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The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a security alert warning bad actors are using SamSam ransomware to target industries across the United States and worldwide.

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UPnProxy opens up networks to Eternal family of exploits

Cybersecurity Attacks, Malware, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / Frank Crast / December 3, 2018 / CVE-2017-0144, CVE-2017-7494, Eternal Silence, EternalBlue, EternalRed, malware, MS17-010, NSA, SambaCry, UPnP, UPnProxy, Vulnerabilities

Earlier this year, researchers from Akamai discovered attackers were abusing Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) vulnerabilities to conceal traffic, thus creating a malicious proxy system dubbed “UPnProxy.”

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Samba security updates

Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / Frank Crast / November 28, 2018 / CVE-2018-14629, CVE-2018-16841, CVE-2018-16851, CVE-2018-16852, CVE-2018-16853, CVE-2018-16857, Samba, Vulnerabilities

Samba has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities.

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VMware security updates for VDP (VMSA-2018-0029)

Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / Frank Crast / November 21, 2018 / CVE-2018-11066, CVE-2018-11067, CVE-2018-11076, CVE-2018-11077, VDP, VMSA-2018-0029, VMware, vSphere, Vulnerabilities

VMware issued security updates for vSphere Data Protection (VDP) to address multiple security vulnerabilities, one of them rated critical.

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Multiple TP-Link router vulnerabilities discovered

Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / Frank Crast / November 19, 2018 / Cisco, CVE-2018-3948, CVE-2018-3949, CVE-2018-3950, CVE-2018-3951, HTTPD, RCE, Router, SOHO, TL-R600VPN, TP-Link, Vulnerabilities

Cisco’s Talos security group disclosed four vulnerabilities that impact the TP-Link TL-R600VPN router. Several of the discovered bugs could lead to remote code execution.

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Microsoft November 2018 patch updates

Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits, Zero-days / Frank Crast / November 14, 2018 / Azure, CVE-2018-8476, CVE-2018-8589, CVE-2018-8609, Microsoft, Office, PowerSHell, TFTP, Vulnerabilities, Windows, Zero-day

Microsoft issued the November 2018 Security Updates that include 62 unique vulnerability fixes, 12 of them rated critical.

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WordPress GDPR compliance plugin vulnerability exploited

Application Security, Cybersecurity Attacks, Regulations & Laws, Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / Frank Crast / November 13, 2018 / GDPR, Vulnerabilities, WordPress

Critical vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress GDPR Compliance plugin was being exploited in the wild by hackers. WordPress since released version 1.4.3 that patched the critical flaws.

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