The backdoor accounts grant access to a secret Telnet admin account running on the devices’ external WAN interface. …read more Source:: Open Source S
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Connection discovered between Chinese hacker group APT15 and defense contractor
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•Lookout said it linked APT15 malware to Xi’an Tianhe Defense Technology, a Chinese defense contractor. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Symlink race bugs discovered in 28 antivirus products
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•Most products have patched, researchers said, without naming the ones who skipped. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Bypass discovered to allow Windows 7 Extended Security Updates on all systems
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•Windows hobbyists discover a way to enable (paid) Windows 7 Extended Security Updates on all systems. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Extensive hacking operation discovered in Kazakhstan
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•Researchers say an advanced hacking group has been using custom-developed hacking tools, expensive surveillance kits, mobile malware, and radio communications interception hardware to spy on Kazakhstan targets. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Kernel exploit discovered in macOS Webroot SecureAnywhere antivirus software
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•The severe memory corruption flaw permitted attackers to execute malware at the kernel level. …read more Source:: Open Source S
McAfee discovered ‘malicious documents’ targeting Winter Olympics ahead of opening ceremony ‘hack’
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•The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies were briefly impacted when servers belonging to Olympic organisers were hacked. …read more Source:: Open Source S