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Critical WordPress Anti-Spam Plugin Flaws Expose 200,000+ Sites to Remote Attacks

Two critical security flaws impacting the Spam protection, Anti-Spam, and FireWall plugin WordPress could allow an unauthenticated attacker to install and enable malicious plugins on susceptible sites and potentially achieve remote code execution.
The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-10542 and CVE-2024-10781, carry a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. They were addressed in versions

Chinese Hackers Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Array Networks Gateways

CISA warns about attacks exploiting CVE-2023-28461, a critical vulnerability in Array Networks AG and vxAG secure access gateways.

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Intruder Launches Intel: A Free Vulnerability Intelligence Platform For Staying Ahead of the Latest Threats

When CVEs go viral, separating critical vulnerabilities from the noise is essential to protecting your organization. That’s why Intruder, a leader in attack surface management, built Intel – a free vulnerability intelligence platform designed to help you act fast and prioritize real threats.
What is Intel?
Intel was created to fill a gap in the resources available for tracking emerging

New York Fines Geico and Travelers $11 Million Over Data Breaches

New York has announced $11 million settlements with Geico and Travelers over data breaches affecting 120,000 people.

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RomCom Exploits Zero-Day Firefox and Windows Flaws in Sophisticated Cyberattacks

The Russia-aligned threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of two security flaws, one in Mozilla Firefox and the other in Microsoft Windows, as part of attacks designed to deliver the eponymous backdoor on victim systems.
“In a successful attack, if a victim browses a web page containing the exploit, an adversary can run arbitrary code – without any user

Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Anti-Spam Plugin Used by 200,000 WordPress Sites

Two vulnerabilities in the Anti-Spam by CleanTalk WordPress plugin allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely.

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Chinese Hackers Use GHOSTSPIDER Malware to Hack Telecoms Across 12+ Countries

The China-linked threat actor known as Earth Estries has been observed using a previously undocumented backdoor called GHOSTSPIDER as part of its attacks targeting Southeast Asian telecommunications companies.
Trend Micro, which described the hacking group as an aggressive advanced persistent threat (APT), said the intrusions also involved the use of another cross-platform backdoor dubbed

Firefox and Windows zero-days exploited by Russian RomCom hackers

Russian-based RomCom cybercrime group chained two zero-day vulnerabilities in recent attacks targeting Firefox and Tor Browser users across Europe and North America. […]

Starbucks, Grocery Stores Hit by Blue Yonder Ransomware Attack

Supply chain management software provider Blue Yonder has been targeted in a ransomware attack that caused significant disruptions for some customers.

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CISA Urges Agencies to Patch Critical “Array Networks” Flaw Amid Active Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Array Networks AG and vxAG secure access gateways to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28461 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of missing authentication that

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