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VMware fixes critical Cloud Director auth bypass unpatched for 2 weeks

VMware has fixed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Cloud Director appliance deployments, a bug that was left unpatched for over two weeks since it was disclosed on November 14th. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-critical-cloud-director-auth-bypass-unpatched-for-2-weeks/
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French government recommends against using foreign chat apps

Prime Minister of France Élisabeth Borne signed a circular last week requesting all government employees to uninstall foreign communication apps such as Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram by December 8, 2023, in favor of a French messaging app named 'Olvid.' [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-government-recommends-against-using-foreign-chat-apps/
TrickBot malware dev pleads guilty, faces 35 years in prison

On Thursday, a Russian national pleaded guilty to charges related to his involvement in developing and deploying the Trickbot malware, which was used in attacks against hospitals, companies, and individuals in the United States and worldwide. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trickbot-malware-dev-pleads-guilty-faces-35-years-in-prison/
Google Chrome's new cache change could boost performance

Google is introducing a significant change to Chrome's Back/Forward Cache (BFCache) behavior, allowing web pages to be stored in the cache, even if a webmaster specifies not to store a page in the browser's cache. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chromes-new-cache-change-could-boost-performance/
Russian hackers exploiting Outlook bug to hijack Exchange accounts

Microsoft's Threat Intelligence team issued a warning earlier today about the Russian state-sponsored actor APT28 (aka "Fancybear" or "Strontium") actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts and steal sensitive information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/russian-hackers-exploiting-outlook-bug-to-hijack-exchange-accounts/
Stealthier version of P2Pinfect malware targets MIPS devices

The latest variants of the P2Pinfect botnet are now focusing on infecting devices with 32-bit MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) processors, such as routers and IoT devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stealthier-version-of-p2pinfect-malware-targets-mips-devices/