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Increase in exploits against Joomla
Published: 2023-03-08
Last Updated: 2023-03-08 18:08:20 UTC
by Johannes Ullrich (Version: 1)
About three weeks ago, Joomla fixed a vulnerability in the Joomla content management system, patching a trivial to exploit access control vulnerability. The vulnerability allowed access to the Joomla username/password database.
The patch deployed to mitigate the issue tells us a bit about what happened...
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https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Increase+in+exploits+agains+Joomla+CVE202323752/29614/
Hackers Love This VSCode Extension: What You Can Do to Stay Safe
Published: 2023-03-07
Last Updated: 2023-03-07 15:04:31 UTC
by Johannes Ullrich (Version: 1)
[David Boyd, a SANS.edu undergraduate intern, submitted this post]
Have you ever considered that a VSCode extension you rely on could also be the very tool that puts your sensitive data in the hands of attackers? As fellow developers, we often can be seen when using the popular open-source platform Visual Studio Code (VSCode)--and even if you do not, you will know someone who does.
On February 19, 2023, an attempted exploit was identified in my DShield's honeypot weblogs. The attack targeted a security vulnerability in the VSCode-SFTP extension, which allows users to synchronize a local directory with a remote server via the web request...
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https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Hackers+Love+This+VSCode+Extension+What+You+Can+Do+to+Stay+Safe/29610/