eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Critical vulnerabilities have been discovered across multiple systems, including Microsoft Exchange Servers, the Bricks Builder Theme for WordPress, VMware, ScreenConnect, Joomla, and Apple Shortcuts. Urgent patching and prompt updates can protect systems from unauthorized access, data breaches, and potential exploitation by threat actors.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2021

The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. “This is worse because the CVE calls for an authenticated user,” Holden said. “This was not.”

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When you have multiple services communicating with each other through APIs, then your entire system becomes exposed when any one service gets hacked. Internal APIs are just as vulnerable to attacks, data breaches, and fraud as public APIs. Two-factor authentication helps add a layer of security to your API.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Alarmingly, this API lacks any form of authentication, allowing virtually anyone, even a malicious website you might visit, to send commands to the CLI. They can be remotely exploited without authentication, potentially enabling remote code execution, service disruptions, and arbitrary operations on the routers. via port 8076.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

This tactic is called social engineering and is one of the key methods used in attacks that result in data breaches. These types of "unauthorized access" attacks account for 50% of all data breaches and can cost companies as much as $9.5M dollars to remediate per incident. Zero Trust Goes Beyond Products.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In most organization system administrators can disable or change most or all SSH configurations; these settings and configurations can significantly increase or reduce SSH security risks. There are also security risks connected with “host keys,” which are the other authentication method used to identify the Secure Shell server.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

According to a 2020 case study on one of the firms, security researchers identified more than 1,500 email addresses and 6,000 passwords exposed in more than 80 data breaches. Some of the credentials belonged to company leadership, system administrators, and other employees with privileged access.".

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