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Military, Nuclear Entities Under Target By Novel Android Malware
The two malware families have sophisticated capabilities to exfiltrate SMS messages, WhatsApp messaging content and geolocation. Read more
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SAP Commerce Critical Security Bug Allows RCE
The critical SAP cybersecurity flaw could allow for the compromise of an application used by e-commerce businesses. Read more
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Microsoft Launches Phase 2 Mitigation for Netlogon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472)
Original release date: February 10, 2021 Microsoft addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Netlogon protocol (CVE-2020-1472) on August 11, 2020. Beginning with the February 9, 2021 Security Update release, Domain Controllers will be placed in enforcement mode. This will require all Windows and non-Windows devices to use secure Remote Procedure Call (RPC)… Read more
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Supply-Chain Hack Breaches 35 Companies, Including PayPal, Microsoft, Apple
Ethical hacker Alex Birsan developed a way to inject malicious code into open-source developer tools to exploit dependencies in organizations internal applications. Read more
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Intel Squashes High-Severity Graphics Driver Flaws
Intel is warning on security bugs across its graphics drivers, server boards, compute modules and modems. Read more
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Actively Exploited Windows Kernel EoP Bug Allows Takeover
Microsoft addressed 56 security vulnerabilities for February Patch Tuesday — including 11 critical and six publicly known. And, it continued to address the Zerologon bug. Read more
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Attackers Exploit Critical Adobe Flaw to Target Windows Users
A critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader has been exploited in “limited attacks.” Read more
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Microsoft Releases February 2021 Security Updates
Original release date: February 9, 2021 Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s February 2021 Security Update Summary and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates. This… Read more
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Microsoft Warns of Windows Win32k Privilege Escalation
Original release date: February 9, 2021 Microsoft has released a security advisory to address an escalation of privileges vulnerability, CVE-2021-1732, in Microsoft Win32k. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. This vulnerability was detected in exploits in the wild. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft Advisory… Read more
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Critical WordPress Plugin Flaw Allows Site Takeover
A patch in the NextGen Gallery WordPress plugin fixes critical and high-severity cross-site request forgery flaws. Read more