Introducing a novel technique for e-mail spoofing

UK-based cybersecurity firm Sophos this week announced patches for an exploited vulnerability in Firewall versions that have reached End-of-Life (EOL).

The critical-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-3236, was found to impact versions 19.0 MR1 (19.0.1) and older of the product. It was originally patched in September 2022, but only in supported versions of Sophos Firewall.

Sophos describes the security defect as a code injection issue in the Firewall’s User Portal and Webadmin components, allowing attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE).

7 December 2023 - Apache Struts version 6.3.0.2 General Availability

The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Apache Struts version 6.3.0.2 is available as a “General Availability” release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.

The Apache Struts is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications. The framework has been designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying, to maintaining applications over time.

This version addresses a potential security vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-50164 and described in S2-066 - please read the mentioned security bulletins for more details. This is a drop-in replacement and upgrade should be straightforward.

Hackers tied to Russian military take responsibility for hack on Ukraine's biggest provider.

• The Rhadamanthys stealer is a multi-layer malware, sold on the black market, and frequently updated. Recently the author released a new major version, 0.5.0.
• In the new version, the malware expands its stealing capabilities and also introduces some general-purpose spying functions.
• A new plugin system makes the malware expandable for specific distributor needs.
• The custom executable formats, used for modules, are unchanged since our last publication (XS1 and XS2 formats are still in distribution).
• Check Point Research (CPR) provides a comprehensive review of the agent modules, presenting their capabilities and implementation, with a focus on how the stealer components are loaded and how they work.

MongoDB is warning that its corporate systems were breached and that customer data was exposed in a cyberattack that was detected by the company earlier this week.

A Mirai-based botnet named 'InfectedSlurs' is exploiting a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in QNAP VioStor NVR (Network Video Recorder) devices to hijack and make them part of its DDoS (distributed denial of service) swarm.
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With less than a year to go before one of the most consequential elections in US history, Microsoft’s AI chatbot is responding to political queries with conspiracies, misinformation, and out-of-date or incorrect information.

When WIRED asked the chatbot, initially called Bing Chat and recently renamed Microsoft Copilot, about polling locations for the 2024 US election, the bot referenced in-person voting by linking to an article about Russian president Vladimir Putin running for reelection next year. When asked about electoral candidates, it listed numerous GOP candidates who have already pulled out of the race.

A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations of consumers through embedded microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to gather data and use it to target ads, according to a review of CMG marketing materials by 404 Media and details from a pitch given to an outside marketing professional. Called “Active Listening,” CMG claims the capability can identify potential customers “based on casual conversations in real time.”

Unpack the analysis of a GOG Galaxy XPC service vulnerability. More from IBM X-Force Red.

Learn about a RCE vulnerability, discovered by the Imperva Red Team, identified as CVE-2023-22524, in Atlassian Companion for macOS.

VoIP communications company 3CX warned customers today to disable SQL Database integrations because of risks posed by what it describes as a potential vulnerability.

The past year has seen over 10,000 downloads of malicious packages hosted on the official Python package repository, ESET research finds.

Among the health data illegally downloaded from genetic testing company Asper Biogene's database were details related to paternity and fertility tests. Some of the data is easily understandable and can be directly connected to specific individuals, Pille Lehis, director general of the Data Protection Inspectorate, said on ETV morning show "Terevisioon.".

Hackers pushed out a malicious version of a software library made by crypto company Ledger, which powers several web3 applications.

Apache Struts is a popular Java web application framework. On December 7, 2023 Apache published an advisory for CVE-2023-50164, a Struts parameter pollution vu…

Ledger's software got hit with a serious security problem. banteg, a well-known crypto guy, tweeted that Ledger's library is messed up and now has a "drainer" in it.

Apple says it will now require a judge-approved order before handing over its users' push notification records to government agencies.

Hackers are attempting to leverage a recently fixed critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-50164) in Apache Struts that leads to remote code execution, in attacks that rely on publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code.

Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said it infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia's state tax service with malware, and destroyed databases and backups.