Apr 26, 2024NewsroomSupply Chain Attack / Software Security Several security vulnerabilities disclosed in Brocade SANnav storage area network (SAN) management application could be exploited to compromise susceptible appliances. The 18 flaws impact all versions up to and including 2.3.0, according to independent security researcher Pierre Barre, who discovered and reported them. The issues range from […]
The top U.S. cybersecurity agency is ordering all federal civilian agencies to patch three high-profile vulnerabilities in the next week because they are being exploited by hackers. On Wednesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Cisco product vulnerabilities — CVE-2024-20353 and CVE-2024-20359 — as well as one vulnerability affecting popular file transfer […]
Apr 24, 2024NewsroomEncryption / Mobile Security Security vulnerabilities uncovered in cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps could be exploited to reveal users’ keystrokes to nefarious actors. The findings come from the Citizen Lab, which discovered weaknesses in eight of nine apps from vendors like Baidu, Honor, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi. The only vendor whose […]
Apr 24, 2024NewsroomEncryption / Mobile Security Security vulnerabilities uncovered in cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps could be exploited to reveal users’ keystrokes to nefarious actors. The findings come from the Citizen Lab, which discovered weaknesses in eight of nine apps from vendors like Baidu, Honor, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi. The only vendor whose […]
In a move away from traditional phishing scams, attackers are increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in computer systems to gain initial network access, according to Mandiant’s M-Trends 2024 Report. In 2023, attackers gained initial access through exploiting vulnerabilities in 38% of intrusions, a 6% increase from the previous year. Mandiant also found phishing’s prevalence declined from 22% […]
Apr 18, 2024NewsroomContainer Security / Cryptocurrency Threat actors are actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to gain unauthorized access to Kubernetes workloads and leverage them for cryptocurrency mining activity. That’s according to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, which said the flaws have been weaponized since the start of April 2024. OpenMetadata is an open-source platform […]
Ivanti has released security updates to fix 27 vulnerabilities in its Avalanche mobile device management (MDM) solution, two of them critical heap overflows that can be exploited for remote command execution.
Only three critical vulnerabilities were fixed as part of the April 2024 Patch Tuesday updates, but there are over 67 remote code execution bugs. More than half of the RCE flaws are found within Microsoft SQL drivers, likely sharing a common flaw.
Cybersecurity researchers from Bitdefender discovered critical vulnerabilities in LG TVs running webOS versions 4 through 7. These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to gain complete control over the TV, steal data, or install malware. The vulnerabilities were identified by Bitdefender as part of their research into the security of popular IoT devices. They found that attackers […]