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GRUB2 Boot Loader Reveals Multiple High Severity Vulnerabilities GRUB, a popular boot loader used by Unix-based operating systems has fixed multiple high severity vulnerabilities. In 2020, BleepingComputer had reported on the BootHole vulnerability in GRUB2 that could have let attackers compromise an operating system’s booting process even if the Secure Boot verification mechanism was active. Threat actors could further abuse the flaw
US Government Warns Of Social Security Scams Using Fake Federal IDs Government imposter scams now come with a new twist that has the potential to make them even more effective, as the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration (SSA) warns. Fraudsters behind this type of scam (which commonly involves attempts to collect Social Security
Cybersecurity Firm Qualys Is The Latest Victim Of Accellion Hacks Cybersecurity firm Qualys is likely the latest victim to have suffered a data breach after a zero-day vulnerability in their Accellion FTA server was exploited to steal hosted files. In December, a wave of attacks targeted the Accellion FTA file-sharing application using a zero-day vulnerability that
State Hackers Rush To Exploit Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers Multiple state-sponsored hacking groups are actively exploiting critical Exchange bugs Microsoft patched Tuesday via emergency out-of-band security updates. Microsoft addressed four zero-days (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) exploited in the wild and three other vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-27078, CVE-2021-26854, and CVE-2021-26412). At least four hacking groups exploiting just-patched