Tag: update
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Hackers Turn Aomei Update Servers Into Malware Channels
Five- to 10-Minute Attack Windows Complicated Detection and Forensic Analysis. Google linked a stealthy AOMEI supply chain attack to UNC7017, which briefly hijacked Backupper and AnyViewer update configurations to deliver Crossroad and Shinyroad malware across more than 10 countries without exploiting software vulnerabilities or compromising build pipelines. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/hackers-turn-aomei-update-servers-into-malware-channels-a-33147
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Hackers Turn Aomei Update Servers Into Malware Channels
Five- to 10-Minute Attack Windows Complicated Detection and Forensic Analysis. Google linked a stealthy AOMEI supply chain attack to UNC7017, which briefly hijacked Backupper and AnyViewer update configurations to deliver Crossroad and Shinyroad malware across more than 10 countries without exploiting software vulnerabilities or compromising build pipelines. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/hackers-turn-aomei-update-servers-into-malware-channels-a-33147
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Microsoft Edge Is Testing Restart-Free Security Updates: What Works Now
Microsoft has demonstrated Edge updates without restarts, but the feature is still a prototype. Here is what users and IT teams can enable today. The post Microsoft Edge Is Testing Restart-Free Security Updates: What Works Now appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-edge-restart-free-security-updates/
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PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it
A researcher says attacks chaining 4 vulnerabilities is hacking unpatched boxes. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/recently-fixed-plex-media-vulnerabilities-are-being-exploited-to-install-malware/
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Plex2Shell Exploit Used to Turn Vulnerable Plex Servers Into Crypto Miners
Attackers exploit Plex2Shell flaws to install crypto miners and proxy software. Admins should update their Plex Media Server. Plex Media Server is designed to make movies, music, and other media available across devices. But when a server is exposed to the internet and runs vulnerable software, it can become an entry point for attackers who…
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Hackers hijack AOMEI update servers to secretly spread malware
Hackers reportedly compromised AOMEI’s servers to distribute malware through a built-in promotional feature in its backup software, briefly tampering with configuration files before restoring them to their original state to hide the attacks.a First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-aomei-update-servers-to-secretly-spread-malware/
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Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor
Copies of Rank Math PRO, the paid version of the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, that were downloaded from rankmath.com or delivered as updates between 20:02 UTC on October 15 and 07:12 UTC on October 16 contained malware, Rank Math said in a security notice published on October 16.Any site that installed and activated…
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Microsoft fixes game, app crashes caused by recent Windows update
Microsoft has resolved a bug that caused games and apps using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding to crash after installing the September 2026 Windows 11 preview update (KB5124010). First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-game-app-crashes-caused-by-windows-kb5124010-preview-update/
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Exploited Vulnerabilities Typically Take Three Months to Patch, Moody’s Finds
Known exploited vulnerabilities take a median time of 87 days to be patched, according to a new Moody’s report First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/exploited-vulnerabilities-three/
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SiteGuard Warns Patching Actively Exploited Security Flaw Could Erase Evidence of Attacks
EG Secure Solutions has warned that a flaw in SiteGuard Server Edition is being exploited and that applying a fix could remove signs of an earlier attack. The issue, CVE-2026-106931, affects the product’s statistics feature, which is enabled by default. Before updating, administrators should save diagnostic information so they can check whether the server was…
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October Windows Server updates break Exchange sign-in, mail flow
Microsoft has confirmed that this month’s Windows Server security updates are causing OWA sign-in and mail delivery issues on some Exchange Server systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-october-windows-server-updates-cause-exchange-issues/
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Microsoft Pays Researcher $4,000 for Discovering Critical VS Code Security Bypass Flaw
Microsoft awarded security researcher Sam Chen US$4,000 for reporting a flaw in Visual Studio Code that could let an attacker bypass Workspace Trust protections. The issue, tracked as CVE-2026-81376, affects VS Code versions earlier than 1.136.2 and has a critical CVSS score of 9.6. Microsoft has fixed the flaw; users should update to version 1.136.2…
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Your Docking Station Has a Patching Problem
Summary: One BIOS setting can stop a dock from updating, and two dock CVEs live in the update tools themselves. Here’s how docks end up unpatched, and what to check on DMA protection. The easiest way to leave a dock unpatched is to lock down the laptop it’s plugged into. Dell’s support article for the…
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Your Docking Station Has a Patching Problem
Summary: One BIOS setting can stop a dock from updating, and two dock CVEs live in the update tools themselves. Here’s how docks end up unpatched, and what to check on DMA protection. The easiest way to leave a dock unpatched is to lock down the laptop it’s plugged into. Dell’s support article for the…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 119
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter IronChain Ransomware Threatens Businesses with Permanent Data Loss and Costly Downtime AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter XWorm Reborn: From infostealer to surveillance platform Hirudo: From Fake Updates…
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Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper’s Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor
Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor’s own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so that any copy of the Windows backup program that checked for an update during one of those windows would download and run a backdoor.Google…
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Zero-Day in BeyondTrust Remote Support Appliances Exploited
‘Patch ASAP’ Before Fix Gets Reverse-Engineered by Other Attackers, Expert Warns. All self-hosted BeyondTrust Remote Support appliance users are being urged to immediately patch a bug that an advanced persistent threat group tied to China, which specializes in hacking edge devices. Its been exploiting since late August as a zero-day vulnerability to steal credentials and…
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MITRE ATTCK v20 Adds New AI Attack Techniques for Prompt Injection and Data Theft
MITRE released ATT&CK v20 on October 13, 2026. It adds the first Enterprise techniques for direct and indirect prompt injection, AI-enabled exfiltration and AI result poisoning. MITRE ATT&CK v20 Adds New AI Attack Techniques According to updates published by MITRE, the release updates Techniques, Groups, Campaigns and Software across the Enterprise, Mobile and ICS domains.…
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Google Chrome 155 Patches Critical UseFree Flaw and Nine Additional Security Bugs
Google has released Chrome 155 to the Stable channel with 10 security fixes. One is rated Critical: a use-after-free in Prerender, tracked as CVE-2026-110922. The update was published on October 15, 2026. The Stable channel moves to version 155.0.8059.84/.85 for Windows and Mac, and 155.0.8059.84 for Linux. Google says the rollout will take place >>over…
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October Windows update may break Smart App Control
Microsoft says some users may have trouble turning on Smart App Control after installing this month’s KB5127648 Windows 11 security update. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/kb5127648-windows-security-update-may-break-smart-app-control/
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Zweites Update in einer Woche: Google schließt erneut kritische Lücke in Chrome
Das Update verhindert eine Remotecodeausführung außerhalb der Sandbox von Chrome. Die Lücke entdeckte ein Mitarbeiter von Anthropic. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/zweites-update-in-einer-woche-google-schliesst-erneut-kritische-luecke-in-chrome-2610-214175.html
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BeyondTrust patches zero-day exploited in attacks since August
BeyondTrust warned customers on Thursday to patch a critical flaw in its Remote Support (RS) that has been exploited in zero-day attacks since late August. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beyondtrust-patches-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks-since-august/
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Breach Roundup: French Supermarket Hacks a ‘Wake-Up Call’
e=4>This week: French attack fallout, Ahold Delhaize restored deliveries, North Korean IT worker crackdown, seafood logistics ransomware, Aoki infostealer, Hirudo Trojan, Palo Alto patch, a Russian oil refinery targeted, Poland investigated Pegasus and a suspected cybercrime marketplace admin arrested. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-french-supermarket-hacks-wake-up-call-a-33123
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Windows 11 Remote Desktop Fails After Update, Microsoft Points to Security Feature
A Windows 11 update is disrupting Remote Desktop connections for some business users. Microsoft identifies the affected security feature and a workaround. The post Windows 11 Remote Desktop Fails After Update, Microsoft Points to Security Feature appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-windows-11-remote-desktop-failures/
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Next.js Ships OutBand Patch for Two Critical RCE Flaws in Caching and SVG Processing
Next.js released an out-of-band security update on October 14 that fixes two critical flaws allowing unauthenticated remote code execution, along with a high-severity denial-of-service flaw.One code-execution flaw is in React Server Components, and the other in librsvg, the open-source library Next.js uses through the sharp package to handle SVG images.The fixes are in First seen…
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Critical Next.js SVG Image Processing Vulnerability Could Enable Remote Code Execution
Vercel has released an out-of-band security update for Next.js that fixes two critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws and one high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) bug. One of the critical flaws, CVE-2026-96889 (GHSA-2464-fhr4-w9xw), sits in the Image Optimization API and is triggered through SVG processing. Next.js SVG vulnerability According to security disclosures published by Vercel, the update…
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Citrix Patches XenServer Vulnerabilities That Could Enable Host Compromise
Citrix has released security updates for XenServer 8.4 and XenServer 9. The updates fix several vulnerabilities, three of which could let a malicious privileged guest VM user compromise or crash the underlying host. Cloud Software Group rated the bulletin High severity. Citrix XenServer vulnerabilities According to the advisory published by Citrix on October 13, 2026…
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Microsoft fixes bug causing Windows black screens, Explorer crashes
Microsoft has resolved a known issue that was causing black screens, desktop loading issues, and Explorer crashes after installing Windows 11 updates released since August. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-bug-causing-windows-black-screens-explorer-crashes/