37,000 Plex Media servers exposed to the internet are being abused in DDOS attacks according to a new security report. Plex Media Server is a personal media library and streaming platform available on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. One of the attractions of Plex is the ability to stream your local media library to remote […]
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The NAT Slipstreaming2.0 attack exploits the standard support for VOIP routing in NAT routers/firewalls to expose all devices on the internal network to attack from the internet. A new variant of the NAT Slipstreaming attack has been published which extends the attack to abuse the H.323 protocol used by VOIP devices to manage call forwarding.
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This week both SonicWall and Cisco have released patches for critical vulnerabilities in their networking products. SonicWall zero day The SonicWall vulnerability (CVE-2021-20016) is a zero-day under active attack – in fact it was used to breach SonicWall’s own network in January according to their security advisory. The flaw affects SonicWall SMA 100 series devices
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Apple has released iOS 14.4 which contains fixes for two critical security vulnerabilities which they admit may have been actively exploited in the wild. The first flaw (CVE-2021-1871, CVE-2021-1870) in iOS and iPadOS is a WebKit vulnerability which could be exploited by a malicious webpage in the Safari browser to execute arbitrary code on the
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A serious bug in the Linux SUDO utility has been discovered that allows any user to gain root privilege on a Linux system. The flaw was discovered by security firm Qualys and they describe it in their blog post as a heap overflow vulnerability that means: any unprivileged user can gain root privileges on a
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Microsoft starts the year with their first patch Tuesday bundle of security fixes targeting 10 Critical vulnerabilities include a zero-day being exploited in Windows Defender. The Windows Defender vulnerability (CVE-2021-1647) is reported by Microsoft as having been detected under active exploitation in the wild – but precious little context information is provided under the firm’s
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Taiwan based Zyxel Networks has issued patches for their enterprise grade firewalls after a hard coded credential vulnerability was discovered by security researchers. The vulnerability provides attackers with root level access over SSH or the Web Administration interface allowing firewall rules to be changed to permit easy access to the network behind the firewall. Zyxel
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SolarWinds provides tools used by security and network managers in many of the largest businesses and governments in the world. Since March 2020 hackers inserted their own code into SolarWinds Orion software which was downloaded by some 18,000 customers – providing a backdoor into those customers’ networks. SolarWinds Orion is a network health and performance
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A vulnerability in the Drupal web content management system can be exploited to allow arbitrary code execution, affecting almost a million websites. A security advisory from Drupal describes how this critical vulnerability can be exploited to perform arbitrary execution of PHP code. Security patches are available for Drupal versions 7, 8 and 9. The problem
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Oracle patched a vulnerability in their WebLogic server in October 2020 – eight days later working exploit code was published online and now it is being used by criminals. CVE-2020-14882 allows an attacker to perform a Remote Code Execution attack with minimal effort or skill required. Juniper Networks security researchers reports at least five different
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