Popular streaming media platform Plex is scrambling to reset user passwords after a database hack that included the theft of emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords.
Privilege Escalation Flaw Haunts VMware Tools
Virtualization technology software giant VMware on Tuesday released patches to fix an important-severity security flaw in the VMware Tools suite of utilities.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-31676, could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges on a compromised system.
GitLab Patches Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
DevOps platform GitLab has issued patches for a critical remote code execution vulnerability impacting its GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) releases.
Tracked as CVE-2022-2884 (CVSS 9.9/10 severity), the security flaw can be exploited via the GitHub import API, but requires authentication to be triggered.
Novant Health Says Malformed Tracking Pixel Exposed Health Data to Meta
Healthcare services provider Novant Health has sent notifications to more than 1.3 million individuals that their protected health information (PHI) might have been inadvertently exposed to Facebook parent company Meta.
FBI Warns of Proxies and Configurations Used in Credential Stuffing Attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has raised an alarm for cybercriminals using proxies and configurations to hide and automate credential stuffing attacks against companies in the United States.
TXOne Networks Scores $70M Series B Investment
TXOne Networks, a joint venture between cybersecurity firm Trend Micro and industrial networking solutions provider Moxa, has banked $70 million in new venture capital funding.
The company, which maintains dual headquarters in Texas and Taiwan, said the Series B round was led by TGVest Capital and brings the total raised to $94 million.
Vulnerability Broker Applies Pressure on Software Vendors Shipping Faulty, Incomplete Patches
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, a major player in the vulnerability disclosure ecosystem, is ramping up the pressure on software vendors that consistently ship faulty security patches.
Three Nigerian BEC Fraudsters Extradited From UK to US
Three Nigerians have been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States to face charges in relation to their roles in business email compromise (BEC) fraud schemes, the US Department of Justice announced.
Microsoft Announces Disruption of Russian Espionage APT
Microsoft on Monday announced another major disruption of an APT actor believed to be linked to the Russian government, cutting off access to accounts used for pre-attack reconnaissance, phishing, and email harvesting.
Open Redirect Flaws in American Express and Snapchat Exploited in Phishing Attacks
Open redirect vulnerabilities affecting American Express and Snapchat websites were exploited earlier this year as part of phishing campaigns targeting Microsoft 365 users, email security firm Inky reports.
