10-years-old Sudo bug lets Linux users gain root-level access
A major vulnerability impacting a large chunk of the Linux ecosystem has been patched today in Sudo, an app that allows admins to delegate...
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OpenWRT reports data breach after hacker gained access to forum admin account
The maintainers of OpenWRT, an open-source project that provides free and customizable firmware for home routers, have disclosed a security breach that took place over...
Threat Actors Bypassed MFA to Gain Access to Cloud Service Accounts – E Hacking News
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has alerted the firms by stating that cyber attackers are bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA) protocols...
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Singapore Admits Police Can Access Contact-Tracing Data
Singapore has admitted data collected for contact-tracing can be accessed by police despite earlier assurances it would only be used to fight the coronavirus,...
Singapore police can access COVID-19 contact tracing data for criminal investigations
Singapore has confirmed its law enforcers will be able to access the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing data to aid in their criminal investigations. To...
Russian hackers gained access to the source codes of Microsoft programs and systems – E Hacking News
Microsoft believes that hackers who previously attacked US government departments and businesses have gained access to internal information about its software code. Microsoft is...
Group Behind SolarWinds Hack Bypassed MFA to Access Emails at US Think Tank
Using indicators of compromise (IoCs) made available by FireEye, threat intelligence and incident response firm Volexity determined that the threat group behind the SolarWinds...
NSA Issued Warning Against Russian State-Sponsored Attackers for Exploiting VMware Access – E Hacking News
An advisory warning has been issued by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) on 7th December that Russian malicious actors are posing a...
Iranian Hackers Attack Israel Water Facility, Gain Access To HMI Systems – E Hacking News
An Iranian hacking group gained passage to an unsafe Israeli water facility ICS. The hackers also posted the video on the internet to...
VMware Patches Workspace ONE Access Vulnerability Reported by NSA
VMware on Thursday released patches for a Workspace ONE Access security flaw that was identified and reported by the National Security Agency (NSA). Formerly...