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Apache MINA CVE-2024-52046: CVSS 10.0 Flaw Enables RCE via Unsafe Serialization

Apache MINA CVE-2024-52046: CVSS 10.0 Flaw Enables RCE via Unsafe Serialization

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released patches to address a maximum severity vulnerability in the MINA Java network application framework that could result in remote code execution under specific conditions. Tracked as CVE-2024-52046, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It affects versions 2.0.X, 2.1.X, and 2.2.X. “The ObjectSerializationDecoder in Apache MINA uses Java’s native deserialization

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Brazilian Hacker Charged for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin After Breaching 300,000 Accounts

Brazilian Hacker Charged for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin After Breaching 300,000 Accounts

A Brazilian citizen has been charged in the United States for allegedly threatening to release data stolen by hacking into a company’s network in March 2020. Junior Barros De Oliveira, 29, of Curitiba, Brazil has been charged with four counts of extortionate threats involving information obtained from protected computers and four counts of threatening communications,

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Apache Tomcat Vulnerability CVE-2024-56337 Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks

Apache Tomcat Vulnerability CVE-2024-56337 Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released a security update to address an important vulnerability in its Tomcat server software that could result in remote code execution (RCE) under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-56337, has been described as an incomplete mitigation for CVE-2024-50379 (CVSS score: 9.8), another critical security flaw in the same product that was

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U.S. Judge Rules Against NSO Group in WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware Case

U.S. Judge Rules Against NSO Group in WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware Case

Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp scored a major legal victory in its fight against Israeli commercial spyware vendor NSO Group after a federal judge in the U.S. state of California ruled in favor of the messaging giant for exploiting a security vulnerability to deliver Pegasus. “The limited evidentiary record before the court does show that defendants’ Pegasus

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