Backdoor
Cisco warns of backdoor admin account in Smart Licensing Utility
Cisco has removed a backdoor account in the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) that can be used to log into unpatched systems with administrative privileges. CSLU is a Windows application that helps manage licenses and linked products on-premises without connecting them to Cisco’s cloud-based Smart Software Manager solution. The company says this critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-20439) […]
Hackers use PHP exploit to backdoor Windows systems with new malware
Unknown attackers have deployed a newly discovered backdoor dubbed Msupedge on a university’s Windows systems in Taiwan, likely by exploiting a recently patched PHP remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-4577). CVE-2024-4577 is a critical PHP-CGI argument injection flaw patched in June that impacts PHP installations running on Windows systems with PHP running in CGI mode. It allows unauthenticated attackers […]