Author: DEFENDEDGE
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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 27, 2021
Original release date: October 4, 2021 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info adobe — digital_editions Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by an arbitrary command execution vulnerability. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands. User interaction is required to abuse… Read more
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MFA Glitch Leads to 6K+ Coinbase Customers Getting Robbed
Coinbase suspects phishing led to attackers getting personal details needed to access wallets but also blamed a flaw in its SMS-based 2FA. Read more
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Google Emergency Update Fixes Two Chrome Zero Days
This is the second pair of zero days that Google’s fixed this month, all four of which have been actively exploited in the wild. Read more
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New APT ChamelGang Targets Russian Energy, Aviation Orgs
First appearing in March, the group has been leveraging ProxyShell against targets in 10 countries and employs a variety of malware to steal data from compromised networks. Read more
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Tips & Tricks for Unmasking Ghoulish API Behavior
Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence Security, discusses how to track user-agent connections to mobile and desktop APIs, to spot malicious activity. Read more
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Thousands of University Wi-Fi Networks Expose Log-In Credentials
Multiple configuration flaws in a free Wi-Fi network used by numerous universities can allow access to usernames and passwords of students and faculty who connect to the system from Android and Windows devices, researchers have found. A research team from WizCase, led by researcher Ata Hakçıl, reviewed 3,100 configurations of Eduroam at universities throughout Europe,… Read more
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Apple Pay with Visa Hacked to Make Payments via Unlocked iPhones
Researchers have demonstrated that someone could use a stolen, unlocked iPhone to pay for thousands of dollars of goods or services, no authentication needed. Read more
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Keep Attackers Out of VPNs: Feds Offer Guidance
The NSA and CISA issued recommendations on choosing and hardening VPNs to prevent nation-state APTs from weaponizing flaws & CVEs to break into protected networks. Read more
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Apple AirTag Zero-Day Weaponizes Trackers
Apple’s personal item-tracker devices can be used to deliver malware, slurp credentials, steal tokens and more thanks to XSS. Read more
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CISA and NSA Release Guidance on Selecting and Hardening VPNs
Original release date: September 28, 2021 The National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA have released the cybersecurity information sheet Selecting and Hardening Standards-based Remote Access VPN Solutions to address the potential security risks associated with using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Remote-access VPN servers allow off-site users to tunnel into protected networks, making these entry points vulnerable… Read more