Author Archives: Onsite Computing, Inc.

Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild

Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-45249 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of remote code execution that stems from the use of default passwords. The flaw impacts the following versions of Acronis Cyber […]

Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed Phishing Emails

An unknown threat actor has been linked to a massive scam campaign that exploited an email routing misconfiguration in email security vendor Proofpoint’s defenses to send millions of messages spoofing various legitimate companies. “These emails echoed from official Proofpoint email relays with authenticated SPF and DKIM signatures, thus bypassing major security protections — all to […]

CrowdStrike was not the only security vendor vulnerable to hasty testing

The CrowdStrike gaffe that caused millions of Windows machines to crash with the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) could have happened to anyone considering how security updates are pushed these days, experts believe. With updates being rolled out daily by security vendors, it is important that they aren’t rushed and go through the basic […]

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