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πŸ“’ FireEye Releases "Commando VM"

It's a new #Windows-based virtual distribution for hackers and penetration testers that contains more than 400 pre-installed tools for testing and red teaming.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/windows-hacking-tools.html

CommandoVM is equipped with popular hacking tools like Nmap, Wireshark, Remote Server Administration Tools, Mimikatz, Burp-Suite, x64db, Metasploit, PowerSploit, Hashcat, and Owasp ZAP, pre-configured for a smooth working environment.
Exclusiveβ€”Researcher Discloses PoC for "Unpatched Zero-Day Flaws" Affecting Microsoft Edge and IE Browsers:

πŸ‘‰ https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/microsoft-edge-ie-zero-days.html

Researcher discloses details 10-month after Microsoft allegedly failed to respond to his responsible disclosure.
Hackers Stole Nearly $19 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Bithumb Exchange

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/bithumb-cryptocurrency-hacked.html
Thousands of unprotected Kibana instances found exposed on the Internet, leaving many sensitive Elasticsearch databases at risk of getting leaked

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/kibana-data-security.html
New Apache Web Server Vulnerability Threatens Security of Shared Web Hosts
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https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/apache-web-server-security.html

The flaw (CVE-2019-0211) could allow less-privileged web host users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the targeted servers.
This is Terrible 🀦 Facebook has been caught asking some new users to enter passwords for their registered email accounts to let Facebook automatically access their inboxes and verify the email addresses.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/facebook-email-password.html
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Georgia Institute of Technology suffers a massive data breach due to a vulnerability in its web app

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/georgia-tech-data-breach.html

Attacker(s) allegedly stole personal information of ~1.3 million current and former faculty members, students, staff and student applicants.
Warning β€” If you have a "private" blog [not self-hosted] with WordPress and are using its official iOS app to manage it, the secret authentication token for your account might have accidentally been leaked to third-party websites

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/wordpress-ios-security.html
😱 Over 540 Million Facebook User Records Exposed Through Unprotected Amazon Servers

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/facebook-app-database.html
Breaking β€” NSA just released the complete source code for its reverse engineering suite GHIDRA version 9.0.2 on Github

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/ghidra-reverse-engineering-tool.html

PS: Nope, it's not an April Fools joke!
Well, this is ironic. Hackers could turn an Antivirus app pre-installed on over 150 million Xiaomi smartphones into malware


Read more ➀ https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/xiaomi-antivirus-app.html
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[New] Breaking β€” MI Browser app, pre-installed on millions of Xiaomi smartphones, contains an unpatched critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-10875) allowing malicious sites to spoof URLs displayed in the address bar.

Read ➀ https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/xiaomi-browser-vulnerability.html
Microsoft releases first Preview Builds of its new Chromium-powered Edge web browser

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/chromium-edge-browser.html

Canary and Developer versions are now available for download and testing.
'Exodus' Surveillance #Malware Found Targeting #iOS Users Using Apple's Enterprise Developer Program

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/exodus-ios-malware.html
Researcher Reveals Multiple Flaws in Verizon Fios Wi-Fi Routers

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/verizon-wifi-router-security.html

● CVE-2019-3914: Authenticated Command Injection (Root)
● CVE-2019-3915: Login Replay
● CVE-2019-3916: Password Salt disclosure

β˜… Firmware Patch + PoC Exploit Released
Adobe releases April 2019 security updates to patch a total of 40 vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Acrobat Reader, Shockwave, Other Products.

Read more >> https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/adobe-security-updates.html
Microsoft Patch Tuesday β€” April 2019 Updates Released

Latest Windows Update Patches 74 Security Flaws, Including 2 New EoP Zero-Days Already Being Exploited in the Wild

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/microsoft-patch-updates.html
Researchers Unveil Sophisticated 'TajMahal' APT Malware Framework (80+ Modules) That Remained Undetected for 5 Years

https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/apt-malware-framework.html
πŸ”₯ BREAKING β€” Researchers find several vulnerabilities in the latest WPA3 WiFi security protocol that could allow attackers to hack WiFi passwords using password partitioning attacks

Read More https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/wpa3-hack-wifi-password.html