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WhatsUp Gold 2022 version 22.1.0 Build 39 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.

Companies are engaged in a seemingly endless cat-and-mouse game when it comes to cybersecurity and cyber threats. As organizations put up one defensive block after another, malicious actors kick their game up a notch to get around those blocks. Part of the challenge is to coordinate the defensive abilities of disparate security tools, even as organizations have limited resources and a dearth of

The threat actors behind the Mispadu banking Trojan have become the latest to exploit a now-patched Windows SmartScreen security bypass flaw to compromise users in Mexico. The attacks entail a new variant of the malware that was first observed in 2019, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said in a report published last week. Propagated via phishing mails, Mispadu is a Delphi-based information stealer

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By Deeba Ahmed Another day, another security breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: AnyDesk Urges Password Change Amid Security Breach

Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 6.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 6.0 that could lead to unauthorized access of privileged information. ## <a name="affected-software"></a>Affected software * Any .NET 6.0 application running on .NET 6.0.7 or earlier. * Any .NET Core 3.1 applicaiton running on .NET Core 3.1.27 or earlier. If your application uses the following package versions, ensure you update to the latest version of .NET. ### <a name=".NET Core 3.1"></a>.NET Core 3.1 Package name | Affected version | Patched version ------------ | ---------------- | ------------------------- [System.Security.Cryptography.Xml](http://system.security)| <=4.7.0| 4.7.1 [Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft....

# Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2020-0605: .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability ## Executive Summary A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET software when the software fails to check the source markup of a file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of .NET Framework. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to t...

Russian state-sponsored actors have staged NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v2 hash relay attacks through various methods from April 2022 to November 2023, targeting high-value targets worldwide. The attacks, attributed to an "aggressive" hacking crew called APT28, have set their eyes on organizations dealing with foreign affairs, energy, defense, and transportation, as well as those involved with

By Deeba Ahmed CloudFlare Servers Were Hacked on Thanksgiving Day Using Auth Tokens Stolen in Okta Breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cloudflare Hacked After State Actor Leverages Okta Breach

By Waqas The KV Botnet, a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor group gained widespread attention for compromising hundreds of U.S.-based small office/home office (SOHO) routers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI Disrupts Chinese State-Backed Volt Typhoon’s KV Botnet