Jan 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananFirmware Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered firmware security vulnerabilities in the Illumina iSeq 100 DNA sequencing instrument that, if successfully exploited, could permit attackers to brick or plant persistent malware on susceptible devices. "The Illumina iSeq 100 used a very outdated implementation of BIOS firmware … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover Major Security Flaw in Illumina iSeq 100 DNA Sequencers
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Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution
Jan 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei, a widely-used open-source vulnerability scanner that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to bypass signature checks and potentially execute malicious code. Tracked as CVE-2024-43405, it carries a CVSS score of 7.4 out of a … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution
Researchers Uncover PyPI Packages Stealing Keystrokes and Hijacking Social Accounts
Dec 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Data Exfiltration Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two malicious packages that were uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository and came fitted with capabilities to exfiltrate sensitive information from compromised hosts, according to new findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs. The packages, named zebo and cometlogger, … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover PyPI Packages Stealing Keystrokes and Hijacking Social Accounts
Researchers Uncover Vulnerabilities in Open-Source AI and ML Models
Oct 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Vulnerability A little over three dozen security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in various open-source artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models, some of which could lead to remote code execution and information theft. The flaws, identified in tools like ChuanhuChatGPT, Lunary, and LocalAI, have been reported … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover Vulnerabilities in Open-Source AI and ML Models
Researchers Discover Command Injection Flaw in Wi-Fi Alliance’s Test Suite
Oct 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Wi-Fi Security A security flaw impacting the Wi-Fi Test Suite could enable unauthenticated local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) said the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-41992, said the susceptible code from the Wi-Fi Alliance has been found deployed on Arcadyan … [Read more...] about Researchers Discover Command Injection Flaw in Wi-Fi Alliance’s Test Suite
New Linux Kernel Exploit Technique ‘SLUBStick’ Discovered by Researchers
Aug 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive. "Initially, it exploits a timing side-channel of the allocator to perform a cross-cache attack reliably," a … [Read more...] about New Linux Kernel Exploit Technique ‘SLUBStick’ Discovered by Researchers
Researchers Uncover Flaws in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen
Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered design weaknesses in Microsoft's Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen that could enable threat actors to gain initial access to target environments without raising any warnings. Smart App Control (SAC) is a cloud-powered security feature introduced by Microsoft in … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover Flaws in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen
Researchers Uncover UEFI Vulnerability Affecting Multiple Intel CPUs
Jun 20, 2024NewsroomFirmware Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware that affects multiple families of Intel Core desktop and mobile processors. Tracked as CVE-2024-0762 (CVSS score: 7.5), the "UEFIcanhazbufferoverflow" vulnerability has been described as a case of a buffer … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover UEFI Vulnerability Affecting Multiple Intel CPUs
Researchers Uncover RAT-Dropping npm Package Targeting Gulp Users
Jun 03, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new suspicious package uploaded to the npm package registry that's designed to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) on compromised systems. The package in question is glup-debugger-log, which targets users of the gulp toolkit by masquerading as a "logger for gulp and gulp plugins." It … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover RAT-Dropping npm Package Targeting Gulp Users
Researchers Warn of Chinese-Aligned Hackers Targeting South China Sea Countries
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented threat group called Unfading Sea Haze that's believed to have been active since 2018. The intrusion singled out high-level organizations in South China Sea countries, particularly military and government targets, Bitdefender said in a report shared with The Hacker News. "The investigation revealed a … [Read more...] about Researchers Warn of Chinese-Aligned Hackers Targeting South China Sea Countries