PT-2024-28795 · Beyondtrust · Beyondtrust U-Series Appliance

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance versions 3.4 through 4.0.2 Description: The issue is related to Improper Privilege Management in the BeyondTrust U-Series Appliance on Windows, 64-bit, specifically affecting the filesystem modules. This allows...

CVE-2024-1605 DLL side-loading in BMC Control-M

BMC Control-M branches 9.0.20 and 9.0.21 upon user login load all Dynamic Link Libraries DLL from a directory that grants Write and Read permissions to all users. Leveraging it leads to loading of a potentially malicious libraries, which will execute with the application's privileges. Fix for...

CVE-2024-1605 DLL side-loading in BMC Control-M

BMC Control-M branches 9.0.20 and 9.0.21 upon user login load all Dynamic Link Libraries DLL from a directory that grants Write and Read permissions to all users. Leveraging it leads to loading of a potentially malicious libraries, which will execute with the application's privileges. Fix for...

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New Financial Malware 'JanelaRAT' Targets Latin American Users

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The rising geopolitical tensions between China and Taiwan in recent months have sparked a noticeable uptick in cyber attacks on the East Asian island country. "From malicious emails and URLs to malware, the strain between China's claim of Taiwan as part of its territory and Taiwan's maintained...