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CVE-2024-44243 macOS flaw allows persistent malware installation

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Microsoft disclosed details of a now-patched macOS flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-44243 (CVSS score: 5.5), that allows attackers with “root” access to bypass System Integrity Protection ( SIP ). An attackers with root access can to add a custom file system bundle to /Library/Filesystems. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Foreign adversary hacked email communications of the Library of Congress says

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The Library of Congress discloses the compromise of some of its IT systems, an alleged foreign threat actor hacked their emails. Only email communications between congressional offices and some library staff, including the Congressional Research Service, from January to September, were affected. ” reported the NBC News.

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Internet Archive data breach impacted 31M users

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” The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library website that provides free access to collections of digitized materials including websites, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. As of September 5, 2024, the Internet Archive held more than 42.1 Internet Archive hacked.

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Recently patched Windows flaw CVE-2024-43461 was actively exploited as a zero-day before July 2024

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Microsoft warns that a recently patched Windows flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-43461, was actively exploited as a zero-day before July 2024. Microsoft warns that attackers actively exploited the Windows vulnerability CVE-2024-43461 as a zero-day before July 2024. MSHTML is a platform used by Internet Explorer. “Yes.

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Multiple malware families delivered exploiting GeoServer GeoTools flaw CVE-2024-36401

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Multiple threat actors actively exploited the recently disclosed OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools flaw CVE-2024-36401 in malware-based campaigns. The researchers observed threat actors exploiting CVE-2024-36401 in attacks aimed at IT service providers in India, technology companies in the U.S., GeoServer versions prior to 2.23.6,

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Multiple PoC exploits released for Jenkins flaw CVE-2024-23897

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Multiple proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for recently disclosed critical Jenkins vulnerability CVE-2024-23897 have been released. Researchers warn that several proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits targeting the recently disclosed critical Jenkins vulnerability, CVE-2024-23897 , have been made public. Exploits are already available.

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CISA ADDS CHROME AND PERL LIBRARY FLAWS TO ITS KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chrome and Perl library flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The root cause of the problem is a weakness in the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel third-party library. This library is used by the Amavis virus scanner that runs on Barracuda ESG appliances.

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