Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

. “Organizations relying on PAN-OS firewalls should assume that unpatched devices are being targeted andtake immediate steps to secure them.“ An unauthenticated attacker on the network couple exploit the vulnerability to bypass authentication and invoke certain PHP scripts. ” reads the report published by Assetnote.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Zoho urges customers to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus that is actively exploited in the wild. Zoho has released a security patch to address an authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539, in its ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2024

Shadowserver researchers reported that over 20,000 internet-exposed VMware ESXi instances are affected by the actively exploited flaw CVE-2024-37085. We have started sharing exposed VMware ESXi vulnerable to CVE-2024-37085 (authentication bypass). The flaw is an authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware ESXi. “A

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The vulnerability is a missing authentication issue in FortiManager and FortiManager Cloud versions, an attacker could execute arbitrary code or commands through specially crafted requests. “A Mandiant urges organizations that may have their FortiManager exposed to the internet to conduct a forensic investigation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The FBI warned of a fresh wave of HiatusRAT malware attacks targeting internet-facing Chinese-branded web cameras and DVRs. In March 2024, threat actors behind this campaign started targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. ” reads the PIN report.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2024

The proliferation of new top-level domains (TLDs) has exacerbated a well-known security weakness: Many organizations set up their internal Microsoft authentication systems years ago using domain names in TLDs that didn’t exist at the time. SSL/TLS certs). ” Caturegli said setting up an email server record for memrtcc.ad

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2024

.” The experts added that FortiWLM’s verbose logs expose session IDs, enabling attackers to exploit log file read vulnerabilities to hijack sessions and access authenticated endpoints. Authenticated users’ session ID tokens in FortiWLM remain static per device boot. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

The three flaws fixed are: CVE-2024-21899 : an improper authentication vulnerability could allow users to compromise the security of the system via a network. CVE-2024-21900 : an injection vulnerability could allow authenticated users to execute commands via a network.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

An internet outage impacted Orange Spain after a hacker gained access to the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing. The hacker, who uses the moniker ‘Snow’, gained access to the RIPE account of Orange Spain and misconfigured the BGP routing causing an internet outage.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Trey Ford, Chief Information Security Officer at Bugcrowd, observed, "This incident may not have been made public if it wasn't for the Form 8-K requirement." The attack goes to show that, truly, nothing Internet-connected is sacred." Identity security is paramount in today's threat landscape.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

. “Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to perform a remote code execution.” “This could allow an authenticated user to perform a remote code execution attack against a customer’s Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server.”

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

I wrote an article recently on how to secure your home network in three different tiers of protection. In that piece I wanted to link to some safe internet practices—which some used to call Safe Hex—but I couldn’t find anything newer than nine years old. Enable two-factor authentication on all critical accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2025

Over the years, multiple security experts have identified several vulnerabilities in MikroTik routers, such as a remote code execution vulnerability detailed by VulnCheck researchers here. The botnet’s SOCKS proxy setup enables access for hundreds of thousands of compromised machines. ” reads the report published by Infoblox.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A previous faulty update had already suggested broader problems with CrowdStrike’s security software at the time, though the problem didn’t receive that much publicity. XZ backdoor to bypass SSH authentication What happened? However, delegating tasks also introduces new information security challenges.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 20, 2022

Zero Trust is a concept, an approach to information security that dramatically deviates from the approach commonly taken at businesses worldwide by security professionals for many years. And, of course, they must know, and be able to strongly authenticate, any human users as well.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Threat actors targeted tens thousands of unauthenticated Redis servers exposed on the internet as part of a cryptocurrency campaign. The tool is not designed to be exposed on the Internet, however, researchers spotted tens thousands Redis instance publicly accessible without authentication. ” warns Censys.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2023

Ivanti warned customers of a new critical Sentry API authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38035. The software company Ivanti released urgent security patches to address a critical-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-38035 (CVSS score 9.8), in the Ivanti Sentry (formerly MobileIron Sentry) product.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

An attacker can exploit the flaw to achieve command execution on the affected D-Link NAS devices, gain access to potential access to sensitive information, system configuration alteration, or denial of service. Netsecfish reported that over 92,000 Internet-facing devices are vulnerable.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

On April 10, Sisense Chief Information Security Officer Sangram Dash told customers the company had been made aware of reports that “certain Sisense company information may have been made available on what we have been advised is a restricted access server (not generally available on the internet.)”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2024

In Mid-August, Ivanti addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7593 (CVSS score of 9.8), impacting Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) appliances that can allow attackers to create rogue administrator accounts. Successful exploitation could lead to authentication bypass and creation of an administrator user.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

is an inadequate authentication mechanisms that could allow an attacker to access sensitive information like usernames, MD5 password hashes, and configuration data. CVE-2024-8957 (CVSS score of CVSS 7.2) is an OS Command Injection.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

The Planet WGS-804HPT industrial switch is used in building and home automation networks to provide connectivity of Internet of things (IoT) devices, IP surveillance cameras, and wireless LAN network applications. This switch family is equipped with a web service and SNMP management interface. ” reads the advisory published by Claroty.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

CISA updated its Secure by Design guidance, and the EUs Cyber Resilience Act and NIS2 added new requirements. Proactive collaboration and cyber risk quantification are key to ensuring operational resilience and security. Overemphasizing compliance risks diverting resources from advanced security challenges.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

[RELATED: 5 Emotions Used in Social Engineering Attacks, with Examples ] The game plan: stay secure while enjoying March Madness So, how can fans and businesses enjoy the all the action without falling victim to cyber schemes? If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is except on the internet, where it always is."

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The number of internet-facing cameras in the world is growing exponentially. Businesses and homeowners increasingly rely on internet protocol (IP) cameras for surveillance. New research by Cybernews shows an exponential rise in the uptake of internet-facing cameras. Surge in internet-facing cameras.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

No wonder Russia has been preparing to cut itself off from the global internet, hoping to move key government institutions to a sovereign Runet – a pan-Russian web limited to the Federation – to make them less prone to cyber attacks. Ideally, VNC should be used only with authenticated users, such as system administrators.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. To protect against these attacks, businesses need to implement a wide range of strong API security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability scanning.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Almost a million files with minors’ data, including home addresses and photos were left open to anyone on the internet, posing a threat to children. The DigitalOcean storage bucket, containing almost a million sensitive files, was left open to anyone without requiring authentication.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

.” The researchers pointed out that despite the vulnerable service is intended for LAN access only, querying Shodan they identified over 91,000 devices that expose the service to the Internet. Most of the Internet-facing devices are in South Korea, Hong Kong, the U.S., Sweden, and Finland. running on OLED55CXPUA webOS 6.3.3-442

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2024-7593 (CVSS score of 9.8)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The vulnerability was discovered by security researchers at Positive Technologies and disclosed to Citrix in October 10, 2023. Security firm Mandiant observed threat actors hijacking sessions where session data was stolen before the patch deployment and subsequently used by the threat actor.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Tools like cloud computing and fast internet have made remote work the top choice. Access Control and Authentication Access control is another crucial component of remote work security. In traditional offices, security relies on locks and badge systems. Remote workers often face slow internet speeds.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2025

While UNC3886 previously focused their operations on network edge devices, this activity demonstrated theyre also targeting internal networking infrastructure, such as Internet Service Provider (ISP) routers. ” concludes the report published by Mandiant.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A previously undetected hacking group, tracked as Metador, has been targeting telecommunications, internet services providers (ISPs), and universities for about two years. Both malware authenticates themselves to Cryshell through a port-knocking and handshake procedure. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security. Despite this, physical security must be implemented correctly to prevent attackers from gaining physical access and taking whatever they desire.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A proof of concept exploit for two authentication bypass vulnerabilities in Dahua cameras is available online, users are recommended to immediately apply updates. “The identity authentication bypass vulnerability found in some Dahua products during the login process.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

” Security news site Bleeping Computer reported on the T-Systems Ryuk ransomware attack on Dec. “The other guy he called said he didn’t like it either and called the [chief information officer] at 2:30 a.m., who picked up his cell phone and said shut it off from the Internet.” In our Dec.

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