Apple has released an urgent update for iOS and iPadOS that fixes the CVE-2022-22620 vulnerability. They recommend updating devices as soon as possible, as the company have reason to believe that the vulnerability is already being actively exploited by unknown actors. Why vulnerability CVE-2022-22620 is dangerous As usual, Apple experts do not disclose the details of the … [Read more...] about Update iOS! There is a dangerous vulnerability in WebKit (CVE-2022-22620)
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Logz.io Security Update: Log4j / Log4Shell Vulnerability Response
On December 9, a severe remote code vulnerability was revealed in Apache’s Log4J library, a Java-based logging tool widely used in applications around the world. This vulnerability allows an attacker who can control log messages to execute arbitrary code loaded from attacker-controlled servers – impacting a broad range of services and applications.Logz.io has been aware of the … [Read more...] about Logz.io Security Update: Log4j / Log4Shell Vulnerability Response
Hackers Exploited 0-Day Vulnerability in Zimbra Email Platform to Spy on Users
A threat actor, likely Chinese in origin, is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform as part of spear-phishing campaigns that commenced in December 2021. The espionage operation — codenamed "EmailThief" — was detailed by cybersecurity company Volexity in a technical report published Thursday, noting that successful … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploited 0-Day Vulnerability in Zimbra Email Platform to Spy on Users
Dangerous vulnerability discovered in Dark Souls III videogame
The gaming community is discussing a recent vulnerability in the Dark Souls III videogame. This RCE vulnerability allows attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code on a victim’s computer. Apparently, the vulnerability also affects earlier games in the Dark Soul series: because of this the developers have taken the unusual step of temporarily deactivating PvP servers across … [Read more...] about Dangerous vulnerability discovered in Dark Souls III videogame
New Apache Log4j Update Released to Patch Newly Discovered Vulnerability
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on Tuesday rolled out fresh patches to contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in Log4j that could be abused by threat actors to run malicious code on affected systems, making it the fifth security shortcoming to be discovered in the tool in the span of a month. Tracked as CVE-2021-44832, the vulnerability is rated 6.6 in severity on a … [Read more...] about New Apache Log4j Update Released to Patch Newly Discovered Vulnerability
Apache Issues 3rd Patch to Fix New High-Severity Log4j Vulnerability
The issues with Log4j continued to stack up as the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on Friday rolled out yet another patch — version 2.17.0 — for the widely used logging library that could be exploited by malicious actors to stage a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Tracked as CVE-2021-45105 (CVSS score: 7.5), the new vulnerability affects all versions of the tool from 2.0-beta9 … [Read more...] about Apache Issues 3rd Patch to Fix New High-Severity Log4j Vulnerability
New Local Attack Vector Expands the Attack Surface of Log4j Vulnerability
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an entirely new attack vector that enables adversaries to exploit the Log4Shell vulnerability on servers locally by using a JavaScript WebSocket connection. "This newly-discovered attack vector means that anyone with a vulnerable Log4j version on their machine or local private network can browse a website and potentially trigger the … [Read more...] about New Local Attack Vector Expands the Attack Surface of Log4j Vulnerability
Hackers Exploit Log4j Vulnerability to Infect Computers with Khonsari Ransomware
Romanian cybersecurity technology company Bitdefender on Monday revealed that attempts are being made to target Windows machines with a novel ransomware family called Khonsari as well as a remote access Trojan named Orcus by exploiting the recently disclosed critical Log4j vulnerability. The attack leverages the remote code execution flaw to download an additional payload, a … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploit Log4j Vulnerability to Infect Computers with Khonsari Ransomware
Apache Log4j Vulnerability — Log4Shell — Widely Under Active Attack
Threat actors are actively weaponizing unpatched servers affected by the newly identified "Log4Shell" vulnerability in Log4j to install cryptocurrency miners, Cobalt Strike, and recruit the devices into a botnet, even as telemetry signs point to exploitation of the flaw nine days before it even came to light. Netlab, the networking security division of Chinese tech giant Qihoo … [Read more...] about Apache Log4j Vulnerability — Log4Shell — Widely Under Active Attack
Log4Shell: critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j
Various information security news outlets reported on the discovery of critical vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 in the Apache Log4j library (CVSS severity level 10 out of 10). Millions of Java applications use this library to log error messages. To make matters worse, attackers are already actively exploiting this vulnerability. For this reason, the Apache Foundation recommends … [Read more...] about Log4Shell: critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j