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Hackers exploit Ray framework flaw to breach servers, hijack resources
2024-03-26 18:51

Ray is an open-source framework developed by Anyscale that is used to scale AI and Python applications across a cluster of machines for distributed computational workloads. In November 2023, Anyscale disclosed five Ray vulnerabilities, fixing four tracked as CVE-2023-6019, CVE-2023-6020, CVE-2023-6021, and CVE-2023-48023.

17,000+ Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany are vulnerable to attack, BSI warns
2024-03-26 13:26

Around 12% of the 45,000 or so Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany that can be accessed from the Internet without restrictions "Are so outdated that security updates are no longer offered for them," the German Federal Office for Information Security has warned today. The BSI worries about attackers breaching those servers by exploiting CVE-2024-21410, a critical elevation of privilege bug that allows attackers to learn a targeted user's NTLM credentials and "Relay" them to authenticate themselves to a vulnerable Exchange Server as the user.

Crafting Shields: Defending Minecraft Servers Against DDoS Attacks
2024-03-26 11:29

Minecraft, with over 500 million registered users and 166 million monthly players, faces significant risks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, threatening server functionality,...

Microsoft confirms memory leak in March Windows Server security update
2024-03-25 01:15

ALSO: Viasat hack wiper malware is back, users are the number one cause of data loss, and critical vulns Infosec in brief If your Windows domain controllers have been crashing since a security...

Microsoft releases emergency fix for Windows Server crashes
2024-03-22 22:12

Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band updates to fix a known issue causing Windows domain controllers to crash after installing the March 2024 Windows Server security updates. If you installed previous Windows Server updates, only the new updates in these packages will be downloaded and installed.

Microsoft confirms Windows Server issue behind domain controller crashes
2024-03-21 12:27

Microsoft confirmed that a memory leak introduced with the March 2024 Windows Server security updates is behind a widespread issue causing Windows domain controllers to crash. The known issue impacts all domain controller servers with the latest Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022 updates.

The best free Syslog servers
2024-03-21 12:11

A Syslog server will only collect messages in the Syslog format but it is possible to change other formats into the Syslog layout before sending them to a Syslog server; this is called "Conversion." The other option is to set up a non-specific TFTP server and implement format conversion through a post-receipt process; this is called "Consolidation." If you don't convert either before or after the transfer, you will be storing raw log messages. If you receive log messages through a Syslog server, they will be written either to files or to a database in the Syslog format.

New Windows Server updates cause domain controller crashes, reboots
2024-03-20 20:40

The March 2024 Windows Server updates are causing some domain controllers to crash and restart, according to widespread reports from Windows administrators. Affected servers are freezing and rebooting because of a Local Security Authority Subsystem Service process memory leak introduced with the March 2024 cumulative updates for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2022.

Hackers Exploit Misconfigured YARN, Docker, Confluence, Redis Servers for Crypto Mining
2024-03-06 16:58

Threat actors are targeting misconfigured and vulnerable servers running Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Atlassian Confluence, and Redis services as part of an emerging malware campaign designed to...

Critical JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises Flaws Could Lead to Server Takeovers
2024-03-05 03:34

A new pair of security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises software that could be exploited by a threat actor to take control of affected systems. The flaws,...