Security News

PKfail Secure Boot bypass remains a significant risk two months later
2024-09-17 13:32

Roughly nine percent of tested firmware images use non-production cryptographic keys that are publicly known or leaked in data breaches, leaving many Secure Boot devices vulnerable to UEFI bootkit...

UK trio pleads guilty to running $10M MFA bypass biz
2024-09-03 21:30

Crew bragged they could help crooks raid victims' bank accounts Updated A trio of men have pleaded guilty to running a multifactor authentication (MFA) bypass ring in the UK, which authorities...

Admins of MFA bypass service plead guilty to fraud
2024-09-02 17:46

Three men have pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain one-time passcodes from customers of various banks and services in the U.K. [...]

Admins of MFA bypass service plead guilty to fraud
2024-09-02 17:46

Three men have pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain one-time passcodes from customers of various banks and services in the U.K. [...]

Researchers find SQL injection to bypass airport TSA security checks
2024-08-30 19:02

Security researchers have found a vulnerability in a key air transport security system that allowed unauthorized individuals to potentially bypass airport security screenings and gain access to...

How AitM Phishing Attacks Bypass MFA and EDR—and How to Fight Back
2024-08-29 11:26

Attackers are increasingly using new phishing toolkits (open-source, commercial, and criminal) to execute adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. AitM enables attackers to not just harvest...

Critical GitHub Enterprise Server auth bypass flaw fixed (CVE-2024-6800)
2024-08-22 12:19

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-6800) affecting all currently supported versions of GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) may allow attackers to gain unrestricted access to the instance’s contents....

GitHub Enterprise Server vulnerable to critical auth bypass flaw
2024-08-21 14:15

A critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of GitHub Enterprise Server could be exploited to bypass authentication and enable an attacker to gain administrator privileges on the machine. [...]

New Windows SmartScreen bypass exploited as zero-day since March
2024-08-13 22:43

Today, Microsoft revealed that a Mark of the Web security bypass vulnerability exploited by attackers as a zero-day to bypass SmartScreen protection was patched during the June 2024 Patch Tuesday. [...]

Critical SAP flaw allows remote attackers to bypass authentication
2024-08-13 21:43

SAP has released its security patch package for August 2024, addressing 17 vulnerabilities, including a critical authentication bypass that could allow remote attackers to fully compromise the...