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Multiple threat actors have been observed opportunistically weaponizing a now-patched critical security vulnerability impacting several Zoho ManageEngine products since January 20, 2023. Tracked as  CVE-2022-47966  (CVSS score: 9.8), the  remote code execution flaw  allows a complete takeover of the susceptible systems by unauthenticated attackers. As many as  24 different products , including Access Manager Plus, ADManager Plus, ADSelfService Plus, Password Manager Pro, Remote Access Plus, and Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM), are affected by the issue. The shortcoming "allows unauthenticated remote code execution due to usage of an outdated third-party dependency for XML signature validation, Apache Santuario," Bitdefender's Martin Zugec  said  in a technical advisory shared with The Hacker News. According to the Romanian cybersecurity firm, the exploitation efforts are said to have commenced the day after penetration testing firm Horizon...

Enterprise software maker Zoho on Monday issued patches for a critical security vulnerability in Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP that a remote adversary could exploit to perform unauthorized actions in affected servers. Tracked as  CVE-2021-44757 , the shortcoming concerns an instance of authentication bypass that "may allow an attacker to read unauthorized data or write an arbitrary zip file on the server," the company  noted  in an advisory. Osword from SGLAB of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group has been credited with discovering and reporting the vulnerability. The Indian firm said it remediated the issue in build version 10.1.2137.9. With the latest fix, Zoho has addressed a total of four vulnerabilities over the past five months — CVE-2021-40539  (CVSS score: 9.8) – Authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus CVE-2021-44077  (CVSS score: 9.8) – Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting Zoh...

The problem is simple: all breaches start with initial access, and initial access comes down to two primary attack vectors – credentials and devices. This is not news; every report you can find on the threat landscape depicts the same picture.  The solution is more complex. For this article, we'll focus on the device threat vector. The risk they pose is significant, which is why device management tools like Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) are essential components of an organization's security infrastructure. However, relying solely on these tools to manage device risk actually creates a false sense of security. Instead of the blunt tools of device management, organizations are looking for solutions that deliver device trust . Device trust provides a comprehensive, risk-based approach to device security enforcement, closing the large gaps left behind by traditional device management solutions. Here are 5 of those limitations and how to ov...