Jan 25, 2024NewsroomRemote Access Trojan Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on the command-and-control (C2) server of a known malware family called SystemBC. "SystemBC can be purchased on underground marketplaces and is supplied in an archive containing the implant, a command-and-control (C2) server, and a web administration portal written in PHP," Kroll said in an … [Read more...] about SystemBC Malware’s C2 Server Analysis Exposes Payload Delivery Tricks
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Rogue WordPress Plugin Exposes E-Commerce Sites to Credit Card Theft
Dec 22, 2023NewsroomSkimming / Web Security Threat hunters have discovered a rogue WordPress plugin that's capable of creating bogus administrator users and injecting malicious JavaScript code to steal credit card information. The skimming activity is part of a Magecart campaign targeting e-commerce websites, according to Sucuri. "As with many other malicious or fake … [Read more...] about Rogue WordPress Plugin Exposes E-Commerce Sites to Credit Card Theft
Okta’s Support System Breach Exposes Customer Data to Unidentified Threat Actors
Oct 21, 2023NewsroomData Breach / Cyber Attack Identity services provider Okta on Friday disclosed a new security incident that allowed unidentified threat actors to leverage stolen credentials to access its support case management system. "The threat actor was able to view files uploaded by certain Okta customers as part of recent support cases," David Bradbury, Okta's … [Read more...] about Okta’s Support System Breach Exposes Customer Data to Unidentified Threat Actors
Critical GitHub Vulnerability Exposes 4,000+ Repositories to Repojacking Attack
Sep 12, 2023THNSoftware Security / Vulnerability A new vulnerability disclosed in GitHub could have exposed thousands of repositories at risk of repojacking attacks, new findings show. The flaw "could allow an attacker to exploit a race condition within GitHub's repository creation and username renaming operations," Checkmarx security researcher Elad Rapoport said in a … [Read more...] about Critical GitHub Vulnerability Exposes 4,000+ Repositories to Repojacking Attack
New OpenSSH Vulnerability Exposes Linux Systems to Remote Command Injection
Jul 24, 2023THNLinux / Network Security Details have emerged about a now-patched flaw in OpenSSH that could be potentially exploited to run arbitrary commands remotely on compromised hosts under specific conditions. "This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable OpenSSH's forwarded ssh-agent," Saeed Abbasi, manager of … [Read more...] about New OpenSSH Vulnerability Exposes Linux Systems to Remote Command Injection
VirusTotal Data Leak Exposes Some Registered Customers’ Details
Jul 18, 2023THNPrivacy / Malware Data associated with a subset of registered customers of VirusTotal, including their names and email addresses, have leaked on the internet. The security incident, which comprises a database of 5,600 names in a 313KB file, was first disclosed by Der Spiegel and Der Standard yesterday. Launched in 2004, VirusTotal is a popular service that … [Read more...] about VirusTotal Data Leak Exposes Some Registered Customers’ Details
New Vulnerability in Popular WordPress Plugin Exposes Over 2 Million Sites to Cyberattacks
May 06, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan Users of Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress are being urged to update version 6.1.6 following the discovery of a security flaw. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2023-30777, relates to a case of reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) that could be abused to inject arbitrary executable scripts into otherwise benign websites. The plugin, … [Read more...] about New Vulnerability in Popular WordPress Plugin Exposes Over 2 Million Sites to Cyberattacks
Insecure Default Configuration Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks
Apr 26, 2023Ravie LakshmananServer Security / Vulnerability The maintainers of the Apache Superset open source data visualization software have released fixes to plug an insecure default configuration that could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-27524 (CVSS score: 8.9), impacts versions up to and including 2.0.1 and relates to the use of a … [Read more...] about Insecure Default Configuration Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks
Hackers Exploit Twitter Vulnerability to Exposes 5.4 Million Accounts
Twitter on Friday revealed that a now-patched zero-day bug was used to link phone numbers and emails to user accounts on the social media platform. "As a result of the vulnerability, if someone submitted an email address or phone number to Twitter's systems, Twitter's systems would tell the person what Twitter account the submitted email addresses or phone number was associated … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploit Twitter Vulnerability to Exposes 5.4 Million Accounts
Microsoft Azure Vulnerability Exposes PostgreSQL Databases to Other Customers
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it addressed a pair of issues with the Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server that could result in unauthorized cross-account database access in a region. "By exploiting an elevated permissions bug in the Flexible Server authentication process for a replication user, a malicious user could leverage an improperly anchored regular … [Read more...] about Microsoft Azure Vulnerability Exposes PostgreSQL Databases to Other Customers