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Microsoft Thwarts Chinese Cyber Attack Targeting Western European Governments

Microsoft Thwarts Chinese Cyber Attack Targeting Western European Governments

Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that it repelled a cyber attack staged by a Chinese nation-state actor targeting two dozen organizations, some of which include government agencies, in a cyber espionage campaign designed to acquire confidential data. The attacks, which commenced on May 15, 2023, entailed access to email accounts affecting approximately 25 entities and a small number

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New Vulnerabilities Disclosed in SonicWall and Fortinet Network Security Products

New Vulnerabilities Disclosed in SonicWall and Fortinet Network Security Products

SonicWall on Wednesday urged customers of Global Management System (GMS) firewall management and Analytics network reporting engine software to apply the latest fixes to secure against a set of 15 security flaws that could be exploited by a threat actor to circumvent authentication and access sensitive information. Of the 15 shortcomings (tracked from CVE-2023-34123 through

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Zimbra Warns of Critical Zero-Day Flaw in Email Software Amid Active Exploitation

Zimbra Warns of Critical Zero-Day Flaw in Email Software Amid Active Exploitation

Zimbra has warned of a critical zero-day security flaw in its email software that has come under active exploitation in the wild. “A security vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite Version 8.8.15 that could potentially impact the confidentiality and integrity of your data has surfaced,” the company said in an advisory. It also said that the issue has

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Critical RCE Flaw Discovered in Fortinet FortiGate Firewalls – Patch Now!

Critical RCE Flaw Discovered in Fortinet FortiGate Firewalls – Patch Now!

Fortinet has released patches to address a critical security flaw in its FortiGate firewalls that could be abused by a threat actor to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-27997, is “reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” Lexfo Security researcher Charles Fol, who discovered and reported the flaw, said in a tweet over the weekend.

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