PRC State-Sponsored Actors Compromise and Maintain Persistent Access to U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Actions to take today to mitigate Volt Typhoon activity: 1. Apply patches for internet-facing systems. Prioritize patching critical vulnerabilities in appliances known to be frequently exploited by Volt Typhoon. 2. Implement phishing-resistant MFA. 3. Ensure logging is turned on for application,...

State of Malware 2024: What consumers need to know

Released today, the Malwarebytes State of Malware 2024 report takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the world of cybercrime. As home users, many of the threats we cover will only affect you second hand, such as disruptions after a company suffers a ransomware attack, or when your...

CVE-2023-50962

This CVE (CVE-2023-50962) affects IBM PowerSC 1.3, 2.0, and 2.1 MFA, which do not implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS). The Red Hat advisory confirms the same product set. Affected components/versions: PowerSC 1.3, 2.0, 2.1 (MFA). Impact described: information disclosure risk due to mi...

CVE-2023-50962: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

IBM PowerSC 1.3, 2.0, and 2.1 MFA does not implement the "HTTP Strict Transport Security" HSTS web security policy mechanism. IBM X-Force ID: 276004...

PT-2024-20548

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vantage6 affected versions not specified Description The issue allows attackers to determine which usernames exist in vantage6 by calling the API routes "/recover/lost" and "/2fa/lost", which send emails to users if they have lost their passwo...

CVE-2024-21654

A flaw was found in Rubygems.org, the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Rubygems.org users with MFA enabled are normally protected from account takeover in the case of email account takeover. However, a workaround in the forgot password form may allow an attacker to bypass the MFA requirement...

CVE-2024-21654

Rubygems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Rubygems.org users with MFA enabled would normally be protected from account takeover in the case of email account takeover. However, a workaround on the forgotten password form allows an attacker to bypass the MFA requirement and takeover...

Design/Logic Flaw

Rubygems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Rubygems.org users with MFA enabled would normally be protected from account takeover in the case of email account takeover. However, a workaround on the forgotten password form allows an attacker to bypass the MFA requirement and takeover...

CVE-2024-21654

Rubygems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Rubygems.org users with MFA enabled would normally be protected from account takeover in the case of email account takeover. However, a workaround on the forgotten password form allows an attacker to bypass the MFA requirement and takeover...

CVE-2024-21654 rubygems.org MFA Bypass through password reset function could allow account takeover

Rubygems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Rubygems.org users with MFA enabled would normally be protected from account takeover in the case of email account takeover. However, a workaround on the forgotten password form allows an attacker to bypass the MFA requirement and takeover...

CVE-2024-21654

CVE-2024-21654 affects Rubygems.org, the Ruby package hosting service. A flaw in the forgotten-password flow allows bypassing MFA, enabling account takeover. Root cause: a workaround in the password-reset form. Impact: high (CVE details indicate potential total compromise of an affected account)....

CVE-2024-21654 rubygems.org MFA Bypass through password reset function could allow account takeover

Rubygems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Rubygems.org users with MFA enabled would normally be protected from account takeover in the case of email account takeover. However, a workaround on the forgotten password form allows an attacker to bypass the MFA requirement and takeover...

CVE-2024-21654 rubygems.org MFA Bypass through password reset function could allow account takeover

Rubygems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Rubygems.org users with MFA enabled would normally be protected from account takeover in the case of email account takeover. However, a workaround on the forgotten password form allows an attacker to bypass the MFA requirement and takeover...

CVE-2024-21654: Improper Authentication

Rubygems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Rubygems.org users with MFA enabled would normally be protected from account takeover in the case of email account takeover. However, a workaround on the forgotten password form allows an attacker to bypass the MFA requirement and takeover...

There is a Ransomware Armageddon Coming for Us All

Generative AI will enable anyone to launch sophisticated phishing attacks that only Next-generation MFA devices can stop The least surprising headline from 2023 is that ransomware again set new records for a number of incidents and the damage inflicted. We saw new headlines every week, which...

Veeam PowerShell Command Fails With: "Unable to connect to the server with MFA-enabled user account."

Challenge When attempting to execute Veeam PowerShell commands, the following error occurs: Unable to connect to the server with MFA-enabled user account. Cause This error occurs when MFA Multi-Factor Authentication is enabled within Veeam Backup & Replication and the account you are logged in as...

instipod DuoUniversalKeycloakAuthenticator challenge information disclosure vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2023-1907 instipod DuoUniversalKeycloakAuthenticator challenge information disclosure vulnerability December 23, 2023 CVE Number CVE-2023-49594 SUMMARY An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the challenge functionality of instipod...

We Asked ChatGPT for 2024 Cybersecurity Predictions but You Should Make These Resolutions Instead

By Caitlin Condon, Senior Manager, Vulnerability Research at Rapid7, and Christiaan Beek, Senior Director, Threat Analytics at Rapid7 It’s that time of year again — time for the annual tradition of cybersecurity predictions. Here at Rapid7 we’ve seen a whole lot of threats and exploited...

CISA Urges Manufacturers Eliminate Default Passwords to Thwart Cyber Threats

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is urging manufacturers to get rid of default passwords on internet-exposed systems altogether, citing severe risks that could be exploited by malicious actors to gain initial access to, and move laterally within, organizations. In an...

Microsoft Warns of Storm-0539: The Rising Threat Behind Holiday Gift Card Frauds

Microsoft is warning of an uptick in malicious activity from an emerging threat cluster it's tracking as Storm-0539 for orchestrating gift card fraud and theft via highly sophisticated email and SMS phishing attacks against retail entities during the holiday shopping season. The goal of the attac...