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Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers

Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers

Aug 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple critical flaws in Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings that, if successfully exploited, could result in serious consequences. “The impact of these vulnerabilities… 

Microsoft Reveals Four OpenVPN Flaws Leading to Potential RCE and LPE

Microsoft Reveals Four OpenVPN Flaws Leading to Potential RCE and LPE

Aug 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Microsoft on Thursday disclosed four medium-severity security flaws in the open-source OpenVPN software that could be chained to achieve remote code execution (RCE) and local privilege escalation (LPE).… 

New Flaws in Sonos Smart Speakers Allow Hackers to Eavesdrop on Users

New Flaws in Sonos Smart Speakers Allow Hackers to Eavesdrop on Users

Aug 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Wireless Security Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered weaknesses in Sonos smart speakers that could be exploited by malicious actors to clandestinely eavesdrop on users. The vulnerabilities “led to an entire… 

DOJ Charges Nashville Man for Helping North Koreans Get U.S. Tech Jobs

DOJ Charges Nashville Man for Helping North Koreans Get U.S. Tech Jobs

Aug 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananNational Security / Identity Theft The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday charged a 38-year-old individual from Nashville, Tennessee, for allegedly running a “laptop farm” to help get North Koreans remote… 

CISA Warns of Hackers Exploiting Legacy Cisco Smart Install Feature

CISA Warns of Hackers Exploiting Legacy Cisco Smart Install Feature

Aug 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed that threat actors are abusing the legacy Cisco Smart Install (SMI) feature with the aim of accessing sensitive… 

University Professors Targeted by North Korean Cyber Espionage Group

University Professors Targeted by North Korean Cyber Espionage Group

Aug 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Cyber Espionage The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a new set of attacks targeting university staff, researchers, and professors for intelligence gathering purposes.… 

18-Year-Old Browser Vulnerability Impacts MacOS and Linux Devices

18-Year-Old Browser Vulnerability Impacts MacOS and Linux Devices

Aug 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Browser Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new “0.0.0.0 Day” impacting all major web browsers that malicious websites could take advantage of to breach local networks. The critical vulnerability “exposes… 

Windows Downgrade Attack Risks Exposing Patched Systems to Old Vulnerabilities

Windows Downgrade Attack Risks Exposing Patched Systems to Old Vulnerabilities

Aug 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananWindows Security / Vulnerability Microsoft said it is developing security updates to address two loopholes that it said could be abused to stage downgrade attacks against the Windows update architecture and replace… 

New Phishing Scam Uses Google Drawings and WhatsApp Shortened Links

New Phishing Scam Uses Google Drawings and WhatsApp Shortened Links

Aug 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel phishing campaign that leverages Google Drawings and shortened links generated via WhatsApp to evade detection and trick users into clicking on…