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TikTok, the social video platform used by around 150 million people in the US, is set to hand access to its source code, algorithm and content-moderation material to Oracle in a bid to allay data protection and national security concerns stateside. Oracle's association with TikTok stems from efforts under the Trump administration to force owner ByteDance to sell the US stake to an American company.
The notorious cryptojacking group tracked as 8220 Gang has been spotted weaponizing a six-year-old security flaw in Oracle WebLogic servers to ensnare vulnerable instances into a botnet and distribute cryptocurrency mining malware. The flaw in question is CVE-2017-3506, which, when successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands remotely.
A recently patched vulnerability in Oracle Opera, a property management system widely used in large hotel and resort chains, is more critical than Oracle says it is and could be easily exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers to access sensitive information, a group of researchers has warned. Oracle Opera, also known as Micros Opera, is a solution many companies in the hospitality industry - more specifically, those offering lodging and related services - use to manage reservations, sales, housekeeping, catering, and deliver personalized guest experiences.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added three flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The second flaw to be added to the KEV catalog is CVE-2021-45046, a remote code execution affecting the Apache Log4j2 logging library that came to light in December 2021.
The infamous cryptocurrency miner group called 8220 Gang has been observed using a new crypter called ScrubCrypt to carry out cryptojacking operations. According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the attack chain commences with successful exploitation of susceptible Oracle WebLogic servers to download a PowerShell script that contains ScrubCrypt.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on February 2 added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The first of the two vulnerabilities is CVE-2022-21587, a critical issue impacting versions 12.2.3 to 12.2.11 of the Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator product.
A pre-authentication RCE flaw in Oracle Access Manager that has been fixed in January 2022 is being exploited by attackers in the wild, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has confirmed by adding the vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.The vulnerability is in the OpenSSO Agent component of the Oracle Access Manager product, which is widely used by corporations for single sign-on as part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware suite.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-35587, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and impacts Oracle Access Manager versions 11.1.2.3.0, 12.2.1.3.0, and 12.2.1.4.0.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-35587, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and impacts Oracle Access Manager versions 11.1.2.3.0, 12.2.1.3.0, and 12.2.1.4.0.
Researchers have disclosed a new severe Oracle Cloud Infrastructure vulnerability that could be exploited by users to access the virtual disks of other Oracle customers. "Each virtual disk in Oracle's cloud has a unique identifier called OCID," Shir Tamari, head of research at Wiz, said in a series of tweets.