Cybersecurity

Critical Bugs in Canon Printers Allow Code Execution, DDoS

Canon has patched seven critical buffer-overflow bugs affecting its small office multifunction printers and laser printers. Tracked as CVE-2023-6229 through CVE-2023-6234 (plus CVE-2024-0244), they affect different processes common across Canon’s product lines – the username or password process involved with authenticating mobile devices, for example, the Service Location Protocol (SLP) attribute request process, and more. […]

Cybersecurity

Vulnerability affecting smart thermostats patched by Bosch

German technology manufacturer Bosch fixed a vulnerability affecting a popular line of smart thermostats in October, the company disclosed this week. Researchers from Bitdefender discovered an issue with Bosch BCC100 thermostats last August which lets an attacker on the same network replace the device firmware with a rogue version. Bogdan Botezatu, director of threat research […]

Cybersecurity

Flaw in AI Plugin Exposes 50,000 WordPress Sites to Remote Attack

A critical vulnerability has been identified in the AI Engine plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting its free version with over 50,000 active installations.  The plugin is widely recognized for its diverse AI-related functionalities, allowing users to create chatbots, manage content and utilize various AI tools such as translation, SEO and more.  According to an advisory […]