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Azure Zero-Day Flaws Highlight Lurking Supply-Chain Risk

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano Dubbed OMIGOD, a series of vulnerabilities in the Open Management Infrastructure used in Azure on Linux demonstrate hidden security threats, researchers said. Four Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities in the Azure cloud platform’s Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) — a software that many don’t know is embedded in a host of services — show that […]

Zero-click RCE vulnerability in Hikvision security cameras could lead to network compromise

Abuse of flaw could give attackers greater access to devices even than its owner A zero-click (https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/vulnerabilities) in a popular IoT security camera could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain full access to the device and possibly internal networks, a researcher has warned. The researcher, dubbed ‘Watchful IP’, has released details of the unauthenticated remote […]

New Zloader attacks disable Windows Defender to evade detection

By Sergiu Gatlan An ongoing Zloader campaign uses a new infection chain to disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) on victims’ computers to evade detection. According to Microsoft’s stats, Microsoft Defender Antivirus is the anti-malware solution pre-installed on more than 1 billion systems running Windows 10. The attackers have also changed the malware delivery vector from spam or phishing […]

VPN users unmasked by zero-day vulnerability in Virgin Media routers

Disclosure comes two years after privacy-busting flaw was discovered A zero-day vulnerability in Virgin Media Super Hub 3 routers enables attackers to unmask the true IP addresses of (https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/vpn) users, security researchers have revealed. Fidus Information Security, a UK (https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/pen-testing) consultancy, has published details of the flaw nearly two years after first alerting Virgin Media, […]

Apple iPhone iOS 14.8 patches security exploit used by Pegasus spyware

Apple has released security updates for its devices after researchers identified a so-called “zero-click” exploit affecting its iMessage messaging service. The previously-unidentified vulnerability affects all of Apple’s current devices, including iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and Mac computers, the researchers said, adding that Apple users should “immediately” update their devices. The exploit, named “FORCEDENTRY” by the University […]