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Microsoft Identifies 3,000 Leaked ASP.NET Keys Enabling Code Injection Attacks
Microsoft is warning of an insecure practice wherein software developers are incorporating publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys from publicly accessible resources, thereby putting their applications in attackers’ pathway. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team said it observed limited activity in December 2024 that involved an unknown threat actor using a publicly available, static ASP.NET
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North Wasco County School District 21 superintendent makes statement on commitment to safe spaces for all students
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Town Hall in Hood River: Sen. Merkley, Rep. Dexter appear
HOOD RIVER — Every year, Sen. Jeff Merkley visits each of Oregon’s 36 counties. After talking with folks in Wasco County, freshman Rep. Maxine Dexter joined him at Hood River Middle School for a town hall Jan. 25.
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Cantwell Calls for Revitalized US Maritime Strategy to Secure Panama Canal from Foreign Adversaries, Increase Trade and Lower Costs for Americans
72% of the goods transiting the Canal come to or from US markets, 1 in 3 jobs in WA are related to trade
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Merkley, Wyden Blast President Trump’s Illegal Federal Funding Cuts That Harm American Families
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today (Jan. 29) issued the following statements in response to a federal judge blocking the Trump Administration’s executive order immediately stopping all federal loans and grants:
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AARP Oregon advocates for key issues in the 2025 Legislative session
Organization is committed to issues that impact older Oregonians
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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to delete PlugX malware from over 4,250 infected computers as part of a “multi-month law enforcement operation.” PlugX, also known as Korplug, is a remote access trojan (RAT) widely used by threat actors associated with…
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3 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws Patched in Microsoft’s Latest Security Update
Microsoft kicked off 2025 with a new set of patches for a total of 161 security vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, including three zero-days that have been actively exploited in attacks. Of the 161 flaws, 11 are rated Critical, and 149 are rated Important in severity. One other flaw, a non-Microsoft CVE related to a…
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Critical SimpleHelp Flaws Allow File Theft, Privilege Escalation, and RCE Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaws in SimpleHelp remote access software that could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and remote code execution. Horizon3.ai researcher Naveen Sunkavally, in a technical report detailing the findings, said the “vulnerabilities are trivial to reverse and exploit.” The list of identified flaws is as follows –
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Microsoft Uncovers macOS Vulnerability CVE-2024-44243 Allowing Rootkit Installation
Microsoft has shed light on a now-patched security flaw impacting Apple macOS that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed an attacker running as “root” to bypass the operating system’s System Integrity Protection (SIP) and install malicious kernel drivers by loading third-party kernel extensions. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-44243 (CVSS score: 5.5), a medium-severity bug
