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Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager

Security Affairs

Researchers found a critical vulnerability in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager that could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass authentication. The authentication bypass flaw affects HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager (EIM) version 1.21. ” reads the security advisory published. Rated critical, with a CVSS score of 9.8,

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Russia-linked hackers actively exploit CVE-2020-4006 VMware flaw, NSA warns

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“This advisory emphasizes the importance for National Security System (NSS), Department of Defense (DoD), and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) system administrators to apply vendor-provided patches to affected VMware® identity management products and provides further details on how to detect and mitigate compromised networks.”

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Possible Chinese Hackers Exploit Microsoft Exchange 0-Days

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No Patch Yet Available Although Exploitation Requires Authenticated Access Hackers, possibly Chinese, are exploiting Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities to apparently implant backdoors and steal credentials. The computing giant says it doesn't yet have a patch, telling systems administrators to instead implement workarounds.

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Hacker breaches key Russian ministry in blink of an eye

Security Affairs

Spurred into action by the invasion of Ukraine, Spielerkid89 decided to investigate whether he could find Russian IPs with disabled authentication to fool with. By using the Shodan search engine, Spielerkid89 soon discovered an open virtual network computing (VNC) port with disabled authentication.

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StealthWorker botnet targets Synology NAS devices to drop ransomware

Security Affairs

The Taiwanese company urges its customers to enable multi-factor authentication where available, enable auto block and account protection, and to use string administrative credentials, . System administrators that have noticed suspicious activity on their devices should report it to Synology technical support.

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Critical flaw in VMware Cloud Director allows hackers to take over company infrastructure

Security Affairs

The vulnerability could potentially allow an authenticated attacker to gain access to corporate network, access to sensitive data, and control private clouds within an entire infrastructure. “An authenticated actor may be able to send malicious traffic to VMware Cloud Director which may lead to arbitrary remote code execution.

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USBAnywhere BMC flaws expose Supermicro servers to hack

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A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized service processor that monitors the physical state of a computer, network server or other hardware device using sensors and communicating with the system administrator through an independent connection. ” continues the analysis.