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One of the biggest challenges IT teams face today is identifying when a legitimate user’s account is compromised and stopping it from being used to deploy malware or steal data. With the latest update to Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft wants to help solve that problem. Currently in public preview, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint features a […]
Monthly six-figure cryptocurrency heists have been taking place since late last year, and they have now been attributed to the December 2022 LastPass breach. LastPass CEO Karim Toubba has already disclosed and actioned plans to reduce the likelihood of future attacks, but for some high-net-worth individuals who trusted the platform, it could be too late. […]
Cybersecurity researchers discovered three major vulnerabilities in some high-end ASUS routers, which could be used to hijack endpoints, disrupt connectivity, and deploy malware and ransomware. The routers in question are ASUS RT-AX55, RT-AX56U_V2, and RT-AC86U – all high-end devices used by gamers and other individuals with high-performance demands. The vulnerabilities plaguing these devices are tracked […]
PHPFusion, a top open-source content management system (CMS), carries multiple vulnerabilities that could put countless websites at risk, experts have warned. A report from researchers at Synopsys, who discovered the flaws, described one of the vulnerabilities as an authenticated local file inclusion flaw, which is now tracked as CVE-2023-2453. It a hacker can upload a […]
Microsoft has warned users that TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will be disabled in future Windows operating systems (OS). TLS, or Transport Layer Security, is a two-decade-old internet protocol that encrypts communications between servers and clients. The protocol, marred with various issues, was updated in 2018 when the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) approved the […]
Defender for IoT, Microsoft’s IoT-oriented antivirus program, is getting a new feature to cut down on firmware attacks. Called Firmware Analysis, the feature does exactly what the name suggests – analyses firmware in embedded Linux devices for vulnerabilities and known weaknesses. The tool, which is currently in Public Preview, can scan the firmware for devices […]
Some AMD chips are vulnerable to a high-severity security flaw that allows threat actors to steal sensitive data from the endpoint, including passwords and encryption keys. The manufacturer has since released a patch for the vulnerability and urged its users to apply it quickly and minimize the chances of being targeted. The flaw was discovered […]
Chinese hackers have been spotted using two open-source tools to sign and load malicious kernel mode drivers on compromised endpoints. According to cybersecurity researchers from Cisco Talos who spotted the campaign, this gives the attackers the highest-possible privilege level. “This is a major threat, as access to the kernel provides complete access to a system, […]
Hundreds of thousands of FortiGate firewalls are yet to be patched against a flaw being actively used in the wild, experts have revealed. Cybersecurity researchers from Bishop Fox recently used the Shodan.io search engine for internet-connected devices to look for servers with HTTPS responses that suggested the software was outdated. The results brought back almost […]
The Mitre Corporation released its annual list of the most dangerous software flaws for 2023, and there’s been no change at the top spot. The American not-for-profit organization has been analyzing public vulnerability data found in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) for root cause mappings to CVE weaknesses for the past two years. During that […]
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