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Critical Atlassian Confluence vulnerability exploited by state-backed threat actor

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Critical Atlassian Confluence vulnerability exploited by state-backed threat actor 11/10/2023 at 14:18 By Helga Labus A critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server (CVE-2023-22515) has been exploited by a state-backed threat actor, Microsoft’s threat analysts have pinpointed. About the vulnerability CVE-2023-22515 was initially classified as a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Confluence Data […]

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Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545)

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Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545) 11/10/2023 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz Curl v8.4.0 is out, and fixes – among other things – a high-severity SOCKS5 heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545). Appropriate patches for some older curl versions have been released, too. Preparation for the security updates A little over a

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Dangerous vulnerability can be exploited to carry out massive DDoS attacks (CVE-2023-44487)

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Dangerous vulnerability can be exploited to carry out massive DDoS attacks (CVE-2023-44487) 10/10/2023 at 16:21 By Help Net Security Cloudflare, Google, and Amazon AWS revealed that a zero-day vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol has been used to mount massive, high-volume DDoS attacks, which they dubbed HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. Decoding HTTP/2 Rapid Reset (CVE-2023-44487) In late

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GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641)

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GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641) 10/10/2023 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz If you’re running GNOME on you Linux system(s), you are probably open to remote code execution attacks via a booby-trapped file, thanks to a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2023-43641) in the libcue library. About CVE-2023-43641 Discovered by GitHub security researcher Kevin Backhouse,

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Be prepared to patch high-severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl

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Be prepared to patch high-severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl 10/10/2023 at 12:20 By Zeljka Zorz Details about two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-38545, CVE-2023-38546) in curl, a foundational and widely used open-source software for data transfer via URLs, are to be released on Wednesday, October 11. Daniel Stenberg, the original author and lead developer, has said that

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Automotive cybersecurity: A decade of progress and challenges

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Automotive cybersecurity: A decade of progress and challenges 09/10/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security As connected cars become a standard feature in the market, the significance of automotive cybersecurity rises, playing an essential role in ensuring the safety of road users. In this Help Net Security video, Samantha Beaumont, Principal Security Consultant at IOActive,

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WinRAR Vulnerability Puts Illicit Content Consumers at Risk of Apanyan Stealer, Murk-Stealer & AsyncRAT

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WinRAR Vulnerability Puts Illicit Content Consumers at Risk of Apanyan Stealer, Murk-Stealer & AsyncRAT 06/10/2023 at 16:02 By cybleinc CRIL analyses a malware campaign that targets illicit Content Consumers , with the goal of delivering Apanyan Stealer, Murk-Stealer, and AsyncRAT by exploiting WinRAR vulnerability. The post WinRAR Vulnerability Puts Illicit Content Consumers at Risk of

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“Looney Tunables” bug allows root access on Linux distros (CVE-2023-4911)

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“Looney Tunables” bug allows root access on Linux distros (CVE-2023-4911) 05/10/2023 at 16:17 By Zeljka Zorz A vulnerability (CVE-2023-4911) in the GNU C Library (aka “glibc”) can be exploited by attackers to gain root privileges on many popular Linux distributions, according to Qualys researchers. About CVE-2023-4911 Dubbed “Looney Tunables”, CVE-2023-4911 is a buffer overflow vulnerability

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Apple patches another iOS zero-day under attack (CVE-2023-42824)

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Apple patches another iOS zero-day under attack (CVE-2023-42824) 05/10/2023 at 13:47 By Helga Labus Apple has released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to fix another zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-42824) exploited in the wild. About the vulnerability (CVE-2023-42824) CVE-2023-42824 is a kernel vulnerability that could allow a local threat actor to elevate its privileges on

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Critical Atlassian Confluence zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-22515)

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Critical Atlassian Confluence zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-22515) 05/10/2023 at 13:02 By Helga Labus Atlassian has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-22515) in Confluence Data Center and Server that is being exploited in the wild. “Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited

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Qualcomm patches 3 actively exploited zero-days

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Qualcomm patches 3 actively exploited zero-days 04/10/2023 at 16:46 By Helga Labus Qualcomm has fixed three actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-33106, CVE-2023-33107, CVE-2023-33063) in its Adreno GPU and Compute DSP drivers. Vulnerabilities exploited in Qualcomm GPU and DSP drivers The US-based semiconductor company has been notified by Google Threat Analysis Group and Google Project Zero that

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GenAI in software surges despite risks

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GenAI in software surges despite risks 03/10/2023 at 07:05 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Ilkka Turunen, Field CTO at Sonatype, discusses how generative AI influences and impacts software engineers’ work and the software development lifecycle. According to a recent Sonatype survey of 800 developers (DevOps) and application security (SecOps) leaders,

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Critical vulnerability in WS_FTP Server exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-40044)

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Critical vulnerability in WS_FTP Server exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-40044) 02/10/2023 at 14:17 By Helga Labus Progress Software, the company behind the recently hacked MOVEit file-sharing tool, has recently fixed two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-40044, CVE-2023-42657) in WS_FTP Server, another popular secure file transfer solution. Proof-of-concept code for CVE-2023-40044 has been available since Friday, and Rapid7 researchers

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Yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild! (CVE-2023-5217)

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Yet another Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild! (CVE-2023-5217) 28/09/2023 at 14:47 By Helga Labus Google has fixed another critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-5217) in Chrome that is being exploited in the wild. About CVE-2023-5217 The vulnerability is caused by a heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx – a video codec library from Google

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The hidden costs of neglecting cybersecurity for small businesses

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The hidden costs of neglecting cybersecurity for small businesses 28/09/2023 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Raffaele Mautone, CEO of Judy Security, talks about the cybersecurity problems that small businesses face and the need for prioritization to save businesses from potential fines and damage to their brand reputation. He also

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Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129)

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Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129) 27/09/2023 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz The Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild and patched by Google a few weeks ago has a new ID (CVE-2023-5129) and a description that tells the whole story: the vulnerability is not in Chrome, but the libwebp library,

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High number of security flaws found in EMEA-developed apps

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High number of security flaws found in EMEA-developed apps 27/09/2023 at 07:47 By Help Net Security Applications developed by organizations in Europe, Middle East and Africa tend to contain more security flaws than those created by their US counterparts, according to Veracode. Across all regions analysed, EMEA also has the highest percentage of ‘high severity’

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Critical JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability could be exploited to launch supply chain attacks (CVE-2023-42793)

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Critical JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability could be exploited to launch supply chain attacks (CVE-2023-42793) 26/09/2023 at 18:01 By Zeljka Zorz Software development firm JetBrains has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-42793) in its TeamCity continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) solution, which may allow authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution and gain control of the server.

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In-the-Wild Exploitation Expected for Critical TeamCity Flaw Allowing Server Takeover

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In-the-Wild Exploitation Expected for Critical TeamCity Flaw Allowing Server Takeover 25/09/2023 at 13:32 By Ionut Arghire A critical vulnerability in the TeamCity CI/CD server could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute code and take over vulnerable servers. The post In-the-Wild Exploitation Expected for Critical TeamCity Flaw Allowing Server Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Hands-on threat simulations: empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats

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Hands-on threat simulations: empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats 25/09/2023 at 08:05 By Help Net Security Security processes are increasingly automated which has led some businesses to deprioritize developing their security teams’ defense skills. While antivirus and non-human generated threat detections efficiently identify vulnerabilities, they cannot detect every single threat. With the rising number

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