Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2021

The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. “It’s a patch for their own software. “This is worse because the CVE calls for an authenticated user,” Holden said. And it’s not zero-day.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Palo Alto Networks has addressed a high-severity security flaw in its PAN-OS software that could result in an authentication bypass. An authentication bypass in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-0108, carries a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10.0.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 25, 2024

The Apache Software Foundation has disclosed a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-43441, affecting Apache HugeGraph-Server, a widely used open-source graph database system.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The company pointed out that only authenticated users with existing access to the NetScaler Console can exploit this vulnerability. “The issue arises due to inadequate privilege management and could be exploited by an authenticated malicious actor to execute commands without additional authorization. NetScaler Console 14.1

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Related: Pushing the fly-by-wire envelope This is especially true because systems are more interconnected and use more complex commercial software than ever before, meaning a vulnerability in one system could lead to a malicious actor gaining access to more important systems. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since.

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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 7, 2025

Dell Technologies has issued a critical security advisory for its OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) software. The advisory addresses The post Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Found in Dell OpenManage Server Administrator appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Veeam Backup & Replication is a comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery software developed by Veeam. Attackers accessed targets via VPN gateways lacking multifactor authentication, some of which ran outdated software. Some of these VPNs were running unsupported software versions.” reads the advisory.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2023

The IT world relies on digital authentication credentials, such as API keys, certificates, and tokens, to securely connect applications, services, and infrastructures. According to BetterCloud, the average number of software as a service (SaaS) applications used by organizations worldwide has increased 14x between 2015 and 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2025

19, 2025, CyberNewswire — Sydney-based cybersecurity software company Knocknoc has raised a seed round from US-based venture capital firm Decibel Partners with support from CoAct and SomethingReal. It can also be used on internal networks to add multifactor authentication to legacy systems to satisfy compliance requirements.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning that cybercriminals are taking over email accounts via stolen session cookies, allowing them to bypass the multi-factor authentication (MFA) a user has set up. Keep your devices and the software on them up to date, so there aren’t any known vulnerabilities on them.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Microsoft today issued security updates to fix at least 56 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited. “Accordingly, Microsoft assesses exploitation as more likely.”

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 8, 2024

Discover how to safeguard IVR banking from hackers and implement secure authentication methods for customer protection. Find out how these digital alternatives benefit both customers and agents.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2025

The “fud” bit stands for “Fully Un-Detectable,” and it refers to cybercrime resources that will evade detection by security tools like antivirus software or anti-spam appliances. “Ironically, the Manipulaters may create more short-term risk to their own customers than law enforcement,” DomainTools wrote.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Info-stealers like RedLine typically are deployed via opportunistic email malware campaigns, and by secretly bundling the trojans with cracked versions of popular software titles made available online. Also, unless you really know what you’re doing, please don’t download and install pirated software.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Ivanti addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting its Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) solution. Ivanti addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-11639 (CVSS score of 10), in its Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) solution. that the software firm addressed in September.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 is a file read issue in PAN-OS, an authenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface could exploit the flaw to read files that are readable by the “nobody” user. Palo Alto Networks addressed the flaw CVE-2025-0111 on February 12, 2025. In November 2024, the U.S.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

TAG has observed four different groups exploiting the same bug to steal email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. To ensure protection against these types of exploits, TAG urges users and organizations to keep software fully up-to-date and apply security updates as soon as they become available.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

“The software can work from anywhere in the world,” Merrill said. “These guys provide the software for $500 a month, and it can relay both NFC enabled tap-to-pay as well as any digital wallet. Three individuals charged with using ghost tap software at an electronics store in Singapore. Image: The Straits Times.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

They could even conceal dangerous malware in photos or links on secure websites you visit, and a single click can activate the code, even overcoming multifactor authentication. Update Website Software Regularly Keep WordPress themes and plugins up to date to fix security flaws that could be exploited to steal cookies.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2020

government cybersecurity agencies warned this week that the attackers behind the widespread hacking spree stemming from the compromise at network software firm SolarWinds used weaknesses in other, non-SolarWinds products to attack high-value targets. National Security Agency (NSA) warned on Dec. ” Indeed, the NSA’s Dec.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 15, 2021

Monthly: The user pays their bill to the MVNO (credit card or otherwise) and the phone gets anonymous authentication (using Chaum blind signatures) tokens for each time slice (e.g., If it’s valid, the MVNO tells the MNO that the user is authenticated, and the user receives a temporary random ID and an IP address.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2021

Here’s the story of how bogus reviews on a counterfeit Microsoft Authenticator browser extension exposed dozens of other extensions that siphoned personal and financial data. A counterfeit version of CapCut , a professional video editing software suite, claimed nearly 24,000 downloads over a similar time period.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Moonstone Sleet threat actors target financial and cyberespionage victims using trojanized software, custom malware, malicious games, and fake companies like StarGlow Ventures and C.C. Additionally, they attempt to infiltrate organizations by posing as software developers seeking employment.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

“ An authentication bypass in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to bypass the authentication otherwise required by the PAN-OS management web interface and invoke certain PHP scripts. ” reads the report published by Assetnote.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2021

Initial estimates were that Russia sent its probes only into a few dozen of the 18,000 government and private networks they gained access to when they inserted code into network management software made by a Texas company named SolarWinds. The October files, distributed to customers on Oct.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, the data was compromised in a recent security breach, marking the second leak in the incident. Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, which was compromised in a recent security breach, marking it as the second leak in the incident.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Rhysida went so far as to publish sample files to verify the authenticity of the data, revealing access to a trove of information, including city databases, employee credentials, cloud management files, and even the city’s traffic camera feeds. Another effective solution is to invest in attack surface management (ASM) software.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Of those malicious apps, 5,200 could subvert one of the strongest security practices available today, called multifactor authentication, by prying into basic text messages sent to a device. With multifactor authentication, a username and password are no longer enough to sign into an account.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

. “Investigations into RedLine and Meta started after victims came forward and a security company notified authorities about possible servers in the Netherlands linked to the software. Change passwords : After malware removal, update passwords for key accounts (email, banking, work, social media) and enable two-factor authentication.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-3393 (CVSS score: 8.7), in PAN-OS software that could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. when access is limited to authenticated end users via Prisma Access. Repeated exploitation forces the firewall into maintenance mode. ” reads the advisory.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 15, 2022

The attack shows that pointer authentication can be defeated without leaving a trace, and as it utilizes a hardware mechanism, no software patch can fix it.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

“A vulnerability in the software upgrade process of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker with validAdministratorcredentials to execute a command injection attack on the underlying operating system of an affected device.”

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Limitations of traditional security measures While organizations typically rely on email filters, firewalls, and antivirus software, these solutions often fall short against AI-powered phishing attacks. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) : Enforce robust MFA protocols to add an extra layer of security.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

.” The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library website that provides free access to collections of digitized materials including websites, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. Hunt also verified the authenticity of the information included in the stolen archive.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

A password manager is a piece of software that creates all these for you, keeps them stored safely, and then fills them in for you automatically when you need to log in. Keep your firmware and software updated. Keep all of your software and hardware religiously updated. Enable two-factor authentication on all critical accounts.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The DOJ emphasized that the sites marketed these tools as "fully undetectable" by antispam software, further fueling large-scale phishing campaigns. Organizations should enforce least privilege access and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on all accounts that have it available.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A remote attacker authenticated with read-only administrative privileges could exploit the flaws to execute arbitrary commands on flawed devices. “This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied Java byte streams by the affected software.” ” reads the advisory. ” reads the advisory.

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