VMWare Urges Users to Patch Critical Authentication Bypass Bug

Vulnerability—for which a proof-of-concept is forthcoming—is one of a string of flaws the company fixed that could lead to an attack chain.

Universities Put Email Users at Cyber Risk

DMARC analysis by Proofpoint shows that institutions in the U.S. have among some of the poorest protections to prevent domain spoofing and lack protections to block fraudulent emails.

Securing Your Move to the Hybrid Cloud

Infosec expert Rani Osnat lays out security challenges and offers hope for organizations migrating their IT stack to the private and public cloud environments.

Malicious Npm Packages Tapped Again to Target Discord Users

Recent LofyLife campaign steals tokens and infects client files to monitor various user actions, such as log-ins, password changes and payment methods.

Threat Actors Pivot Around Microsoft’s Macro-Blocking in Office

Cybercriminals turn to container files and other tactics to get around the company’s attempt to thwart a popular way to deliver malicious phishing payloads.

IoT Botnets Fuels DDoS Attacks – Are You Prepared?

The increased proliferation of IoT devices paved the way for the rise of IoT botnets that amplifies DDoS attacks today. This is a dangerous warning that the possibility of a sophisticated DDoS attack and a prolonged service outage will prevent businesses from growing.

Magecart Serves Up Card Skimmers on Restaurant-Ordering Systems

300 restaurants and at least 50,000 payment cards compromised by two separate campaigns against MenuDrive, Harbortouch and InTouchPOS services.

Authentication Risks Discovered in Okta Platform

Four newly discovered attack paths could lead to PII exposure, account takeover, even organizational data destruction.

Google Boots Multiple Malware-laced Android Apps from Marketplace

Google removed eight Android apps, with 3M cumulative downloads, from its marketplace for being infected with a Joker spyware variant.

CISA Urges Patch of Exploited Windows 11 Bug by Aug. 2

Feds urge U.S. agencies to patch a Microsoft July Patch Tuesday 2022 bug that is being exploited in the wild by August 2.

Large-Scale Phishing Campaign Bypasses MFA

Attackers used adversary-in-the-middle attacks to steal passwords, hijack sign-in sessions and skip authentication and then use victim mailboxes to launch BEC attacks against other targets.

‘Callback’ Phishing Campaign Impersonates Security Firms

Victims instructed to make a phone call that will direct them to a link for downloading malware.

Hack Allows Drone Takeover Via ‘ExpressLRS’ Protocol

A radio control system for drones is vulnerable to remote takeover, thanks to a weakness in the mechanism that binds transmitter and receiver.

Latest Cyberattack Against Iran Part of Ongoing Campaign

Iran's steel manufacturing industry is victim to ongoing cyberattacks that previously impacted the country's rail system.

Google Patches Actively Exploited Chrome Bug

The heap buffer overflow issue in the browser’s WebRTC engine could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

ZuoRAT Can Take Over Widely Used SOHO Routers

Devices from Cisco, Netgear and others at risk from the multi-stage malware, which has been active since April 2020 and shows the work of a sophisticated threat actor.

Leaky Access Tokens Exposed Amazon Photos of Users

Hackers with Amazon users’ authentication tokens could’ve stolen or encrypted personal photos and documents.