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Looney Tunables: New Linux Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation on Major Distributions

Oct 04, 2023THNEndpoint Security / Vulnerability A new Linux security vulnerability dubbed Looney Tunables has been discovered in the GNU C library’s ld.so dynamic loader that, if successfully exploited, could lead to a local privilege escalation and allow a threat actor to gain root privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-4911 (CVSS score: 7.8), the issue is a […]

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Qualcomm Releases Patch for 3 new Zero-Days Under Active Exploitation

Oct 03, 2023THNZero Day / Vulnerability Chipmaker Qualcomm has released security updates to address 17 vulnerabilities in various components, while warning that three other zero-days have come under active exploitation. Of the 17 flaws, three are rated Critical, 13 are rated High, and one is rated Medium in severity. “There are indications from Google Threat […]

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Experts Discover Multiple Malicious npm Packages | Cyware Hacker News

Experts Discover Multiple Malicious npm Packages | Cyware Alerts – Hacker News The world of open-source software offers countless benefits to developers worldwide. However, with opportunities also come risks. The FortiGuard Labs team recently uncovered numerous malicious packages within npm, the most extensive software registry for JavaScript. This article delves deep into these packages, unveiling […]

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Qualcomm Releases Patch for 3 new Zero-Days Under Active Exploitation

Oct 03, 2023THNZero Day / Vulnerability Chipmaker Qualcomm has released security updates to address 17 vulnerabilities in various components, while warning that three other zero-days have come under active exploitation. Of the 17 flaws, three are rated Critical, 13 are rated High, and one is rated Medium in severity. “There are indications from Google Threat […]

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Warning: PyTorch Models Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via ShellTorch

Oct 03, 2023THNArtificial Intelligence / Cyber Threat Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple critical security flaws in the TorchServe tool for serving and scaling PyTorch models that could be chained to achieve remote code execution on affected systems. Israel-based runtime application security company Oligo, which made the discovery, has coined the vulnerabilities ShellTorch. “These vulnerabilities […] […]

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US Executives Targeted in Phishing Attacks Exploiting Flaw in Indeed Job Platform

A recent phishing campaign targeting executives in senior roles has been exploiting an open redirection vulnerability in the Indeed website, cybersecurity firm Menlo Security warns. Headquartered in the US, Indeed is a popular worldwide job search platform, which claims to have more than 350 million unique visitors each month, and more than 14,000 employees globally. […]

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Lorenz Ransomware Group Attacks Allcare Pharmacy in Major Cyber Assault

The notorious Lorenz ransomware group has claimed Allcare Pharmacy cyber attack. The data breach was announced by the threat actor itself on their dark web forum, adding yet another victim to its growing roster.  The Allcare Pharmacy cyber attack has casted a shadow over the security of confidential information entrusted to the pharmacy. Allcare Pharmacy, […]

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Hackers seen exploiting bugs in browsers and popular file transfer tool

A vulnerability affecting a widely used tool embedded in web browsers and a separate bug in a popular file transfer tool are being exploited by hackers, according to both government officials and cybersecurity experts. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned on Monday that hackers are exploiting CVE-2023-5217 — a vulnerability affecting Google’s Chrome […]