Chinese Hackers Using Firefox Extension to Spy On Tibetan Organizations

Cybersecurity researchers today unwrapped a new campaign aimed at spying on vulnerable Tibetan communities globally by deploying a malicious Firefox extension on target systems. “Threat actors aligned with the Chinese Communist Party’s state interests delivered a customized malicious Mozilla Firefox browser extension that facilitated access and control of users’ Gmail accounts,” Proofpoint said in an…

Critical RCE Flaws Affect VMware ESXi and vSphere Client — Patch Now

VMware has addressed multiple critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi and vSphere Client virtual infrastructure management platform that may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands and take control of affected systems. “A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the…

Critical RCE Flaws Affect VMware ESXi and vSphere Client — Patch Now

VMware has addressed multiple critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi and vSphere Client virtual infrastructure management platform that may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands and take control of affected systems. “A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the…

Online Trackers Increasingly Switching to Invasive CNAME Cloaking Technique

With browser makers steadily clamping down on third-party tracking, advertising technology companies are increasingly embracing a DNS technique to evade such defenses, thereby posing a threat to web security and privacy. Called CNAME Cloaking, the practice of blurring the distinction between first-party and third-party cookies not only results in leaking sensitive private information without users’…

Critical RCE Flaws Affect VMware ESXi and vSphere Client — Patch Now

VMware has addressed multiple critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi and vSphere Client virtual infrastructure management platform that may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands and take control of affected systems. “A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the…