May 30, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated by a Russia-aligned threat actor called FlyingYeti targeting Ukraine. "The FlyingYeti campaign capitalized on anxiety over the potential loss of access to housing and utilities by enticing targets to open malicious files via debt-themed … [Read more...] about FlyingYeti Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability to Deliver COOKBOX Malware in Ukraine
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New Wi-Fi Vulnerability Enables Network Eavesdropping via Downgrade Attacks
May 16, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Network Security Researchers have discovered a new security vulnerability stemming from a design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that tricks victims into connecting to a less secure wireless network and eavesdrop on their network traffic. The SSID Confusion attack, tracked as CVE-2023-52424, impacts all operating systems and Wi-Fi … [Read more...] about New Wi-Fi Vulnerability Enables Network Eavesdropping via Downgrade Attacks
Fortra Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in FileCatalyst Transfer Tool
Mar 18, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Threat Mitigation Fortra has released details of a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its FileCatalyst file transfer solution that could allow unauthenticated attackers to gain remote code execution on susceptible servers. Tracked as CVE-2024-25153, the shortcoming carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10. "A directory … [Read more...] about Fortra Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in FileCatalyst Transfer Tool
GhostRace – New Data Leak Vulnerability Affects Modern CPUs
Mar 15, 2024NewsroomHardware Security / Data Protection A group of researchers has discovered a new data leakage attack impacting modern CPU architectures supporting speculative execution. Dubbed GhostRace (CVE-2024-2193), it is a variation of the transient execution CPU vulnerability known as Spectre v1 (CVE-2017-5753). The approach combines speculative execution and race … [Read more...] about GhostRace – New Data Leak Vulnerability Affects Modern CPUs
WordPress LiteSpeed Plugin Vulnerability Puts 5 Million Sites at Risk
Feb 27, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Website Security A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable unauthenticated users to escalate their privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-40000, the vulnerability was addressed in October 2023 in version 5.7.0.1. "This plugin suffers from unauthenticated site-wide stored [cross-site … [Read more...] about WordPress LiteSpeed Plugin Vulnerability Puts 5 Million Sites at Risk
CrowdStrike Named Customer’s Choice for Vulnerability Assessment in 2024
It is a common refrain in security circles that “nobody loves their vulnerability management tool.” CrowdStrike may have just proved to be the exception. We are proud to announce that CrowdStrike is the only vendor named a Customers’ Choice in the 2024 Gartner “Voice of the Customer” Report for Vulnerability Assessment. In this report, CrowdStrike is the only vendor placed in … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Named Customer’s Choice for Vulnerability Assessment in 2024
Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros
Feb 07, 2024NewsroomDevice Security / Vulnerability The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could pave the way for remote code execution under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2023-40547 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability could be exploited to achieve a Secure Boot bypass. Bill Demirkapi of the … [Read more...] about Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros
Mastodon Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Any Decentralized Account
Feb 03, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Social Media The decentralized social network Mastodon has disclosed a critical security flaw that enables malicious actors to impersonate and take over any account. "Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account," the maintainers said in a terse advisory. The … [Read more...] about Mastodon Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Any Decentralized Account
Researchers Uncover How Outlook Vulnerability Could Leak Your NTLM Passwords
Jan 29, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / NTML Security A now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Outlook could be exploited by threat actors to access NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v2 hashed passwords when opening a specially crafted file. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-35636 (CVSS score: 6.5), was addressed by the tech giant as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for December 2023. "In an … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover How Outlook Vulnerability Could Leak Your NTLM Passwords
Critical RCE Vulnerability Uncovered in Juniper SRX Firewalls and EX Switches
Jan 13, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Network Security Juniper Networks has released updates to fix a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, is rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system. "An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS SRX Series and EX … [Read more...] about Critical RCE Vulnerability Uncovered in Juniper SRX Firewalls and EX Switches