory and patch sent to linux-distros@openwall.

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Google fixed the 17th zero-day in Chrome since the start of the year

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Google has released Chrome 96.0.4664.110 to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-4102 , exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to address five vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, including a high-severity zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-4102 , exploited in the wild.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 361 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 361 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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A server of the Jenkins project hacked by exploiting a Confluence flaw

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The development team behind the Jenkins server disclose a security breach, threat actors deployed a cryptocurrency miner on one of its servers. The development team behind the Jenkins Project disclosed a security breach after threat actors compromised one of their internal servers and installed a cryptocurrency miner.

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The new maxtrilha trojan is being disseminated and targeting several banks

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

After that, the malware creates persistence, disables Internet Explorer security settings to facilitate the download of the 2nd stage from the Internet. The 1st stage creates persistence on the infected machine, disables Internet Explorer security settings and accepted extensions to facilitate the download of the 2nd stage.

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Hacking Nespresso machines to have unlimited funds to purchase coffee

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The vulnerability was disclosed by the security researcher Polle Vanhoof. The Mifare Classic smart card technology is known to be insecure since 2008, when security researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen performed reverse engineering of the chip and published their findings. ” Vanhoof added. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CryptoAgility to take advantage of Quantum Computing

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MAY 4, 2021

Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:40. The same goes with the advent of Quantum Computing , which is supposed to bring exponential computing power that shall not only bring endless benefits but also raises question marks on the current state of cryptography that is the bedrock of all information security as we know today.

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Celebrating Safer Internet Day: Surviving Lockdowns Edition

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 10:06. With all of us being more exposed to online threats and risks, including phishing attacks, ransomware, and misinformation, being able to take action to protect our personal data and stand for a more responsible and polite online behavior will make a difference. Data security.

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Authentication and access management increasingly perceived as core to Zero Trust Security

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Authentication and access management increasingly perceived as core to Zero Trust Security. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 05:52. While many consider that remote access to corporate resources and data as the key disruption, security teams had to face many more challenges. State of Multi-Factor Authentication.

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USCYBERCOM and CISA warn organizations to fix CVE-2021-26084 Confluence flaw

Threat actors use recently discovered CVE-2021-26084 Atlassian Confluence

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CVE-2021-3064: Easily exploitable RCE flaw in Palo Alto Networks in GlobalProtect VPN

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New RedLine malware version distributed as fake Omicron stat counter

CISA urges to fix actively exploited Firefox zero-days by March 21

North Korea-linked Konni APT targets Russian diplomatic bodies

Multiple experts released exploits for Linux local privilege escalation flaw Looney Tunables

Google fixed the 17th zero-day in Chrome since the start of the year

Security Affairs newsletter Round 361 by Pierluigi Paganini

A server of the Jenkins project hacked by exploiting a Confluence flaw

The new maxtrilha trojan is being disseminated and targeting several banks

Hacking Nespresso machines to have unlimited funds to purchase coffee

CryptoAgility to take advantage of Quantum Computing

Celebrating Safer Internet Day: Surviving Lockdowns Edition

Authentication and access management increasingly perceived as core to Zero Trust Security

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