In today’s episode, we dive into the critical vulnerability in the Exim mail server, tracked as CVE-2024-39929, exposing millions to malicious attachments (https://thehackernews.com/2024/07/critical-exim-mail-server-vulnerability.html). We also discuss the massive data breach at AT&T Corp., exposing phone and SMS records for nearly 110 million customers (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/07/hackers-steal-phone-sms-records-for-nearly-all-att-customers/). Lastly, we review Cloudflare’s Application Security report detailing how threat actors weaponize proof-of-concept exploits within minutes of their release (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-poc-exploits-in-attacks-22-minutes-after-release/).
00:00 – Intro
00:53 – Exim Mail Servers Vulnerable to Malicious Attachments
02:04 – AT&T Data Breach Exposes 110M Call Records
03:23 – Hackers Exploit PoCs in 22 Minutes
Video Episode: https://youtu.be/Fe0YXWRxxyM
Sign up for digestible cyber news delivered to your inbox: https://news.thedailydecrypt.com
Thanks to Jered Jones for providing the music for this episode. https://www.jeredjones.com/
Logo Design by https://www.zackgraber.com/
Tags
Exim, CVE, Vulnerable, Attackers, Malware, Security, Cybersecurity News, Exploits, AT&T Breach, Data Exposure, Customer Data, Cloudflare, Security Report, Hackers, Cyber Threats, Proof-of-Concept Exploits, Security Measures
Search Phrases
- What are today’s top cybersecurity news stories?
- Latest Exim mail server vulnerabilities
- CVE-2024-39929 critical flaw details
- How to protect against Exim server attacks
- AT&T data breach 2023 impact
- Cloudflare security report highlights
- Real-world proof-of-concept exploits timeline
- Preventing breaches in cloud databases
- Security measures for mitigating cyber threats
- How hackers exploit vulnerabilities quickly