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Microsoft Discloses Codesys Flaws Allowing Shutdown of Industrial Operations, Spying

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Microsoft Discloses Codesys Flaws Allowing Shutdown of Industrial Operations, Spying 11/08/2023 at 15:16 By Eduard Kovacs Over a dozen Codesys vulnerabilities discovered by Microsoft researchers can be exploited to shut down industrial processes or deploy backdoors. The post Microsoft Discloses Codesys Flaws Allowing Shutdown of Industrial Operations, Spying appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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How to handle API sprawl and the security threat it poses

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How to handle API sprawl and the security threat it poses 11/08/2023 at 08:34 By Help Net Security The proliferation of APIs has marked them as prime targets for malicious attackers. With recent reports indicating that API vulnerabilities are costing businesses billions of dollars annually, it’s no wonder they are at the top of mind

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White House launches AI Cyber Challenge to make software more secure

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White House launches AI Cyber Challenge to make software more secure 10/08/2023 at 12:33 By Help Net Security The Biden-Harris Administration has launched a major two-year competition using AI to protect the United States’ most important software, such as code that helps run the internet and critical infrastructure. The AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) will challenge

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SAP Patches Critical Vulnerability in PowerDesigner Product

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SAP Patches Critical Vulnerability in PowerDesigner Product 09/08/2023 at 13:31 By Eduard Kovacs SAP has fixed over a dozen new vulnerabilities with its Patch Tuesday updates, including a critical flaw in its PowerDesigner product. The post SAP Patches Critical Vulnerability in PowerDesigner Product appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Downfall attacks can gather passwords, encryption keys from Intel processors

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Downfall attacks can gather passwords, encryption keys from Intel processors 09/08/2023 at 13:02 By Zeljka Zorz A variety of Intel Core processors and the devices using them are vulnerable to “Downfall”, a new class of attacks made possible by CVE-2022-40982, which enables attackers to access and steal sensitive data such as passwords, encryption keys, and

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Data exfiltration is now the go-to cyber extortion strategy

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Data exfiltration is now the go-to cyber extortion strategy 09/08/2023 at 06:32 By Help Net Security The abuse of zero-day and one-day vulnerabilities in the past six months led to a 143% increase in victims when comparing Q1 2022 with Q1 2023, according to Akamai. Ransomware groups target the exfiltration of files The report also

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PaperCut fixes bug that can lead to RCE, patch quickly! (CVE-2023-39143)

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PaperCut fixes bug that can lead to RCE, patch quickly! (CVE-2023-39143) 07/08/2023 at 13:48 By Zeljka Zorz Horizon3.ai researchers have published some details (but no PoC for now, thankfully!) about CVE-2023-39143, two vulnerabilities in PaperCut application servers that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to execute code remotely. But, they noted, unlike the PaperCut vulnerability

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Top 12 vulnerabilities routinely exploited in 2022

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Top 12 vulnerabilities routinely exploited in 2022 04/08/2023 at 16:31 By Helga Labus Cybersecurity agencies from member countries of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have released a list of the top 12 vulnerabilities routinely exploited in 2022, plus 30 additional ones also “popular” with attackers. The top 12 “In 2022, malicious cyber actors exploited older

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Exploitation of Ivanti EPMM Flaw Picking Up as New Vulnerability Is Disclosed

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Exploitation of Ivanti EPMM Flaw Picking Up as New Vulnerability Is Disclosed 04/08/2023 at 13:31 By Eduard Kovacs Exploitation of the Ivanti EPMM flaw CVE-2023-35078 is picking up as a new critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-35082 is disclosed. The post Exploitation of Ivanti EPMM Flaw Picking Up as New Vulnerability Is Disclosed appeared first on

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Five Eyes Agencies Call Attention to Most Frequently Exploited Vulnerabilities

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Five Eyes Agencies Call Attention to Most Frequently Exploited Vulnerabilities 04/08/2023 at 12:31 By Ionut Arghire Five Eyes government agencies have published a list of the software vulnerabilities that were most frequently exploited in malicious attacks in 2022. The post Five Eyes Agencies Call Attention to Most Frequently Exploited Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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VPNs remain a risky gamble for remote access

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VPNs remain a risky gamble for remote access 04/08/2023 at 06:33 By Help Net Security Organizations are expressing deep concerns about their network security due to the risks from VPNs, according to a new Zscaler report. The report stresses the need for organizations to reevaluate their security posture and migrate to a zero-trust architecture due

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670 ICS Vulnerabilities Disclosed by CISA in First Half of 2023: Analysis

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670 ICS Vulnerabilities Disclosed by CISA in First Half of 2023: Analysis 03/08/2023 at 19:46 By Eduard Kovacs CISA disclosed 670 ICS vulnerabilities in the first half of 2023, but roughly one-third have no patches or mitigations from the vendor. The post 670 ICS Vulnerabilities Disclosed by CISA in First Half of 2023: Analysis appeared

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Ivanti discloses another vulnerability in MobileIron Core (CVE-2023-35082)

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Ivanti discloses another vulnerability in MobileIron Core (CVE-2023-35082) 03/08/2023 at 13:46 By Helga Labus Ivanti has disclosed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-35082) affecting old, out-of-support versions of MobileIron Core, an enterprise device solution that has since been rebranded to Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). “The vulnerability was incidentally resolved in MobileIron Core 11.3 as part of

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Salesforce and Meta suffer phishing campaign that evades typical detection methods

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Salesforce and Meta suffer phishing campaign that evades typical detection methods 02/08/2023 at 17:18 By Help Net Security The Guardio research team discovered an email phishing campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Salesforce’s legitimate email services and SMTP servers. Phishing email sample as was sent from the “@salesforce.com” email address The vulnerability allowed threat actors

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Android n-day bugs pose zero-day threat

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Android n-day bugs pose zero-day threat 01/08/2023 at 14:17 By Helga Labus In the Android ecosystem, n-day vulnerabilities are almost as dangerous as zero-days, according to Google’s review of zero-days exploited in the wild in 2022. N-days functioning as zero-days Zero-days are software bugs that are unknown to the vendor but known to – and

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Ivanti fixes second zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-35081)

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Ivanti fixes second zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-35081) 31/07/2023 at 16:32 By Helga Labus Another actively exploited zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-35081) affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been identified and fixed. The first zero-day spotted Last week, we reported on a remote unauthenticated API access vulnerability (CVE-2023-35078) affecting Ivanti EPMM having been exploited to target

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New persistent backdoor used in attacks on Barracuda ESG appliances

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New persistent backdoor used in attacks on Barracuda ESG appliances 31/07/2023 at 13:32 By Helga Labus The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has published an analysis report on the backdoors dropped by attackers exploiting CVE-2023-2868, a remote command injection vulnerability in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. Barracuda ESG zero-day exploit and backdoors In late

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Stremio vulnerability exposes millions to RCE and data theft

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Stremio vulnerability exposes millions to RCE and data theft 31/07/2023 at 11:02 By Help Net Security CyFox has recently identified a critical hijacking vulnerability in Stremio 4.4, a popular software platform for streaming movies and TV shows. With over 5 million users relying on Stremio for their entertainment needs, this vulnerability poses a significant risk

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Two New Vulnerabilities Could affect 40% of Ubuntu Cloud Workloads

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Two New Vulnerabilities Could affect 40% of Ubuntu Cloud Workloads 27/07/2023 at 17:20 By Kevin Townsend Researchers discovered two vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu OverlayFS module: CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629 (together dubbed ‘GameOver(lay)’). The post Two New Vulnerabilities Could affect 40% of Ubuntu Cloud Workloads appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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MikroTik vulnerability could be used to hijack 900,000 routers (CVE-2023-30799)

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MikroTik vulnerability could be used to hijack 900,000 routers (CVE-2023-30799) 26/07/2023 at 16:47 By Zeljka Zorz A privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2023-30799) could allow attackers to commandeer up to 900,000 MikroTik routers, says VulnCheck researcher Jacob Baines. While exploting it does require authentication, acquiring credentials to access the routers is not that difficult. “RouterOS [the underlying

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