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  • August 22, 2024

Hardware Backdoor Discovered in RFID Cards Used in Hotels and Offices Worldwide

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a hardware backdoor within a particular model of MIFARE Classic contactless cards that could allow authentication with an unknown key and open hotel rooms and office doors. The attacks have been demonstrated against FM11RF08S, a new variant of MIFARE Classic that was released by Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics in 2020. “The FM11RF08S […]

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  • August 22, 2024

Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability Found in SolarWinds Web Help Desk

SolarWinds has issued patches to address a new security flaw in its Web Help Desk (WHD) software that could allow remote unauthenticated users to gain unauthorized access to susceptible instances. “The SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) software is affected by a hardcoded credential vulnerability, allowing [a] remote unauthenticated user to access internal functionality and modify […]

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  • August 22, 2024

Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Cisco Switch Flaw to Gain System Control

Details have emerged about a China-nexus threat group’s exploitation of a recently disclosed, now-patched security flaw in Cisco switches as a zero-day to seize control of the appliances and evade detection. The activity, attributed to Velvet Ant, was observed early this year and involved the weaponization of CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score: 6.0) to deliver bespoke malware […]

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  • August 22, 2024

New ‘ALBeast’ Misconfiguration Exposes Weakness in AWS Application Load Balancer

As many as 15,000 applications using Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Application Load Balancer (ALB) for authentication are potentially susceptible to a configuration-based issue that could expose them to sidestep access controls and compromise applications. That’s according to findings from Israeli cybersecurity company Miggo, which dubbed the problem ALBeast. “This vulnerability allows attackers to directly access […]

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  • August 22, 2024

Hacker leaks upcoming episodes of Netflix shows online following security breach

Graham CLULEY August 22, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial A production partner of Netflix has suffered a serious security breach which has resulted in yet-to-be-released episodes of popular shows to be leaked online. As Variety reports, the security breach occurred at media localisation company Iyuno which confirmed […]

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  • August 22, 2024

Over 100,000 Oregon Zoo visitors warned that their payment card details were stolen in security breach

Graham CLULEY August 22, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial Cybercriminals have succeeded in stealing the payment card information from over 110,000 animal lovers over several months after meddling with Oregon Zoo’s online ticket payment system. Sensitive information belonging to 117,815 people including their names, payment card numbers, […]

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  • August 22, 2024

The Facts About Continuous Penetration Testing and Why It’s Important

What is Continuous Attack Surface Penetration Testing or CASPT? Continuous Penetration Testing or Continuous Attack Surface Penetration Testing (CASPT) is an advanced security practice that involves the continuous, automated, and ongoing penetration testing services of an organization’s digital assets to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities. CASPT is designed for enterprises with an evolving attack surface […]

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  • August 22, 2024

Google Fixes High-Severity Chrome Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild

Google has rolled out security fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-7971, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. “Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior […]

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  • August 22, 2024

Critical Flaw in WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Allows Hackers Admin Access

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could permit unauthenticated users to gain administrator privileges. “The plugin suffers from an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability which allows any unauthenticated visitor to gain Administrator level access after which malicious plugins could be uploaded and installed,” Patchstack’s Rafie Muhammad […]

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