Hackers Exploiting LiteSpeed Cache Bug to Gain Full Control of WordPress Sites

A high-severity flaw impacting the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to create rogue admin accounts on susceptible websites.
The findings come from WPScan, which said that the vulnerability (CVE-2023-40000, CVSS score: 8.3) has been leveraged to set up bogus admin users with the names wpsupp‑user 

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Hackers Exploit LiteSpeed Cache Flaw to Create WordPress Admins

WPScan observed in April increased exploitation activity against WordPress sites with versions of the plugin older than 5.7.0.1, which are vulnerable to a high-severity (8.8) unauthenticated cross-site scripting flaw tracked as CVE-2023-40000.

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Law Enforcement Agencies Identified LockBit Ransomware Admin and Sanctioned Him

The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol have unmasked the identity of the admin of the LockBit ransomware operation, aka ‘LockBitSupp’ and ‘putinkrab’, and issued sanctions against him.

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LockBit Honcho Faces Sanctions, With Aussie Org Ramifications

Australian businesses and individuals now face government fines and consequences for paying ransoms or interacting with assets owned by LockBitSupp, aka Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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Chinese Hackers Deployed Backdoor Quintet to Down MITRE

MITRE’s hackers made use of at least five different Web shells and backdoors as part of their attack chain.

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Major UK Security Provider Leaks Trove of Guard and Suspect Data

By Deeba Ahmed

Over 1.2 million records were exposed in a major data breach at UK security firm Amberstone. Learn the potential impact, what to do if affected, and how to stay secure.

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Wiz Announces $1B Funding Round, Plans More M&A

Much of the funding will be used for product development and talent acquisition to cover more ground as the cybersecurity industry continues to evolve.

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Does CISA’s KEV Catalog Speed Up Remediation?

Vulnerabilities added to the CISA known exploited vulnerability (KEV) list do indeed get patched faster, but not fast enough.

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What’s the Future Path for CISOs?

A panel of former CISOs will lead the closing session of this week’s RSA Conference to discuss challenges and opportunities.

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Security researchers say this scary exploit could render all VPNs useless

VPNs are no longer safe if these security researchers are right.

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