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By Deeba Ahmed According to Tenable research, NETGEAR had to release last-minute patches for their devices that were a part of the Pwn2Own event. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NETGEAR Router Vulnerability Allowed Access to Restricted Services

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /signup_script.php of Ecommerce-Website v1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the eMail parameter.

In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba, one of the Internet's largest and oldest botnets. The defendants, who initially pursued a strategy of counter suing Google for tortious interference in their sprawling cybercrime business, later brazenly offered to dismantle the botnet in exchange for payment from Google. The judge in the case was not amused, found for the plaintiff, and ordered the defendants and their U.S. attorney to pay Google's legal fees.

Preventing all data breaches is an unrealistic goal. Instead, focus on finding and minimizing the greatest risks.

The successful combo of stolen credentials and social engineering to breach networks is increasing demand for infostealers on the Dark Web.

A single improperly formatted command has effectively killed KmsdBot botnet, security vendor says.

A previously undocumented Go-based malware is targeting Redis servers with the goal of taking control of the infected systems and likely building a botnet network. The attacks involve taking advantage of a critical security vulnerability in the open source, in-memory, key-value store that was disclosed earlier this year to deploy Redigo, according to cloud security firm Aqua.

By Deeba Ahmed The KmsdBot was known for targeting both Linux and Windows devices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Syntax Error Led to Crashing of KmsdBot Cryptomining Botnet

An ongoing analysis into an up-and-coming cryptocurrency mining botnet known as KmsdBot has led to it being accidentally taken down. KmsdBot, as christened by the Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), came to light mid-November 2022 for its ability to brute-force systems with weak SSH credentials. The botnet strikes both Windows and Linux devices spanning a wide range of