The Role of Just-in-Time Privileged Access in Security Evolution

[ad_1] Apr 15, 2024The Hacker NewsActive Directory / Attack Surface To minimize the risk of privilege misuse, a trend in the privileged access management (PAM) solution market involves implementing just-in-time (JIT) privileged access. This approach to privileged identity management aims to mitigate the risks associated with prolonged high-level access by granting privileges temporarily and only…

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Researchers Discover LG Smart TV Vulnerabilities Allowing Root Access

[ad_1] Apr 09, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / IoT Security Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in LG webOS running on its smart televisions that could be exploited to bypass authorization and gain root access on the devices. The findings come from Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, which discovered and reported the flaws in November 2023. The issues were…

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Revolutionizing Privileged Access Management with One Identity Cloud PAM Essentials

[ad_1] Apr 09, 2024The Hacker NewsPrivileged Access Management As cyber threats loom around every corner and privileged accounts become prime targets, the significance of implementing a robust Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution can’t be overstated. With organizations increasingly migrating to cloud environments, the PAM Solution Market is experiencing a transformative shift toward cloud-based offerings. One…

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Nation-State Hackers Access Source Code and Internal Docs

[ad_1] Feb 02, 2024NewsroomData Breach / Cloud Security Cloudflare has revealed that it was the target of a likely nation-state attack in which the threat actor leveraged stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to its Atlassian server and ultimately access some documentation and a limited amount of source code. The intrusion, which took place between…

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RunC Flaws Enable Container Escapes, Granting Attackers Host Access

[ad_1] Jan 31, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Linux Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the runC command line tool that could be exploited by threat actors to escape the bounds of the container and stage follow-on attacks. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-21626, CVE-2024-23651, CVE-2024-23652, and CVE-2024-23653, have been collectively dubbed Leaky Vessels by cybersecurity vendor…

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New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros

[ad_1] Jan 31, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Endpoint Security Malicious local attackers can obtain full root access on Linux machines by taking advantage of a newly disclosed security flaw in the GNU C library (aka glibc). Tracked as CVE-2023-6246, the heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability is rooted in glibc’s __vsyslog_internal() function, which is used by syslog() and vsyslog()…

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Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine’s Telecom Giant for Months

[ad_1] Jan 05, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Data Breach Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar’s systems at least since May 2023. The development was first reported by Reuters. The incident, described as a “powerful hacker attack,” first came to light last month, knocking…

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Malware Using Google MultiLogin Exploit to Maintain Access Despite Password Reset

[ad_1] Jan 03, 2024NewsroomMalware / Data Theft Information stealing malware are actively taking advantage of an undocumented Google OAuth endpoint named MultiLogin to hijack user sessions and allow continuous access to Google services even after a password reset. According to CloudSEK, the critical exploit facilitates session persistence and cookie generation, enabling threat actors to maintain…

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