Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in yearslong account takeover attacks Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive password spray attacks against users of Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, the company warned Thursday. Read more…
Windows Update takeover lets an attacker revive a patched flaw Microsoft typically operates under the assumption that if an attacker has administrative privileges, gaining kernel-level code execution doesn’t cross a defined security boundary and therefore they don’t consider it a critical vulnerability needing immediate remediation. In an Oct. 26 blog Read more…
AWS CDK flaw exposed accounts to full takeover • The Register Amazon Web Services has fixed a flaw in its open source Cloud Development Kit that, under the right conditions, could allow an attacker to hijack a user’s account completely. The Cloud Development Kit (CDK) is an open source framework, Read more…
AWS Cloud Development Kit Vulnerability Exposes Users to Potential Account Takeover Risks Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw impacting Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Development Kit (CDK) that could have resulted in an account takeover under specific circumstances. “The impact of this issue could, in certain scenarios, allow an Read more…
New Octo2 Android Banking Trojan Emerges with Device Takeover Capabilities Sep 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of an Android banking trojan called Octo that comes with improved capabilities to conduct device takeover (DTO) and perform fraudulent transactions. The new version has been Read more…
Prevent Account Takeover with Better Password Security Tom works for a reputable financial institution. He has a long, complex password that would be near-impossible to guess. He’s memorized it by heart, so he started using it for his social media accounts and on his personal devices too. Unbeknownst to Tom, Read more…
Critical F5 Central Manager Vulnerabilities Allow Enable Full Device Takeover Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in F5 Next Central Manager that could be exploited by a threat actor to seize control of the devices and create hidden rogue administrator accounts for persistence. The remotely exploitable flaws “can give attackers Read more…
Sandbox Escape Vulnerabilities in Judge0 Expose Systems to Complete Takeover Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in the Judge0 open-source online code execution system that could be exploited to obtain code execution on the target system. The three flaws, all critical in nature, allow an “adversary with sufficient access to perform a sandbox escape and obtain Read more…
OpenJS Foundation Targeted in Potential JavaScript Project Takeover Attempt Security researchers have uncovered a “credible” takeover attempt targeting the OpenJS Foundation in a manner that evokes similarities to the recently uncovered incident aimed at the open-source XZ Utils project. “The OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council received a suspicious series of Read more…
Researchers Detail Kubernetes Vulnerability That Enables Windows Node Takeover Details have been made public about a now-patched high-severity flaw in Kubernetes that could allow a malicious attacker to achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges under specific circumstances. “The vulnerability allows remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges on all Windows Read more…