Summary

Top Articles:

  • MacOS Zero-Day Allows Trusted Apps to Run Malicious Code
  • Kerberos Authentication Spoofing: Don’t Bypass the Spec
  • Apple Patches Three Actively Exploited Zero-Days, Part of iOS Emergency Update
  • Billions of Devices Open to Wi-Fi Eavesdropping Attacks
  • BrakTooth Bluetooth Bugs Bite: Exploit Code, PoC Released
  • Critical Bug in WordPress Plugins Open Sites to Hacker Takeovers
  • Attackers Exploit Critical Adobe Flaw to Target Windows Users
  • Citrix Bugs Allow Unauthenticated Code Injection, Data Theft
  • Bluetooth Flaws Could Allow Global Tracking of Apple, Windows 10 Devices
  • Remote Attackers Can Now Reach Protected Network Devices via NAT Slipstreaming

Tor Code Audit Finds 17 Vulnerabilities

Published: 2024-01-31 12:51:52

Popularity: 20

Author: Eduard Kovacs

Keywords:

  • Application Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • audit
  • Tor
  • Over a dozen vulnerabilities discovered in Tor audit, including a high-risk flaw that can be exploited to inject arbitrary bridges.  The post Tor Code Audit Finds 17 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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    Hackers Earn $400k on First Day at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023

    Published: 2023-10-25 15:49:59

    Popularity: 14

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • IoT Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Pwn2Own
  • NAS devices, printers, IP cameras, speakers, and mobile phones were hacked on the first day at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023. The post Hackers Earn $400k on First Day at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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    Android Security Update Patches Kernel Vulnerability Exploited by Spyware Vendor

    Published: 2023-05-05 08:33:00

    Popularity: 10

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Mobile & Wireless
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Android
  • Zero-Day
  • Google’s latest Android security updates patch over 40 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2023-0266, a kernel flaw exploited as a zero-day by a spyware vendor. The post Android Security Update Patches Kernel Vulnerability Exploited by Spyware Vendor appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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    SolarWinds Announces Upcoming Patches for High-Severity Vulnerabilities

    Published: 2023-02-17 12:58:13

    Popularity: 15

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • SolarWinds
  • SolarWinds advisories describe multiple high-severity vulnerabilities that a Platform update will patch by the end of February. The post SolarWinds Announces Upcoming Patches for High-Severity Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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    Critical Vulnerability in Premium Gift Cards WordPress Plugin Exploited in Attacks

    Published: 2022-12-27 10:10:33

    Popularity: 22

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Defiant’s Wordfence team warns of a critical-severity vulnerability in the YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards premium WordPress plugin being exploited in attacks. read more

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    Nearly 300 Vulnerabilities Patched in Huawei's HarmonyOS in 2022

    Published: 2023-01-03 11:39:44

    Popularity: 11

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Mobile & Wireless
  • Chinese tech giant Huawei patched nearly 300 vulnerabilities in its HarmonyOS operating system in 2022. read more

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    Vulnerability in Acer Laptops Allows Attackers to Disable Secure Boot

    Published: 2022-11-29 12:36:28

    Popularity: 12

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Boot fail""

    A vulnerability impacting multiple Acer laptop models could allow an attacker to disable the Secure Boot feature and bypass security protections to install malware. read more

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    Google Patches Eighth Chrome Zero-Day of 2022

    Published: 2022-11-28 10:31:25

    Popularity: 10

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Chrome crashed again""

    An emergency Chrome update that Google announced on Thanksgiving Day addresses an actively exploited zero-day in the popular browser. read more

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    PoC Code Published for High-Severity macOS Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

    Published: 2022-11-21 12:47:17

    Popularity: 12

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Buggy mac"

    A security researcher has published details and proof-of-concept (PoC) code for a macOS vulnerability that could be exploited to escape a sandbox and execute code within Terminal. read more

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    Chrome 106 Update Patches Several High-Severity Vulnerabilities

    Published: 2022-10-12 12:45:08

    Popularity: 7

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "bug hunt alert"

    Google announced on Tuesday that the latest Chrome update patches six high-severity vulnerabilities, including four use-after-free bugs. All the newly resolved vulnerabilities were discovered by external researchers and the internet giant has handed out $38,000 in bug bounty rewards to the reporters. read more

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    WordPress Security Update 6.0.3 Patches 16 Vulnerabilities

    Published: 2022-10-19 11:31:39

    Popularity: 16

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • WordPress 6.0.3 started rolling out this week. The latest security release patches 16 vulnerabilities. read more

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    Cloudflare is not affected by the OpenSSL vulnerabilities CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786

    Published: 2022-11-02 09:31:15

    Popularity: None

    Author: Evan Johnson

    Keywords:

  • Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Information on CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786, and why Cloudflare was not impacted

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    WordPress Sites Hacked via Zero-Day Vulnerability in WPGateway Plugin

    Published: 2022-09-14 13:49:39

    Popularity: 7

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Zero day hack"

    Many WordPress sites are at risk of full compromise as attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the WPGateway plugin, Defiant’s WordFence team warns. A premium plugin for the WPGateway cloud service, the WPGateway plugin provides users with WordPress installation, backup, and cloning capabilities. read more

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    WordPress 6.0.2 Patches Vulnerability That Could Impact Millions of Legacy Sites

    Published: 2022-08-31 11:39:06

    Popularity: 13

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • The WordPress team this week announced the release of version 6.0.2 of the content management system (CMS), with patches for three security bugs, including a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability. read more

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    'DirtyCred' Vulnerability Haunting Linux Kernel for 8 Years

    Published: 2022-08-23 12:35:00

    Popularity: 9

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "buggy kernel"

    Academic researchers from Northwestern University have shared details on ‘DirtyCred’, a previously unknown privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel. read more

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    Security Firm Discloses CrowdStrike Issue After 'Ridiculous Disclosure Process'

    Published: 2022-08-23 11:29:19

    Popularity: 27

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Cyber Oops"

    A security firm has disclosed the details of an issue affecting a CrowdStrike product after what it described as a ‘ridiculous vulnerability disclosure process’. CrowdStrike has provided some clarifications following the disclosure. read more

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    Secure Boot Bypass Flaws Affect Bootloaders of Many Devices Made in Past Decade

    Published: 2022-08-15 13:30:49

    Popularity: 8

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Bootjacked"

    Bootloaders present in a majority of computers made in the past 10 years are affected by Secure Boot bypass vulnerabilities, according to firmware security company Eclypsium. read more

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    Google Patches Critical Android Flaw Allowing Remote Code Execution via Bluetooth

    Published: 2022-08-02 10:30:19

    Popularity: 14

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Google on Monday published a security bulletin describing the latest round of patches for the Android operating system. Three dozen vulnerabilities have been fixed, including a critical issue that can be exploited for remote code execution over Bluetooth. read more

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    Lenovo Patches UEFI Code Execution Vulnerability Affecting Many Laptops

    Published: 2022-07-13 20:02:47

    Popularity: 19

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""UEFI bugger""

    Lenovo has released a security advisory to inform customers that more than 70 of its laptops are affected by a UEFI/BIOS vulnerability that can lead to arbitrary code execution. read more

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    New Database Catalogs Cloud Vulnerabilities, Security Issues

    Published: 2022-06-28 13:01:05

    Popularity: 12

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Risk Management
  • Cloud Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Management & Strategy
  • Cloud security company Wiz has announced the launch of a new database whose goal is to keep track of vulnerabilities and other security issues affecting cloud services. read more

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    Google Patches 14 Vulnerabilities With Release of Chrome 103

    Published: 2022-06-22 12:10:20

    Popularity: 14

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Google this week announced the release of Chrome 103 to the stable channel with patches for a total of 14 vulnerabilities, including nine reported by external researchers. The most severe of these bugs is CVE-2022-2156, which is described as a critical-severity use-after-free issue in Base. read more

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    Exploited Vulnerability Patched in WordPress Plugin With Over 1 Million Installations

    Published: 2022-06-17 12:00:51

    Popularity: 13

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Cybercrime
  • More than one million WordPress websites were potentially impacted by a critical Ninja Forms plugin vulnerability that appears to have been exploited in the wild. With over one million installations, the popular Ninja Forms plugin helps administrators add customizable forms to their WordPress sites. read more

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    China-linked APT Flew Under Radar for Decade

    Published: 2022-06-17 13:34:04

    Popularity: 57

    Author: Nate Nelson

    Keywords:

  • Government
  • Malware
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Evidence suggests that a just-discovered APT has been active since 2013.

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    Report: L3 Emerges as Suitor for Embattled NSO Group

    🤖: "Spy game 😏"

    L3 Technologies, a U.S. government contractor that sells aerospace and defense technology, has emerged as a suitor for Israeli exploit merchant NSO Group. read more

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    Millions of Budget Smartphones With UNISOC Chips Vulnerable to Remote DoS Attacks

    Published: 2022-06-02 15:00:17

    Popularity: 10

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Wireless Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Mobile & Wireless
  • 🤖: ""bugged phones""

    Millions of budget smartphones that use UNISOC chipsets could have their communications remotely disrupted by hackers due to a critical vulnerability discovered recently by researchers at cybersecurity firm Check Point. read more

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    Researchers Spot Supply Chain Attack Targeting GitLab CI Pipelines

    Published: 2022-05-19 17:35:51

    Popularity: 13

    Author: Ryan Naraine

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Security researchers at SentinelLabs are calling attention to a software chain supply attack targeting Rust developers with malware aimed directly at infecting GitLab Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines. read more

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    Google Discloses Details of Zoom Zero-Click Remote Code Execution Exploit

    Published: 2022-05-25 10:37:49

    Popularity: 12

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Google’s Project Zero has disclosed the details of a zero-click remote code execution exploit targeting the Zoom video conferencing software. read more

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    Critical Vulnerability in Premium WordPress Themes Allows for Site Takeover

    Published: 2022-05-19 13:03:37

    Popularity: 238

    Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • Privilege escalation flaw discovered in the Jupiter and JupiterX Core Plugin affects more than 90,000 sites.

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    NVIDIA Patches Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Graphics Driver

    Published: 2022-05-18 10:21:17

    Popularity: 18

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Crashing graphics""

    NVIDIA has announced the roll-out of updates for its graphics drivers to address multiple vulnerabilities, including four CVEs rated “high severity.” read more

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    Large-Scale Attack Targeting Tatsu Builder WordPress Plugin

    Published: 2022-05-18 08:38:10

    Popularity: 29

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Security breach!"

    Tens of thousands of WordPress websites are potentially at risk of compromise as part of an ongoing large-scale attack targeting a remote code execution vulnerability in the Tatsu Builder plugin. read more

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    Chrome 101 Update Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities

    Published: 2022-05-11 15:37:18

    Popularity: 11

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Browser crisis!"

    Google this week announced the release of a Chrome browser update that resolves a total of 13 vulnerabilities, including nine that were reported by external researchers. Of the externally reported security holes, seven are use-after-free bugs – these types of vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution. read more

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    Unpatched DNS Bug Puts Millions of Routers, IoT Devices at Risk

    Published: 2022-05-04 10:27:47

    Popularity: 97

    Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

    Keywords:

  • IoT
  • Vulnerabilities
  • A flaw in all versions of the popular C standard libraries uClibe and uClibe-ng can allow for DNS poisoning attacks against target devices.

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    Millions of Java Apps Remain Vulnerable to Log4Shell

    Published: 2022-04-27 12:11:25

    Popularity: 70

    Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • Four months after the critical flaw was discovered, attackers have a massive attack surface from which they can exploit the flaw and take over systems, researchers found.

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    Chrome 101 Patches 30 Vulnerabilities

    Published: 2022-04-27 11:15:49

    Popularity: 16

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Google this week announced that Chrome 101 was released to the stable channel with 30 security fixes inside, including 25 for vulnerabilities identified by external security researchers. read more

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    Oracle Releases 520 New Security Patches With April 2022 CPU

    Published: 2022-04-20 09:57:39

    Popularity: 14

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Patching frenzy"

    Oracle on Tuesday announced the release of 520 security fixes as part of its April 2022 Critical Patch Update (CPU), including nearly 300 for vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely without authentication. read more

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    Firmware Flaws Allow Disabling Secure Boot on Lenovo Laptops

    🤖: "Boot fail"

    Computer maker Lenovo has started pushing security patches to address three vulnerabilities impacting the UEFI firmware of more than 110 laptop models. read more

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    Adobe Patches Gaping Security Holes in Acrobat, Reader, Photoshop

    🤖: "security alert"

    Adobe's security update engine revved into overdrive this month with the release of patches for at least 78 documented software vulnerabilities, some serious enough to expose corporate customers to remote code execution attacks. read more

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    Academics Devise Side-Channel Attack Targeting Multi-GPU Systems

    Published: 2022-04-05 10:22:14

    Popularity: 8

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Security Architecture
  • Vulnerabilities
  • A group of academic researchers has devised a side-channel attack targeting architectures that rely on multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) for resource-intensive computational operations. read more

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    Log4JShell Used to Swarm VMware Servers with Miners, Backdoors

    Published: 2022-03-29 20:33:08

    Popularity: 52

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Malware
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • Researchers have found three backdoors and four miners in attacks exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability, some of which are still ongoing.

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    SonicWall Patches Critical Vulnerability in Firewall Appliances

    Published: 2022-03-29 10:36:10

    Popularity: 16

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • SonicWall has released patches for a critical-severity vulnerability in the web management interface of multiple firewall appliances. Tracked as CVE-2022-22274 (CVSS score of 9.4), the security flaw is described as a stack-based buffer overflow bug that impacts SonicOS. read more

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    Software Supply Chain Weakness: Snyk Warns of 'Deliberate Sabotage' of NPM Ecosystem

    Software supply chain security fears escalated again this week with the discovery of what’s being described as "deliberate sabotage" of code in the open-source npm package manager ecosystem. read more

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    Google Issues Emergency Fix for Chrome Zero-Day

    Published: 2022-03-27 11:58:30

    Popularity: 55

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Google has issued an emergency security update for Chrome 99 to resolve a vulnerability for which a public exploit already exists.  read more

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    High-Severity UEFI Vulnerabilities Patched in Dell Enterprise Laptops

    Published: 2022-03-22 11:51:19

    Popularity: 7

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Firmware fail!"

    Firmware security company Binarly this week disclosed the details of several vulnerabilities that impact the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) of multiple Dell enterprise laptop models. read more

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    New Variant of Spectre Attack Bypasses Intel and Arm Hardware Mitigations

    Published: 2022-03-10 11:55:14

    Popularity: 18

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Spectre strikes again""

    A team of researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands has demonstrated a new Spectre attack variant that can bypass hardware mitigations implemented in recent years by Intel and Arm. read more

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    CVE-2022-26143: A Zero-Day vulnerability for launching UDP amplification DDoS attacks

    Published: 2022-03-08 15:22:13

    Popularity: None

    Author: Omer Yoachimik

    Keywords:

  • DDoS
  • Zero-Day
  • Attacks
  • Managed Rules
  • Mitel
  • 0-Day
  • Exploit
  • Vulnerabilities
  • A zero-day vulnerability in the Mitel MiCollab business phone system has recently been discovered (CVE-2022-26143). This vulnerability, called TP240PhoneHome, which Cloudflare customers are already protected against, can be used to launch UDP amplification attacks

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    Google Patches 27 Vulnerabilities With Release of Chrome 98

    Published: 2022-02-02 09:50:47

    Popularity: 19

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Chrome patch party 🎉💻"

    Google on Tuesday announced the release of Chrome 98 in the stable channel with a total of 27 security fixes inside, including 19 for vulnerabilities reported by external researchers. The most severe of these security defects could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the Chrome browser has on the target system. read more

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    Xerox Quietly Patched Device-Bricking Flaw Affecting Some Printers

    Published: 2022-01-28 11:41:48

    Popularity: 20

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Xerox patched a device-bricking vulnerability in certain printer models more than a year and a half ago, but said nothing until this week, when information on the bug became public. read more

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    20K WordPress Sites Exposed by Insecure Plugin REST-API

    Published: 2022-01-21 18:19:37

    Popularity: 34

    Author: Becky Bracken

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • The WordPress WP HTML Mail plugin for personalized emails is vulnerable to code injection and phishing due to XSS.

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    Critical SAP Vulnerability Allows Supply Chain Attacks

    Published: 2022-01-17 13:13:42

    Popularity: 15

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""sap hacked""

    A critical vulnerability addressed recently in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform could be abused to set up supply chain attacks, SAP security solutions provider SecurityBridge warns. read more

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    New Flaws Expose EVlink Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to Remote Hacking

    Published: 2021-12-27 11:33:20

    Popularity: 10

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • ICS/OT
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • IoT Security
  • 🤖: ""Charging hacked""

    Schneider Electric has patched several new vulnerabilities that expose its EVlink electric vehicle charging stations to remote hacker attacks. read more

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    Project Zero Flags High-Risk Zoom Security Flaw

    Video conferencing software giant Zoom has shipped patches for a pair of security defects that expose Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android users to malicious hacker attacks. read more

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    GitHub Confirms Another Major NPM Security Defect

    Microsoft-owned GitHub is again flagging major security problems in the npm registry, warning that a pair of newly discovered vulnerabilities continue to expose the soft underbelly of the open-source software supply chain. read more

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    Blacksmith: Rowhammer Fuzzer Bypasses Existing Protections

    🤖: "Hammer time crashes"

    A group of security researchers devised a new attack that completely bypasses the existing mitigations against the Rowhammer vulnerability in dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips. read more

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    BrakTooth Bluetooth Bugs Bite: Exploit Code, PoC Released

    Published: 2021-11-05 17:00:57

    Popularity: 932

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • CISA is urging vendors to patch, given the release of public exploit code & a proof of concept tool for bugs that open billions of devices – phones, PCs, toys, etc. – to DoS & code execution.

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    Zoho Password Manager Flaw Torched by Godzilla Webshell

    Published: 2021-11-08 16:38:05

    Popularity: 36

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Malware
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • Researchers have spotted a second, worldwide campaign exploiting the Zoho zero-day: one that’s breached defense, energy and healthcare organizations.

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    Android Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Kernel Bug

    Published: 2021-11-02 17:20:42

    Popularity: 49

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Google’s Android November 2021 security updates plug 18 flaws in the framework and system components and 18 more in the kernel and vendor components.

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    Shrootless: macOS Vulnerability Found by Microsoft Allows Rootkit Installation

    Published: 2021-10-29 13:28:08

    Popularity: 9

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Rootkit alert!"

    Microsoft on Thursday published information on a vulnerability in Apple’s macOS platform that could allow an attacker to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and modify operating system files. read more

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    Twitter Suspends Accounts Used to Snare Security Researchers

    Published: 2021-10-18 16:23:21

    Popularity: 88

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Hacks
  • Malware
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • The accounts were used to catfish security researchers into downloading malware in a long-running cyber-espionage campaign attributed to North Korea.

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    Researchers Disclose New Side-Channel Attacks Affecting All AMD CPUs

    Published: 2021-10-15 11:07:26

    Popularity: 18

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Researchers have disclosed the details of new timing and power-based side-channel attacks that affect all CPUs made by AMD, but the chipmaker says no new mitigations are necessary. read more

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    MFA Glitch Leads to 6K+ Coinbase Customers Getting Robbed

    Published: 2021-10-01 20:08:23

    Popularity: 191

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Breach
  • Hacks
  • Mobile Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Coinbase suspects phishing led to attackers getting personal details needed to access wallets but also blamed a flaw in its SMS-based 2FA.

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    Apple AirTag Zero-Day Weaponizes Trackers

    Published: 2021-09-29 20:48:33

    Popularity: 177

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • IoT
  • Malware
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • Apple's personal item-tracker devices can be used to deliver malware, slurp credentials, steal tokens and more thanks to XSS.

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    Akamai to Acquire Guardicore in $600M Zero Trust Tech Deal

    Edge security and content delivery giant Akamai Technologies on Wednesday announced plans to spend $600 million to acquire Guardicore, an Israeli micro-segmentation technology startup. Akamai said the deal would add new capabilities to help customers thwart ransomware attacks by blocking the spread of malware within an already-compromised enterprise. read more

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    Apple Confirms New Zero-Day Attacks on Older iPhones

    Apple on Thursday confirmed a new zero-day exploit hitting older iPhones and warned that the security vulnerability also affects the macOS Catalina platform. read more

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    Attacks Targeting OMIGOD Vulnerability Ramping Up

    Published: 2021-09-21 03:45:05

    Popularity: 13

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Virus & Threats
  • Malware
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Cybercrime
  • Attackers are increasingly targeting a remote code execution vulnerability in the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) framework that Microsoft released patches for earlier this month. read more

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    Adobe Snuffs Critical Bugs in Acrobat, Experience Manager

    Published: 2021-09-14 21:02:49

    Popularity: 44

    Author: Tom Spring

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Adobe releases security updates for 59 bugs affecting its core products, including Adobe Acrobat Reader, XMP Toolkit SDK and Photoshop.

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    Google Warns of Exploited Zero-Days in Chrome Browser

    🤖: "Zero Day Alert"

    Google has joined the list of major software providers scrambling to respond to zero-day exploits in the wild. read more

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    SideWalk Backdoor Linked to China-Linked Spy Group ‘Grayfly’

    Published: 2021-09-09 14:30:56

    Popularity: 115

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Hacks
  • Malware
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • Grayfly campaigns have launched the novel malware against businesses in Taiwan, Vietnam, the US and Mexico and are targeting Exchange and MySQL servers.

    ...more

    ‘Azurescape’ Kubernetes Attack Allows Cross-Container Cloud Compromise

    Published: 2021-09-09 16:39:13

    Popularity: 147

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • Cloud Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • A chain of exploits could allow a malicious Azure user to infiltrate other customers' cloud instances within Microsoft's container-as-a-service offering.

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    Thousands of Fortinet VPN Account Credentials Leaked

    Published: 2021-09-09 22:49:27

    Popularity: 39

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Malware
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • They were posted for free by former Babuk gang members who’ve bickered, squabbled and huffed off to start their own darn ransomware businesses, dagnabbit.

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    Recently Patched Confluence Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

    Published: 2021-09-02 10:47:16

    Popularity: 7

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Virus & Threats
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Cybercrime
  • Hackers started exploiting a vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence enterprise collaboration product just one week after the availability of a patch was announced. read more

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    Kerberos Authentication Spoofing: Don’t Bypass the Spec

    Published: 2021-08-18 13:19:15

    Popularity: 1210

    Author: Yaron Kassner

    Keywords:

  • Hacks
  • InfoSec Insider
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • Yaron Kassner, CTO at Silverfort, discusses authentication-bypass bugs in Cisco ASA, F5 Big-IP, IBM QRadar and Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS.

    ...more

    Adobe Plugs Critical Photoshop Security Flaws

    🤖: "Photoshop fail"

    Adobe has issued a warning for a pair of major security vulnerabilities affecting its popular Photoshop image manipulation software. The flaws, rated critical, expose both Windows and MacOS users to code execution attacks, Adobe said in an advisory released Tuesday. read more

    ...more

    New DNS Attack Enables 'Nation-State Level Spying' via Domain Registration

    Published: 2021-08-06 15:08:13

    Popularity: 14

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • A new domain name system (DNS) attack method that involves registering a domain with a specific name can be leveraged for what researchers described as “nation-state level spying.” read more

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    Adobe Patches 21 Vulnerabilities Across Seven Products

    Published: 2021-07-21 10:03:49

    Popularity: 13

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Patch party""

    Security updates released by Adobe on Tuesday for seven of its products patch a total of 21 vulnerabilities, including 15 flaws that have been assigned a critical severity rating. read more

    ...more

    Adobe: Critical Flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Illustrator

    🤖: "Crashing software"

    Adobe has issued multiple security advisories with patches for critical vulnerabilities in a wide range of software products, including the ever-present Adobe Acrobat and Reader application. read more

    ...more

    Critical VMware Carbon Black Bug Allows Authentication Bypass

    Published: 2021-06-24 15:31:31

    Popularity: 74

    Author: Lisa Vaas

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • The 9.4-rated bug in AppC could give attackers admin rights, no authentication required, letting them attack anything from PoS to industrial control systems.

    ...more

    GitHub Discloses Details of Easy-to-Exploit Linux Vulnerability

    Published: 2021-06-11 13:09:45

    Popularity: 12

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Linux pwned""

    GitHub this week disclosed the details of an easy-to-exploit Linux vulnerability that can be leveraged to escalate privileges to root on the targeted system. The flaw, classified as high severity and tracked as CVE-2021-3560, impacts polkit, an authorization service that is present by default in many Linux distributions. read more

    ...more

    Google Patches Critical Android RCE Bug

    Published: 2021-06-08 19:02:25

    Popularity: 68

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Google's June security bulletin addresses 90+ bugs in Android and Pixel devices.

    ...more

    VMware Urges Customers to Immediately Patch Critical vSphere Vulnerability

    Published: 2021-05-26 14:29:30

    Popularity: 9

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "patch party fail"

    VMware has urged customers to immediately patch a critical vulnerability affecting vCenter Server, the management interface for vSphere environments. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21985, was reported to VMware by Ricter Z of 360 Noah Lab and it has been patched in versions 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0 of vCenter Server. read more

    ...more

    Vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Code Extensions Expose Developers to Attacks

    Published: 2021-05-27 14:09:48

    Popularity: 10

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Virus & Threats
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Extension exploited""

    Vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Code extensions could be exploited by malicious attackers to steal valuable information from developers and even compromise organizations, researchers with open-source software security firm Snyk say. read more

    ...more

    Researchers Find Exploitable Bugs in Mercedes-Benz Cars

    🤖: "car hack"

    Following an eight-month audit of the code in the latest infotainment system in Mercedes-Benz cars, security researchers with Tencent Security Keen Lab identified five vulnerabilities, four of which could be exploited for remote code execution. read more

    ...more

    $200,000 Awarded for Zero-Click Zoom Exploit at Pwn2Own

    Published: 2021-04-08 11:13:54

    Popularity: 47

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Two researchers earned $200,000 on the second day of the Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition for a Zoom exploit allowing remote code execution without user interaction. read more

    ...more

    North Korean .Gov Hackers Back With Fake Pen-Test Company

    A North Korean government-backed APT group has been caught using a fake pen-testing company and a range of sock puppet social media accounts in an escalation of a hacking campaign targeting security research professionals. read more

    ...more

    Zoom Screen-Sharing Glitch ‘Briefly’ Leaks Sensitive Data

    Published: 2021-03-18 15:52:29

    Popularity: 268

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • A glitch in Zoom's screen-sharing feature shows parts of presenters' screens that they did not intend to share - potentially leaking emails or passwords.

    ...more

    Tutor LMS for WordPress Open to Info-Stealing Security Holes

    Published: 2021-03-18 11:50:44

    Popularity: 113

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • The popular learning-management system for teacher-student communication is rife with SQL-injection vulnerabilities.

    ...more

    Research Shows How Solar Energy Installations Can Be Abused by Hackers

    Published: 2021-02-17 15:24:26

    Popularity: 28

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • IoT Security
  • Researchers at cybersecurity firm FireEye have analyzed a gateway device used for solar energy installations, and discovered vulnerabilities that could be useful to malicious hackers. read more

    ...more

    Critical WordPress Plugin Flaw Allows Site Takeover

    Published: 2021-02-08 21:11:57

    Popularity: 124

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • A patch in the NextGen Gallery WordPress plugin fixes critical and high-severity cross-site request forgery flaws.

    ...more

    Adobe Patches Reader Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

    Published: 2021-02-09 18:29:39

    Popularity: 24

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Virus & Threats
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Cybercrime
  • Adobe on Tuesday announced the availability of patches for 50 vulnerabilities across six of its products, including a zero-day vulnerability in Reader that has been exploited in the wild. read more

    ...more

    Attackers Exploit Critical Adobe Flaw to Target Windows Users

    Published: 2021-02-09 19:40:47

    Popularity: 643

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • A critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader has been exploited in "limited attacks."

    ...more

    Misconfigured Baby Monitors Allow Unauthorized Viewing

    Published: 2021-02-16 16:50:35

    Popularity: 302

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • Cloud Security
  • IoT
  • Mobile Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • Hundreds of thousands of individuals are potentially affected by this vulnerability.

    ...more

    Three New Vulnerabilities Patched in OpenSSL

    Published: 2021-02-17 09:31:00

    Popularity: 36

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • read more

    ...more

    Intel Squashes High-Severity Graphics Driver Flaws

    Published: 2021-02-10 15:16:15

    Popularity: 125

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Intel is warning on security bugs across its graphics drivers, server boards, compute modules and modems.

    ...more

    Vulnerabilities in Realtek Wi-Fi Module Expose Many Devices to Remote Attacks

    Published: 2021-02-04 13:21:18

    Popularity: 24

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Wireless Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Mobile & Wireless
  • Major vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8195A Wi-Fi module expose embedded devices used in a myriad of industries to remote attacks, researchers with automated device security platform provider Vdoo reveal. read more

    ...more

    Unpatched WordPress Plugin Code-Injection Bug Afflicts 50K Sites

    Published: 2021-02-05 22:20:20

    Popularity: 133

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • An CRSF-to-stored-XSS security bug plagues 50,000 'Contact Form 7' Style users.

    ...more

    Google Patches Over a Dozen High-Severity Privilege Escalation Flaws in Android

    Published: 2021-02-03 04:38:32

    Popularity: 36

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Mobile & Wireless
  • Google this week published its Android security bulletin for February 2021, which includes information on more than 40 vulnerabilities, most of which could lead to elevation of privilege. read more

    ...more

    SolarWinds Orion Bug Allows Easy Remote-Code Execution and Takeover

    Published: 2021-02-03 11:00:21

    Popularity: 261

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • The by-now infamous company has issued patches for three security vulnerabilities in total.

    ...more

    Weak ACLs in Adobe ColdFusion Allow Privilege Escalation

    Published: 2021-02-03 12:59:51

    Popularity: 36

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • A newly disclosed vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion could be exploited by unprivileged users for the execution of arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. The popular commercial web-application development platform uses the CFML scripting language and is mainly used for the creation of data-driven websites. read more

    ...more

    Apple Issues Patches for NAT Slipstreaming 2.0 Attack

    Published: 2021-02-02 11:26:42

    Popularity: 42

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Network Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Apple this week released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in macOS and Safari, including a flaw that can be exploited for the recently disclosed NAT Slipstreaming 2.0 attack. read more

    ...more

    Apple Adds 'BlastDoor' to Secure iPhones From Zero-Click Attacks

    Published: 2021-01-28 20:31:16

    Popularity: 70

    Author: Ryan Naraine

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Apple has quietly added several anti-exploit mitigations into its flagship mobile operating system in what appears to be a specific response to zero-click iMessage attacks observed in the wild. read more

    ...more

    Remote Attackers Can Now Reach Protected Network Devices via NAT Slipstreaming

    Published: 2021-01-27 20:32:55

    Popularity: 440

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • Critical Infrastructure
  • Hacks
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • A new version of NAT slipstreaming allows cybercriminals an easy path to devices that aren't connected to the internet.

    ...more

    ADT Security Camera Flaws Open Homes to Eavesdropping

    Published: 2021-01-27 18:05:51

    Popularity: 227

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • IoT
  • Privacy
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Researchers publicly disclosed flaws in ADT's LifeShield DIY HD Video Doorbell, which could have allowed local attackers to access credentials, video feeds and more.

    ...more

    Pwn2Own 2021: Hackers Offered $200,000 for Zoom, Microsoft Teams Exploits

    Published: 2021-01-27 09:49:45

    Popularity: 54

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • Network Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Application Security
  • Cloud Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • IoT Security
  • Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) on Tuesday announced the targets, prizes and rules for the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2021 hacking competition, a hybrid event scheduled to take place on April 6-8. read more

    ...more

    Apple Patches Three Actively Exploited Zero-Days, Part of iOS Emergency Update

    Published: 2021-01-27 12:21:28

    Popularity: 1153

    Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • An anonymous researcher identified bugs in the software’s kernel and WebKit browser engine that are likely part of an exploit chain.

    ...more

    Report: TikTok Harvested MAC Addresses By Exploiting Android Loophole

    The ongoing controversies surrounding TikTok hit a new gear on Thursday with a bombshell report accusing the Chinese company of spying on millions of Android users using a technique banned by Google. read more

    ...more

    Google Warns of Critical Android Remote Code Execution Bug

    Google's Android security update addressed 43 bugs overall affecting Android handsets, including Samsung phones.

    ...more

    Hardcoded Credentials Expose Zyxel Firewalls and WLAN Controllers to Remote Attacks

    Published: 2021-01-04 15:12:42

    Popularity: 24

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Network Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "passwords out"

    Several Zyxel firewall and WLAN controller products contain hardcoded credentials for an undocumented user account that has admin privileges. Identified by EYE security researcher Niels Teusink, the vulnerability exists because the password for the “zyfwp” user account was stored in plaintext and was visible in one of the binaries on the system. read more

    ...more

    Apple Loses Copyright Suit Against Security Startup

    Published: 2020-12-29 20:19:41

    Popularity: 28

    Author: AFP

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • A federal judge Tuesday dismissed Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit against cybersecurity startup Corellium in a case which could have implications for researchers who find software bugs and vulnerabilities. read more

    ...more

    Widespread Scans Underway for RCE Bugs in WordPress Websites

    WordPress websites using buggy Epsilon Framework themes are being hunted by hackers.

    ...more

    Vulnerabilities Expose Thousands of MobileIron Servers to Remote Attacks

    Published: 2020-09-14 12:18:11

    Popularity: 44

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Mobile & Wireless
  • Researchers have disclosed the details of several potentially serious vulnerabilities affecting MobileIron’s mobile device management (MDM) solutions, including a flaw that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker for remote code execution on affected servers. read more

    ...more

    Adobe Patches Critical Code Execution Flaws in AEM, FrameMaker, InDesign

    Published: 2020-09-08 18:07:19

    Popularity: 24

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Adobe on Tuesday informed customers that it has patched a total of 18 vulnerabilities across its Experience Manager (AEM), FrameMaker and InDesign products. read more

    ...more

    Chinese Researchers Show How They Remotely Hacked a Mercedes-Benz

    Published: 2020-08-07 19:11:40

    Popularity: 100

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Wireless Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Mobile & Wireless
  • IoT Security
  • read more

    ...more

    High-Severity Android RCE Flaw Fixed in August Security Update

    Published: 2020-08-05 16:14:26

    Popularity: 124

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Android
  • Android operating system
  • google
  • high severity flaw
  • Qualcomm
  • RCE
  • remote code execution
  • Google addressed high-severity and critical flaws tied to 54 CVEs in this month's Android security bulletin.

    ...more

    Zoom Flaw Could Have Allowed Hackers To Crack Meeting Passcodes

    Published: 2020-07-30 21:40:31

    Popularity: 146

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security
  • incorrect passcode check
  • passcode
  • security issue
  • zoom
  • zoom flaw
  • Zoom has fixed the issue, which stemmed from a lack of checks against incorrect passcode attempts.

    ...more

    Citrix Bugs Allow Unauthenticated Code Injection, Data Theft

    Admins should patch their Citrix ADC and Gateway installs immediately.

    ...more

    Apache Guacamole Opens Door for Total Control of Remote Footprint

    Several vulnerabilities can be chained together for a full exploit.

    ...more

    AMD Preparing Patches for UEFI SMM Vulnerability

    Published: 2020-06-22 10:11:26

    Popularity: 40

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Firmware fix""

    AMD last week said it was preparing patches for a vulnerability affecting the System Management Mode (SMM) of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) shipped with systems that use certain notebook and embedded processors. read more

    ...more

    Adobe Patches 18 Critical Flaws in Out-Of-Band Update

    Critical vulnerabilities were patched in Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush and Audition.

    ...more

    Microsoft Patches Critical Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Windows, Browsers

    Published: 2020-06-10 03:32:35

    Popularity: 29

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Microsoft’s security updates for June 2020 patch 129 vulnerabilities, including 11 critical remote code execution flaws affecting Windows, the Edge and Internet Explorer browsers, and SharePoint. read more

    ...more

    'SMBleed' Vulnerability Impacts Windows SMB Protocol

    Published: 2020-06-10 17:46:48

    Popularity: 36

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • One of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft addressed on June 2020 Patch Tuesday is a Server Message Block (SMB) protocol bug that could allow an attacker to leak kernel memory remotely, without authentication. read more

    ...more

    Critical Intel Flaws Fixed in Active Management Technology

    Published: 2020-06-10 18:37:53

    Popularity: 138

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • critical flaw
  • Intel
  • Intel AMT
  • Intel Security
  • intel security update
  • Security
  • vulnerability
  • Two critical flaws in Intel AMT, which could enable privilege escalation, were patched along with 20 other bugs in its June security update.

    ...more

    Critical Flaw in SEO Plugin Exposed Many WordPress Sites to Attacks

    Published: 2020-04-01 12:05:32

    Popularity: 33

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • A critical vulnerability in the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress could allow attackers to lock administrators out of their own websites, WordPress security company Defiant reports. read more

    ...more

    No Patch for VPN Bypass Flaw Discovered in iOS

    Published: 2020-03-26 19:55:19

    Popularity: 49

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Privacy
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Data Protection
  • Mobile & Wireless
  • Privacy & Compliance
  • 🤖: ""VPN fail""

    Proton Technologies, the company behind the privacy-focused ProtonMail and ProtonVPN services, this week disclosed the existence of a vulnerability in Apple’s iOS mobile operating system that prevents VPN applications from encrypting all traffic. read more

    ...more

    Critical Flaw in VMware Workstation, Fusion Allows Code Execution on Host From Guest

    Published: 2020-03-13 15:21:36

    Popularity: 72

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Vulnerable VMs""

    VMware has patched three serious vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical flaw in Workstation and Fusion that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the host from the guest operating system. The critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3947, is caused by a use-after-free bug in the vmnetdhcp component. read more

    ...more

    Cisco Patches Remote Code Execution Flaws in Webex Player

    Published: 2020-03-04 21:06:42

    Popularity: 24

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Code execution failure""

    Cisco has released patches to address more than a dozen vulnerabilities across various products, including two code execution bugs in Webex Player that could be exploited remotely.  read more

    ...more

    Billions of Devices Open to Wi-Fi Eavesdropping Attacks

    The Kr00k bug arises from an all-zero encryption key in Wi-Fi chips that reveals communications from devices from Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung and others.

    ...more

    Flaw in WordPress Themes Plugin Allowed Hackers to Become Site Admin

    Published: 2020-02-17 15:44:34

    Popularity: 41

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Security breach""

    A serious vulnerability found in a WordPress themes plugin with over 200,000 active installations can be exploited to wipe a website’s database and gain administrator access to the site. read more

    ...more

    Google Sets Record High in Bug-Bounty Payouts

    After a year of big changes, white hats reaped more from Google's programs than ever before.

    ...more

    Thai Officials Say Prison Cameras Were Hacked, Broadcast

    Published: 2019-12-26 15:07:05

    Popularity: 40

    Author: Associated Press

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • IoT Security
  • Authorities in Thailand say they are investigating an apparent online break-in by a computer hacker that allowed him to broadcast surveillance video from inside a prison in the country's south. read more

    ...more

    Critical Bug in WordPress Plugins Open Sites to Hacker Takeovers

    Published: 2019-12-13 18:33:39

    Popularity: 743

    Author: Tom Spring

    Keywords:

  • Hacks
  • Vulnerabilities
  • authentication bypass
  • Beaver Builder
  • Elementor
  • Ultimate addon
  • wordpress
  • One flaw found in WordPress plugins Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder and Ultimate Addons for Elementor is actively being exploited.

    ...more

    Researchers Disclose Another SIM Card Attack Possibly Impacting Millions

    Published: 2019-09-27 11:33:27

    Popularity: 76

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Mobile Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Mobile & Wireless
  • A new variant of a recently disclosed SIM card attack method could expose millions of mobile phones to remote hacking, researchers have warned. read more

    ...more

    Vulnerability Patched in Firefox Password Manager

    Published: 2019-08-15 18:04:13

    Popularity: 38

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Identity & Access
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Browser blues"

    The latest update released by Mozilla for Firefox patches a vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass the master password of the built-in password manager and obtain stored passwords. read more

    ...more

    Bluetooth Flaws Could Allow Global Tracking of Apple, Windows 10 Devices

    Identifying tokens and random addresses, meant to create anonymity, do not change in sync on some devices -- opening an attack vector.

    ...more

    Threat Actor Poisons OpenPGP Certificates

    Published: 2019-07-01 15:30:03

    Popularity: 29

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Virus & Threats
  • Identity & Access
  • Risk Management
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Crypto chaos"

    Poisoned certificates are in the OpenPGP SKS keyserver network after an unknown threat actor targeted the OpenPGP certificates of two high-profile community contributors. read more

    ...more

    FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Flaws in Medtronic Insulin Pumps

    The FDA sent out an urgent advisory warning of serious flaws in Medtronic's insulin pumps, which are used by thousands across the U.S.

    ...more

    MongoDB Leak Exposed Millions of Medical Insurance Records

    Published: 2019-06-28 19:52:31

    Popularity: 257

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Breach
  • Vulnerabilities
  • cloud
  • data exposure
  • database
  • medicaresupplement.com
  • mongodb database
  • Millions of records containing personal information and medical insurance data were exposed by a database belonging to insurance marketing website MedicareSupplement.com.

    ...more

    Vulnerabilities Expose BD Infusion Therapy Devices to Attacks

    Published: 2019-06-14 14:16:23

    Popularity: 51

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • IoT Security
  • 🤖: ""Infusion hack""

    CyberMDX, a research and analysis company specializing in medical device security, on Thursday revealed that its employees identified two serious vulnerabilities in infusion therapy products from medical technology firm BD. read more

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    Intel NUC Firmware Open to Privilege Escalation, DoS and Information Disclosure

    Published: 2019-06-12 13:25:43

    Popularity: 168

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • high severity flaw
  • Intel
  • intel nuc
  • Intel Patch
  • mini PC
  • Next Unit of Computing
  • NUC
  • vulnerability
  • Intel has patched seven high-severity vulnerabilities in its mini PC NUC kit firmware.

    ...more

    MacOS Zero-Day Allows Trusted Apps to Run Malicious Code

    Published: 2019-06-03 12:28:42

    Popularity: 1233

    Author: Tom Spring

    Keywords:

  • Hacks
  • Privacy
  • Vulnerabilities
  • apple
  • macOS
  • Mojave
  • Patrick Wardle
  • security bypass
  • synthetic mouse clicks
  • vulnerability
  • zero-day
  • Apple 0-Day allows hackers to mimic mouse-clicks to allow malicious behavior on macOS Mojave, despite mitigations.

    ...more

    Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Remote Code-Execution

    Published: 2019-05-14 15:21:17

    Popularity: 362

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2019-11815
  • Kernel
  • Linux
  • race condition
  • remote code execution
  • use-after-free
  • vulnerability
  • The bug is remotely exploitable without authentication or user interaction.

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    Intel MDS Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know

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    Google Titan Security Key Recalled After Bluetooth Pairing Bug

    Published: 2019-05-15 20:01:32

    Popularity: 331

    Author: Lindsey O'Donnell

    Keywords:

  • Hacks
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Bluetooth
  • google
  • google recall
  • pairing protocol
  • Security Key
  • titan security keys
  • vulnerability
  • Google is offering free replacements for its Titan Security Key after discovering a misconfiguration in its pairing protocols.

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    Android-Based Sony Smart-TVs Open to Image Pilfering

    Published: 2019-04-25 21:13:31

    Popularity: 304

    Author: Tara Seals

    Keywords:

  • IoT
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Android
  • bravia
  • photo sharing plus
  • sony smart tvs
  • vulnerabilities
  • wifi passwords
  • A pair of bugs would allow attackers to compromise the WiFi password of a TV and the multimedia stored inside it.

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    Cisco Finds Serious Flaws in Sierra Wireless AirLink Devices

    Published: 2019-04-26 13:55:06

    Popularity: 153

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Network Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • SCADA / ICS
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Cisco’s Talos research and intelligence group on Thursday disclosed the details of nearly a dozen vulnerabilities uncovered in Sierra Wireless AirLink devices, including serious flaws that can be exploited to change system settings, execute arbitrary code, and modify passwords. read more

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    CVE-2019-7238: Insufficient Access Controls in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 Allows Remote Code Execution

    Published: 2019-03-14 12:01:00

    Popularity: 65

    Author: Trend Micro

    Keywords:

  • Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2019-7238
  • Nexus Repository Manager 3
  • NXRM
  • A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2019-7238) was found in Sonatype’s Nexus Repository Manager (NXRM) 3, an open source project that allows developers, such as DevOps professionals, to manage software components required for software development, application deployment, and automated hardware provisioning. The post CVE-2019-7238: Insufficient Access Controls in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 Allows Remote Code Execution appeared first on .

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    Unpatched Windows Bug Allows Attackers to Spoof Security Dialog Boxes

    Microsoft won't be patching the bug, but a proof of concept shows the potential for successful malware implantation.

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