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Apple Releases iOS and macOS Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw

By Ravie Lakshmanan — September 13th 2022 at 03:36
Apple has released another round of security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS, including a new zero-day flaw that has been used in attacks in the wild. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2022-32917, is rooted in the Kernel component and could enable a malicious app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. "Apple is aware of a report that this issue may
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Google Chrome Bug Lets Sites Silently Overwrite System Clipboard Content

By Ravie Lakshmanan — September 2nd 2022 at 05:55
A "major" security issue in the Google Chrome web browser, as well as Chromium-based alternatives, could allow malicious web pages to automatically overwrite clipboard content without requiring any user consent or interaction by simply visiting them. The clipboard poisoning attack is said to have been accidentally introduced in Chrome version 104, according to developer Jeff Johnson. While the
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Apple Releases iOS Update for Older iPhones to Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability

By Ravie Lakshmanan — September 1st 2022 at 03:24
Apple on Wednesday backported security updates to older iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices to address a critical security flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild. The shortcoming, tracked as CVE-2022-32893 (CVSS score: 8.8), is an out-of-bounds write issue affecting WebKit that could lead to arbitrary code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. WebKit is the
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Hackers Using Fake DDoS Protection Pages to Distribute Malware

By Ravie Lakshmanan — August 24th 2022 at 12:12
WordPress sites are being hacked to display fraudulent Cloudflare DDoS protection pages that lead to the delivery of malware such as NetSupport RAT and Raccoon Stealer. "A recent surge in JavaScript injections targeting WordPress sites has resulted in fake DDoS prevent prompts which lead victims to download remote access trojan malware," Sucuri's Ben Martin said in a write-up published last week
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Apple Releases Security Updates to Patch Two New Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

By Ravie Lakshmanan — August 18th 2022 at 03:08
Apple on Wednesday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS platforms to remediate two zero-day vulnerabilities previously exploited by threat actors to compromise its devices. The list of issues is below - CVE-2022-32893 - An out-of-bounds issue in WebKit which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code by processing a specially crafted web content CVE-2022-32894 - An
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Dahua IP Camera Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Take Full Control Over Devices

By Ravie Lakshmanan — July 29th 2022 at 10:49
Details have been shared about a security vulnerability in Dahua's Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) standard implementation, which, when exploited, can lead to seizing control of IP cameras.  Tracked as CVE-2022-30563 (CVSS score: 7.4), the "vulnerability could be abused by attackers to compromise network cameras by sniffing a previous unencrypted ONVIF interaction and replaying the
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Apple Releases Security Patches for all Devices Fixing Dozens of New Vulnerabilities

By Ravie Lakshmanan — July 21st 2022 at 06:40
Apple on Wednesday rolled out software fixes for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS to address a number of security flaws affecting its platforms. This includes at least 37 flaws spanning different components in iOS and macOS that range from privilege escalation to arbitrary code execution and from information disclosure to denial-of-service (DoS). <!--adsense--> Chief among them is CVE-2022-
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Security Experts Warn of Two Primary Client-Side Risks Associated with Data Exfiltration and Loss

By The Hacker News — July 19th 2022 at 11:23
Two client-side risks dominate the problems with data loss and data exfiltration: improperly placed trackers on websites and web applications and malicious client-side code pulled from third-party repositories like NPM.  Client-side security researchers are finding that improperly placed trackers, while not intentionally malicious, are a growing problem and have clear and significant privacy
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Hackers Targeting VoIP Servers By Exploiting Digium Phone Software

By Ravie Lakshmanan — July 16th 2022 at 06:33
VoIP phones using Digium's software have been targeted to drop a web shell on their servers as part of an attack campaign designed to exfiltrate data by downloading and executing additional payloads. "The malware installs multilayer obfuscated PHP backdoors to the web server's file system, downloads new payloads for execution, and schedules recurring tasks to re-infect the host system," Palo
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