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CrowdStrike Reveals Root Cause of Global System Outages
2024-08-07 10:28

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has published its root cause analysis detailing the Falcon Sensor software update crash that crippled millions of Windows devices globally. Specifically, it's related to a problematic content update deployed over the cloud, describing it as a "Confluence" of several problems that led to a crash: A mismatch between the 21 inputs passed to the Content Validator via the IPC Template Type as opposed to the 20 supplied to the Content Interpreter.

Critical Cisco bug lets hackers add root users on SEG devices
2024-07-18 12:48

Cisco has fixed a critical severity vulnerability that lets attackers add new users with root privileges and permanently crash Security Email Gateway appliances using emails with malicious attachments. "This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email attachments when file analysis and content filters are enabled. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to replace any file on the underlying file system," Cisco explained.

Exploring the root causes of the cybersecurity skills gap
2024-07-09 04:00

What are the primary factors contributing to the cybersecurity skills gap? Are there specific areas within cybersecurity that are more affected than others? Several factors across the technology industry are responsible for the cybersecurity skills gap, including lack of representation and diversity, and insufficient training opportunities given the rapid evolution of cybersecurity threats and tools.

New regreSSHion OpenSSH RCE bug gives root on Linux servers
2024-07-01 13:37

A new OpenSSH unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability dubbed "RegreSSHion" gives root privileges on glibc-based Linux systems. Exploitation of regreSSHion can have severe consequences for the targeted servers, potentially leading to complete system takeover.

New OpenSSH Vulnerability Could Lead to RCE as Root on Linux Systems
2024-07-01 10:50

OpenSSH maintainers have released security updates to contain a critical security flaw that could result in unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges in glibc-based Linux systems....

That PowerShell 'fix' for your root cert 'problem' is a malware loader in disguise
2024-06-19 07:27

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AWS adds passkeys support, warns root users must enable MFA
2024-06-12 19:38

As announced last October, the internet company reminds us that 'root' AWS accounts must enable MFA by the end of July 2024. Passkeys on AWS. FIDO2 passkeys are physical or software-based authentication solutions that leverage public key cryptography to sign a challenge sent by the server used for verifying the authentication attempt.

Cisco discloses root escalation flaw with public exploit code
2024-04-17 17:25

Cisco has released patches for a high-severity Integrated Management Controller vulnerability with public exploit code that can let local attackers escalate privileges to root. "A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco Integrated Management Controller could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root," the company explains.

Researchers Discover LG Smart TV Vulnerabilities Allowing Root Access
2024-04-09 13:05

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in LG webOS running on its smart televisions that could be exploited to bypass authorization and gain root access on the devices.The findings come from Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, which discovered and reported the flaws in November 2023. The issues were fixed by LG as part of updates released on March 22, 2024.

Easy-to-use make-me-root exploit lands for recent Linux kernels. Get patching
2024-03-29 21:43

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