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Critical MOVEit vulnerability puts huge swaths of the Internet at severe risk

reader comments 35 A critical vulnerability recently discovered in a widely used piece of software is putting huge swaths of the Internet at risk of devastating hacks, and attackers have already begun actively trying to exploit it in real-world attacks, researchers warn. The software, known as MOVEit and sold by Progress Software, allows enterprises to… Read More »

MOVEit app mass-exploited last month patches new critical vulnerability

reader comments 21 with MOVEit, the file-transfer software exploited in recent weeks in one of the biggest cyberattacks ever, has received yet another security update that fixes a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to give hackers access to vast amounts of sensitive data. On Thursday, MOVEit maker Progress Software published a security bulletin that… Read More »

Casualties keep growing in this month’s mass exploitation of MOVEit 0-day

reader comments 18 with The dramatic fallout continues in the mass exploitation of a critical vulnerability in a widely used file-transfer program, with at least three new victims coming to light in the past few days. They include the New York City Department of Education and energy companies Schneider Electric and Siemens Electric. To date,… Read More »

Mass exploitation of critical MOVEit flaw is ransacking orgs big and small

Getty Images reader comments 10 with Organizations big and small are falling prey to the mass exploitation of a critical vulnerability in a widely used file-transfer program. The exploitation started over the Memorial Day holiday—while the critical vulnerability was still a zeroday—and continues now, some nine days later. As of Monday evening, payroll service Zellis,… Read More »