‘DeadRinger’ Targeted Exchange Servers Long Before Discovery

Threat actors linked to China exploited the notorious Microsoft Exchange ProxyLogon vulnerabilities long before they were publicly disclosed, in attacks against telecommunications companies aimed at stealing sensitive customer data and maintaining network persistence, researchers have found. Researchers from Cybereason have Read More …

CISA announces new vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) platform

Last fall, CISA issued the final version of Binding Operational Directive (BOD 20-01), which was issued in support of the Office of Management and Budget M-20-32, “Improving Vulnerability Identification, Management, and Remediation”. This Directive reflects CISA’s commitment to strengthening cybersecurity Read More …

Critical Microsoft Hyper-V bug could haunt orgs for a long time

Technical details are now available for a vulnerability that affects Hyper-V, Microsoft’s native hypervisor for creating virtual machines on Windows systems and in the Azure cloud computing environment. Currently tracked as CVE-2021-28476, the security issue has a critical severity score Read More …

Researchers warn of unpatched Kaseya Unitrends backup vulnerabilities

Security researchers warn of three new zero-day vulnerabilities in the Kaseya Unitrends service and advise users not to expose the service to the Internet. Kaseya Unitrends is a cloud-based enterprise backup and disaster recovery solution that is offered as a Read More …

Apple fixes zero-day affecting iPhones and Macs, exploited in the wild

Apple has released security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild and impacting iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-30807, is a memory corruption issue in the IOMobileFramebuffer kernel extension reported by an anonymous researcher. Read More …

Fortinet fixes bug letting unauthenticated hackers run code as root

Fortinet has released updates for its FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer network management solutions to fix a serious vulnerability that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the highest privileges. Both FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer are enterprise-grade network management solutions for environments Read More …

UK and White House blame China for Microsoft Exchange Server hack

The UK government has formally laid the blame for the Microsoft Exchange Server cyberattack at the feet of China. On Monday, the government joined others — including the victim company itself, Microsoft — in claiming the cyberattack was the work Read More …

Bug bounty platform urges need for firms to have vulnerability disclosure policy

Organisations should provide a proper channel through which anyone can report vulnerabilities in their systems. This will ensure potential security holes can be identified and plugged before they are exploited. Establishing a vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) also would provide assurance Read More …