Sep 12, 2023THNSoftware Security / Vulnerability A new vulnerability disclosed in GitHub could have exposed thousands of repositories at risk of repojacking attacks, new findings show. The flaw "could allow an attacker to exploit a race condition within GitHub's repository creation and username renaming operations," Checkmarx security researcher Elad Rapoport said in a … [Read more...] about Critical GitHub Vulnerability Exposes 4,000+ Repositories to Repojacking Attack
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PoC Exploit Released for Critical VMware Aria’s SSH Auth Bypass Vulnerability
Sep 03, 2023THNNetwork Security / Vulnerability Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been made available for a recently disclosed and patched critical flaw impacting VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-34039, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 for severity and has been described as a case of authentication … [Read more...] about PoC Exploit Released for Critical VMware Aria’s SSH Auth Bypass Vulnerability
Another Critical Unauthenticated SQLi Flaw Discovered in MOVEit Transfer Software
Jul 07, 2023Swati KhandelwalVulnerability / Cyber Threat Progress Software has announced the discovery and patching of a critical SQL injection vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, popular software used for secure file transfer. In addition, Progress Software has patched two other high-severity vulnerabilities. The identified SQL injection vulnerability, tagged as … [Read more...] about Another Critical Unauthenticated SQLi Flaw Discovered in MOVEit Transfer Software
ASUS Releases Patches to Fix Critical Security Bugs Impacting Multiple Router Models
Jun 20, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Taiwanese company ASUS on Monday released firmware updates to address, among other issues, nine security bugs impacting a wide range of router models. Of the nine security flaws, two are rated Critical and six are rated High in severity. One vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis. The list of impacted products … [Read more...] about ASUS Releases Patches to Fix Critical Security Bugs Impacting Multiple Router Models
New Critical MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection Vulnerabilities Discovered
Jun 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Threat Progress Software, the company behind the MOVEit Transfer application, has released patches to address brand new SQL injection vulnerabilities affecting the file transfer solution that could enable the theft of sensitive information. "Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities have been identified in the MOVEit Transfer web … [Read more...] about New Critical MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection Vulnerabilities Discovered
Cisco and VMware Address Critical Vulnerabilities
Jun 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability VMware has released security updates to fix a trio of flaws in Aria Operations for Networks that could result in information disclosure and remote code execution. The most critical of the three vulnerabilities is a command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20887 (CVSS score: 9.8) that could allow a … [Read more...] about Cisco and VMware Address Critical Vulnerabilities
Critical OAuth Vulnerability in Expo Framework Allows Account Hijacking
May 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananAPI Security / Vulnerability A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Open Authorization (OAuth) implementation of the application development framework Expo.io. The shortcoming, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-28131, has a severity rating of 9.6 on the CVSS scoring system. API security firm Salt Labs said the issue rendered … [Read more...] about Critical OAuth Vulnerability in Expo Framework Allows Account Hijacking
China’s Stealthy Hackers Infiltrate U.S. and Guam Critical Infrastructure Undetected
May 25, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Espionage A stealthy China-based group managed to establish a persistent foothold into critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. and Guam without being detected, Microsoft and the "Five Eyes" nations said on Wednesday. The tech giant's threat intelligence team is tracking the activity, which includes post-compromise … [Read more...] about China’s Stealthy Hackers Infiltrate U.S. and Guam Critical Infrastructure Undetected
Bl00dy Ransomware Gang Strikes Education Sector with Critical PaperCut Vulnerability
May 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Ransomware U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of attacks carried out by a threat actor known as the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang that attempt to exploit vulnerable PaperCut servers against the education facilities sector in the country. The attacks took place in early May 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation … [Read more...] about Bl00dy Ransomware Gang Strikes Education Sector with Critical PaperCut Vulnerability
CISA Warns of Critical Flaws in Illumina’s DNA Sequencing Instruments
Apr 29, 2023Ravie LakshmananHealthcare / Cybersecurity The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) medical advisory warning of a critical flaw impacting Illumina medical devices. The issues impact the Universal Copy Service (UCS) software in the Illumina MiSeqDx, NextSeq 550Dx, iScan, iSeq 100, MiniSeq, … [Read more...] about CISA Warns of Critical Flaws in Illumina’s DNA Sequencing Instruments