Cybersecurity Weaknesses

CISA and FBI Issue Alert on XSS Vulnerabilities

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities continue to be a major concern in today’s software landscape, despite being preventable. CISA and FBI have issued a Secure by Design alert to reduce the prevalence of ...
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Critical Exim Vulnerability Threatens Millions of Email Servers

| | CVE-2024-39929, Cyber Threats, cybersecurity defense strategies, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, email security, Email Server Security, enterprise security, Exim mail server, exim vulnerability, Linux & Open Source News, Malicious Emails, open source, Timely Patching
Exim is a widely used, open-source mail transfer agent (MTA) for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Exim that could allow attackers to bypass security filters ...
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CISA and FBI Issue Alert on Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

| | CISA Threat Update, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity defense strategies, cybersecurity threats, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, directory traversal vulnerability, enterprise security, FBI alert, Linux & Open Source News, path traversal attack, path traversal linux, Path traversal vulnerability
The joint alert from CISA and FBI highlights the continued exploitation of path traversal vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure attacks, impacting sectors like healthcare. The recent CVE-2024-1708 vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a ...
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CISA Warns of Volt Typhoon Risks to Critical Infrastructure

| | BRONZE SILHOUETTE, cisa, CISA Advisories, CISA Threat Update, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity defense strategies, cybersecurity threats, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, enterprise security, FBI, FBI alert, FBI warning, Linux & Open Source News, NSA/CISA report, security risks, US critical infrastructure, Volt Typhoon
The recent joint warning issued by CISA, NSA, FBI, and other U.S. government and international partners highlights a critical cybersecurity threat: Volt Typhoon, a Chinese hacking group. This group has targeted critical ...
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KDE Warns of Risks with Global Themes After Data Loss Incident

| | arbitrary code execution, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, Data loss, KDE, kde desktop environment, kde global themes, KDE Plasma, kde security, kde store, kde warnings, Linux & Open Source News, linux systems, Malicious code injection, plasma themes, security risks
KDE, the developer of the popular Plasma desktop environment for Linux, has issued a warning to users regarding the installation of global themes. While these themes allow for desktop customization, recent incidents ...
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New SSH-Snake Worm-Like Tool Threatens Network Security

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The Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) discovered that a threat actor is leveraging an open-source network mapping tool called SSH-Snake for malicious activities. This tool utilizes SSH credentials found on the compromised ...
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VMWare Urges Users to Uninstall EAP Immediately

| | CVE-2024-22245, CVE-2024-22250, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity defense strategies, cybersecurity threats, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, Enhanced Authentication Plugin, enterprise security, Linux & Open Source News, security, security vulnerabilites, Virtualization, VMware
VMware has issued a no-patch advisory urging users to take swift action by removing the deprecated Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP). EAP was deprecated nearly three years ago, in March 2021, with the ...
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Ivanti Pulse Secure Found Using End of Life CentOS 6 OS

| | CentOS 6, CentOS 6 ELS, CentOS 6 End of Life, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, Eclypsium, EMBA analysis, enterprise security, Extended Lifecycle Support, Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure, Ivanti Pulse Secure, Ivanti security, Ivanti Vulnerabilities, Linux & Open Source News, Linux kernel, Pulse Secure VPN, security vulnerabilites
Ivanti Pulse Secure VPN appliances have recently been a target of several sophisticated attacks, highlighting the ongoing challenges in safeguarding critical IT infrastructure like network devices. UNC5221, a nation-state group, exploited these ...
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Unraveling the Threat of New Docker Malware Campaign

| | 9Hits Viewer, Crypto Heists, Crypto miners, Crypto Mining Malware, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, Docker Hosts, Docker Hub, Docker Malware, Docker Malware Campaign, Docker Malware Threat, Linux & Open Source News, XMRig miner
In recent times, Docker services have become a focal point for malicious actors seeking innovative ways to monetize their exploits. A recent discovery by cloud security firm Cado unveils a new Docker ...
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3 Malicious PyPI Packages Hide CoinMiner on Linux Devices

| | coinminer, Crypto, Crypto miners, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, Developer Security, Linux & Open Source News, linux systems, open source, PyPI, PyPI malicious packages, Python developers, Python Malware
In a recent cybersecurity revelation, the Python Package Index (PyPI) has fallen victim to the infiltration of three malicious packages: modularseven, driftme, and catme. These packages, although now removed, managed to amass ...
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