Author: DEFENDEDGE

Original release date: March 3, 2021 CISA has issued Emergency Directive (ED) 21-02 and Alert AA21-062 addressing critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange products. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities allows an attacker to access on-premises Exchange servers, enabling them to gain persistent system access and control of an enterprise network.  CISA strongly recommends organizations examine their… Read more

Attackers have weaponized code dependency confusion to target internal apps at tech giants. Read more

Full dumps of email boxes, lateral movement and backdoors characterize sophisticated attacks on civil-society targets by a Chinese APT. Read more

The UnC0ver team took advantage of an iOS flaw patched in January in its latest tool allowing developers and other enthusiasts to hack into their own devices. Read more

Original release date: March 2, 2021 Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. A remote attacker can exploit three remote code execution vulnerabilities—CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065—to take control of an affected system and can exploit one vulnerability—CVE-2021-26855—to obtain access to sensitive information. These vulnerabilities are… Read more

A snapshot of the 2020 mobile threat landscape reveals major shifts toward adware and threats to online banks. Read more

Original release date: March 1, 2021   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info alleghenycreative — openrepeater OpenRepeater (ORP) before 2.2 allows unauthenticated command injection via shell metacharacters in the functions/ajax_system.php post_service parameter. 2021-02-19 10 CVE-2019-25024 MISC MISC amaze_file_manager_project — amaze_file_manager Amaze File Manager before 3.5.1 allows attackers… Read more

Cybersecurity firm Genua fixes a critical flaw in its GenuGate High Resistance Firewall, allowing attackers to log in as root users. Read more

Original release date: February 26, 2021 The National Security Agency (NSA) has released Cybersecurity Information Sheet: Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model, which provides information about, and recommendations for, implementing Zero Trust within networks. The Zero Trust security model is a coordinated system management strategy that assumes breaches are inevitable or have already occurred. CISA… Read more

Quickbooks malware targets tax data for attackers to sell and use in phishing scams. Read more