Author: DEFENDEDGE
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A Peek Inside the Underground Ransomware Economy
Threat hunters weigh in on how the business of ransomware, the complex relationships between cybercriminals, and how they work together and hawk their wares on the Dark Web. Read more
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PDF Feature ‘Certified’ Widely Vulnerable to Attack
Researchers found flaws most of the ‘popular’ PDF applications tested. Read more
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VMware Sounds Ransomware Alarm Over Critical Severity Bug
VMware’s virtualization management platform, vCenter Server, has a critical severity bug the company is urging customers to patch “as soon as possible”. Read more
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Trend Micro Bugs Threaten Home Network Security
The security vendor’s network management and threat protection station can open the door to code execution, DoS and potential PC takeovers. Read more
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Combatting Insider Threats with Keyboard Security
Dale Ludwig, business development manager at Cherry Americas, discusses advances in hardware-based security that can enhance modern cyber-defenses. Read more
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Pulse Secure VPNs Get Quick Fix for Critical RCE
One of the workaround XML files automatically deactivates protection from an earlier workaround: a potential path to older vulnerabilities being opened again. Read more
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Restaurant Reservation System Patches Easy-to-Exploit XSS Bug
A WordPress reservation plugin has a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated hackers to access reservation data stored by site owners. Read more
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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 17, 2021
Original release date: May 24, 2021 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info cars-seller-auto-classifieds-script_project — cars-seller-auto-classifieds-script The request_list_request AJAX call of the Car Seller – Auto Classifieds Script WordPress plugin through 2.1.0, available to both authenticated and unauthenticated users, does not sanitise, validate or escape the order_id… Read more
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WP Statistics Bug Allows Attackers to Lift Data from WordPress Sites
The plugin, installed on hundreds of thousands of sites, allows anyone to filch database info without having to be logged in. Read more
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Four Android Bugs Being Exploited in the Wild
On Wednesday, Google quietly slipped updates into its May 3 Android security bulletin for bugs that its Project Zero group has confirmed are zero-days. Read more