An automated roundup of 6 notable cybersecurity article(s) from the last 36 hours, aggregated from 3 source(s). Descriptions are pulled directly from each publisher's feed; follow the links for the full articles.
BleepingComputer
ChatGPT Astra is now rolling out to $20 Plus subscription
OpenAI is now rolling out ChatGPT Astra, its most powerful model to date, to those with a $20 Plus subscription, but there's no word on when free users will get access.. [...]
Attackers conceal phishing lures using invisible Unicode characters
Threat actors have adopted the ASCII smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, using invisible Unicode characters to evade email security filters. [...]
The Hacker News
Attackers Hijack MikroTik Routers Through Internet-Exposed SSH Without Authentication
Attackers are exploiting MikroTik routers with their Secure Shell (SSH) remote-access service, which is reachable from the internet, to gain full administrative control without authentication, according to CERT Polska's attack warning, published on September 5. Successful…
Four REVSTEALER-Linked Modules Disable Windows Update and Defender to Run a Crypto Miner
Elastic Security Labs has documented four previously unreported programs associated with REVSTEALER, an emerging Windows information stealer, that remain on an infected machine after the stealer deletes itself. One of them switches off Windows Update and Microsoft Defender…
Unpatched Magento and Adobe Commerce Zero-Day Exploited to Backdoor Online Stores
Attackers are exploiting a new unpatched vulnerability in Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce that lets them run malicious code on an online store's server without logging in, Dutch e-commerce security company Sansec said in an advisory published on September 5. Sansec, which…
SANS Internet Storm Center
Critical MikroTik Vulnerability - Patch Now, (Sun, Sep 6th)
Mikrotik released a patch late last week for an already-exploited vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an SSH authentication bypass and is already being exploited. At this point, assume compromise. Attackers have been adding new accounts to affected devices to maintain access…
Not included today: Krebs on Security (no articles in the last 36h); Dark Reading (no articles in the last 36h)