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A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has uploaded to the Chrome Web Store a proof-of-concept extension that can steal plaintext passwords from a website’s source code.
An examination of the text input fields in web browsers revealed that the coarse-grained permission model underpinning Chrome extensions violates the principles of least privilege and complete mediation.
Microsoft’s Alarming Report: 600 Million Cyberattacks perday
By infosecbulletin
/ Thursday , October 17 2024
Cybersecurity threats have surged to extraordinary heights, as Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report reveals that its customers are confronted with...
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CVE-2024-38814
VMware fixes high-severity SQL injection flaw in HCX
By infosecbulletin
/ Thursday , October 17 2024
VMware has issued a warning about a remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2024-38814, with a CVSS score of 8.8, in its...
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Over 90 Zero-Days, 40+ N-Days Exploited In The Wild
By infosecbulletin
/ Thursday , October 17 2024
Mandiant researchers found that over 90 zero-day vulnerabilities and more than 40 known vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild. Vulnerabilities...
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Oracle Security Update, 334 Vulnerabilities Patched
By infosecbulletin
/ Wednesday , October 16 2024
Oracle's October 2024 Critical Patch Update has fixed 334 security vulnerabilities in its products. The CPU affects 28 Oracle product...
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Chrome 130 Launches with Patches for 17 Security Vulnerabilities
By infosecbulletin
/ Wednesday , October 16 2024
Google has released Chrome 130, fixing 17 security vulnerabilities. The update (version 130.0.6723.58/.59 for Windows and Mac, and 130.0.6723.58 for...
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Researchers Break RSA Encryption with Quantum Computing
By infosecbulletin
/ Wednesday , October 16 2024
Chinese researchers, led by Wang Chao from Shanghai University, have cracked RSA encryption using quantum computers. This achievement raises serious...
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Shadowserver's data
87000+ Fortinet devices still open to attack?
By infosecbulletin
/ Tuesday , October 15 2024
On Sunday, the Shadowserver Foundation revealed that over 87,000 internet-facing Fortinet devices may still be at risk due to (CVE-2024-23113)...
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Gmail Scam Alert
Billions of Gmail users at risk from sophisticated new AI hack
By infosecbulletin
/ Monday , October 14 2024
A new sophisticated scam is targeting Gmail users, using artificial intelligence to manipulate them into giving away account access. This...
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RansomHub Targets Bangladeshi Confidence Group
By infosecbulletin
/ Monday , October 14 2024
RansomHub targets Bangladeshi Confidence group of companies limited. The rapidly growing RansomHub ransomware group set time to release the data....
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Hackers using ChatGPT create malware, OpenAI confirm
By infosecbulletin
/ Sunday , October 13 2024
OpenAI has neutralized over 20 malicious cyber operations using its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, for creating malware, spreading misinformation, avoiding detection,...
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Additionally, the researchers found that numerous websites with millions of visitors, including some Google and Cloudflare portals, store passwords in plaintext within the HTML source code of their web pages, allowing extensions to retrieve them.
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