LastPass Corporate Network Breach – What You Should Know
Mon. Aug. 29th Update: CyberHoot isn’t the only one to caution about throwing the Baby out with the Bath Water when reacting to the LastPass password management company breach. Here …
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Mon. Aug. 29th Update: CyberHoot isn’t the only one to caution about throwing the Baby out with the Bath Water when reacting to the LastPass password management company breach. Here …
CyberHoot monitors for trends in attacks whether against organizations or individuals. Recently we learned of a growing trend in which Internet profiteers and porn websites are abusing woman through the …
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CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process (VAMP) Rating: Critical/Red July 19th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple Microsoft and Adobe vulnerabilities that can allow for Remote Code Execution (RCE) on your devices that …
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CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red June 15th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple Adobe Product vulnerabilities, where the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code …
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CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red June 7th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple critical Android vulnerabilities, affecting millions of Android smartphones, that have been patched today. Critical …
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CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 31st, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of a Remote Code Execution (RCE) bug that can be exploited in Microsoft Office files. Security researcher …
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CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 25th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple Google Chrome Web Browser vulnerabilities that could allow for arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation of …
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CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 19th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of a number of VMware software vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2022-22954 (Base score: 9.8/10) and CVE-2022-22960 (Base score: …
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May 16th, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a SonicWall advisory warning of a trio of security flaws in its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 appliances, including a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability. …
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April 22nd, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a Java Product vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-21449 that allows accounts to be remotely exploitable without authentication. In other words, this vulnerability can be exploited …
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March 22nd, 2022: CyberHoot is investigating a potential breach at Okta, developers of a cloud-based identity and access management solution used by thousands of companies world-wide. Okta is currently investigating, …
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February 18th, 2022: If you’re using PHP in your network, check that you’re using the latest versions, currently 7.4.28 or 8.1.3. Released yesterday [2022-02-17], this version fixes various memory mismanagement …
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February 2nd, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a WordPress vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-0320, whereby a security flaw can lead to data leakage and more importantly remote code execution. The security gap …
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January 27th, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a Linux vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-4034 that is part of most Linux distributions, leads to escalation of privileges up to root, and is trivial …
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January 7th, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a new form of malware known as Malsmoke. This malware is taking advantage of a vulnerability in the way Microsoft digitally signs a specific …
As a Managed Service Provider (MSP), you know your customers are serious about defending against cyberattacks. That’s part of the reason why they hired you. Data breaches are all too …
January 12th, 2022: Today Microsoft sent a notification of a critical risk to those who use Windows devices. The critical bug is CVE-2022-21907, also known as HTTP Protocol Stack Remote …
A wave of phishing attacks has been generated within Google’s cloud-based word processing solution (Google Docs) and its “Comments” feature. Attackers use the commenting feature to send malicious links to …
Learn how spot and ignore copyright infringement threats from hackers claiming you stole their art.
ReasonLabs, a provider of cybersecurity prevention and detection software, recently discovered a new form of malware hacking into computers with the mask of the latest Spiderman movie. The movie is …
Google has tried to eliminate malicious apps from its Android platform on the Google Play Store, but certain apps slide by Google’s security team, like Fleeceware. Fleeceware is a malicious application that …
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Dec 22nd 2022: UPDATES to Log4j, Log4Shell vulnerability details CISA has just released a new advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa21-356a I cannot remember, in a 25+ year cybersecurity career, having to deal with …