Microsoft revealed an attack that takes advantage of new critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to access Kubernetes workloads and utilize them for cryptomining activity. These vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-28255,CVE-2024-28847,CVE-2024-28253,CVE-2024-28848,CVE-2024-28254) are known to affect...
the attacker takes advantage of a vulnerability in a network or computer system and replays the session information of a previously authorized system or user. The attacker steals an authorized user'ssession IDto get that user's login information. The attacker can then use that information to impe...
Employers are owners of any work created by an employee within the scope of employment. This case of “works made for hire” where the employer owns the copyright for the work is an exception to the concept that the creator of a work is the copyright owner of the work. Legislation has b...
An exploit is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or a sequence of commands that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability in an application or a system to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur. The name comes from the English verbto exploit, meaning “to use something to...
An exploit is a software tool that takes advantage of a vulnerability in a computer system for malicious purposes such as installing malware.
Here, the attacker takes advantage of the slow response of users in performing a click during certain events. For example, when the user hovers the pointer over an element and clicks or when the user performs a double-click. The attacker exploits the time taken by the user to click after ...
This attack takes advantage of improperly managed sessions. Proper session management will remedy this vulnerability. For instance, ECUs can maintain a status log detailing the authentication status for every tester, ensuring that attackers cannot exploit lapses in session management. ...
The attacker identifies a potential target The attacker gathers information about the target using social engineering, malware, phishing, OPSEC, and automated vulnerability scanning Attackers use the information to identify possible attack vectors and create or use tools to exploit them Attackers gain unau...
an attacker can use additional methods to further infiltrate communications and networked systems, and exploit deeper vulnerabilities by infecting systems with malware, propagate malware between different systems, pivot to attack other connected systems, alter the expected behaviour of a system, and so on...
Miscreants around the world know this, share information, and make it their goal to take advantage of these vulnerabilities to damage, destroy, or steal information. For a system to be secure, all weaknesses need to be protected and monitored at all times. Attackers can succeed if they find ...