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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities

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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities

A suspected China-aligned threat group is exploiting patched critical vulnerabilities in Roundcube webmail software at U.S. and Canadian university physics and engineering departments to steal credentials. The campaign leverages flaws including CVE-2024-42009, a critical vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3 in the open-source email solution.

Why it matters: Universities and organizations running unpatched Roundcube instances need to patch immediately; academic researchers and their email accounts are actively targeted for credential theft by state-aligned attackers.

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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities

A suspected China-aligned threat group is exploiting patched critical vulnerabilities in Roundcube webmail software at U.S. and Canadian university physics and engineering departments to steal credentials. The campaign leverages flaws including CVE-2024-42009, a critical vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3 in the open-source email solution.

Why it matters: Universities and organizations running unpatched Roundcube instances need to patch immediately; academic researchers and their email accounts are actively targeted for credential theft by state-aligned attackers.

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