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Cisco on Wednesday rolled out fixes to address a critical security flaw affecting Email Security Appliance and Secure Email and Web Manager that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to sidestep authentication.Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2022-20798, the bypass vulnerability is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 on the CVSS scoring system and stems from improper authentication checks when an affected device uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol for external authentication.
The Dark Web is a small portion of the Internet, but it concentrates many cybercriminals and threat actors who generally exchange ideas, thoughts, tips, tricks and experience through hidden forums. Many of these cybercriminals also sell various goods and services; Privacy Affairs has published a new report about the average prices of those services in 2022.
The current web hosting model usually depends on one pathway for data and energy to flow. Multi-data center clustering ensures high availability to websites and applications by hosting your data at two or more separate physical locations.
Several weapon marketplaces on the dark web have listed military-grade firearms allegedly coming from Western countries that sent them to support the Ukrainian army in its fight against the Russian invaders. While the listings appear genuine and the offered weapons are priced realistically, the chances of them being created by pro-Russian actors for propaganda purposes are high.
Several weapon marketplaces on the dark web have listed military-grade firearms allegedly coming from Western countries that sent them to support the Ukrainian army in its fight against the Russian invaders. While the listings appear genuine and the offered weapons are priced realistically, the chances of them being created by pro-Russian actors for propaganda purposes are high.
The three reports link the most prominent security trends and paint an accurate map of the modern attack landscape. An up-to-date analysis of ransomware attack trends highlight the risks and suggest mitigation, while an analysis of Web app and API attack trends offers a fresh look at the infection vectors used by ransomware operators and others.
US law enforcement has shut down another dark web market, seizing and dismantling SSNDOB, a site dealing in stolen personal information. Prior to the takedown, SSNDOB reportedly had 24 million individuals' records available for purchase, which it regularly advertised on dark web forums.
In a joint advisory [PDF] this week, the FBI, CISA and US Treasury Department outlined technical details about how Karakurt operates, along with actions to take, indicators of compromise, and sample ransom notes. Karakurt doesn't target any specific sectors or industries, and the gang's victims haven't had any of their documents encrypted and held to ransom.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the seizure of three domains used by cybercriminals to trade stolen personal information and facilitate distributed denial-of-service attacks for hire. The former of which allowed its users to traffic hacked personal data and offered a searchable database containing illegally amassed information obtained from over 10,000 data breaches.
A rapidly evolving IoT malware dubbed "EnemyBot" is targeting content management systems, web servers and Android devices. The Alien lab research team study found four main sections of the malware.